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  • iPhonoconomics

    The people over at iSmashPhone have put together an image showing where the money flows around the iPhone eco-system. Some key datapoints: Apple “accounted for 8% of handset industry” (I think this means revenues) Apple accounted for...

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  • Scoreloop secures €2 million funding to develop its iPhone social and analytics tools

    Scoreloop, which bills itself as the “technology leader in mobile social gaming” has secured €2.0m ($2.8m, £1.7m) in further investment. I spoke to CEO Marc Gumpinger about how Scoreloop aims to help iPhone developers grow their business....

    • Posted 15 years ago
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  • Charles Cecil’s handheld Revolution

    Revolution, the developer of classic adventure gaming franchise Broken Sword, has launched a new handheld division. Revolution Pocket will focus on “iPhone, iPod touch, Android, PSP Go, DSi Shop and others”. I’m a strong believer that “casual”...

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  • What’s the RoI on an advertiser-funded iPhone game?

    Barclaycard’s Waterslide Extreme Game has made it to the top of the App Store. Over 2 million downloads of the free game, 16 million “engagement minutes” and one very happy advertiser. But did they get a good...

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  • Will Sony’s joint venture with Ericsson kill the PSP phone before it even launches?

    Sony is working on the PSP2, and most commentators expect it to go head-to-head with the iPhone, which means that it needs to have a built-in phone. But internal politics may kill the deal before it even...

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  • Appstore price points: either $0.99 or $4.99 seem to be the sweet spots

    PocketGamer has crunched some numbers on the AppStore, and have some fascinating results. They took the top 100 games in the US chart, and looked at price point, game brands and more. They show, for example, that...

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  • $100 million pumped into iPhone devs by VCs

    Is this a goldrush or a sensible investment? Moconews reports that over $100 million has been invested in iPhone businesses in the past two years. Games are the second largest category (both by # of companies and...

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