Apple enjoys strong Q4 2011 as profits jump 54% yoy to $6.62 billion
17.03 million iPhones sold, 11.12 million iPads
BB DevCon 11: 'We're turbo charging our games catalog,' says RIM's Chris Smith:
#bbdevcon Thanks to Marmalade, Unity and ShiVa3D
RIM announces BBX platform, releases Native SDK for PlayBook and beta for Android runtime
Scoreloop SDK also in beta
Motorola unveils Gingerbread-powered Droid Razr, brands 'world's thinnest 4G smartphone'
Hitting US in November for $299
BB DevCon 11: BlackBerry App World is the second most profitable app store claims Alec Saunders
#bbdevcon 13% of devs made +$100k apparently
BB DevCon 11: BlackBerry App World hits one billion downloads, 5 million apps per day
#bbdevcon 25 million BBM Connected apps already
BB DevCon 11: We're aligning behind BBX - the best of BlackBerry and the best of QNX, says Lazaridis
#bbdevcon RIM co-CEO remains bullish
Unity co-founders Helgason and Francis warn advancing mobile tech will lead to 'diminishing returns' for developers
No-one wants an Xbox on their phone
Pocketeers' technical director Mat Hopwood on how Marmalade cut the studio's porting time to shreds
The SDK, not the jam
Apple shipped 13 million iPads in Q3 2011, but missed internal target reckons DigiTimes
Up 36.8% from Q2
Hogrocket's Tiny Invaders clocks up 100,000 downloads in 3 days during celebratory giveaway
Spot on iPhone keynote triggers promo
Almost a third of all eligible devices now running iOS 5, reckons Localytics
iPhone 4S makes up 2%
Motorola lowers price of entry level Xoom to $379 in a bid to spur sales
Temporary measure taken in selective retailers
Rumour: iPhone 4S originally conceived as budget release to couple with iPhone 5 launch
Next iPhone now due summer 2012
Gamevil signs publishing deal with Korean RPG specialist KNetP
Bolsters hand in genre
70% of App Store's 100 top-grossing titles employ in-app purchases in UK
Freemium games make up half of top hitters
iPhone 4S sales could hit 24 million during first quarter, reckons Brigante Advisors analyst Kevin Dede
Siri is the key
Beijing-based social studio Happy Elements gains $30 million for smartphone push
Dev also looking to expand internationally
Halfbrick opens up Sydney office as studio advertises for programmers, artists and designers
Expanding beyond 50 man staff
Apple: 25 million upgrade to iOS 5 in first 5 days
20 million sign up to iCloud
iPhone 4S hits sales of 4 million worldwide over launch weekend
More than double iPhone 4's tally
EA and Gameloft on board as RIM offers free apps to BBM black-out sufferers
Plus one month tech support also on offer
Dundee-based Cobra Mobile scores Scottish BAFTA nomination for iBomber Defense
Opened studio up to new platforms
The PG.biz Hot Five: Piracy rates pummelling devs on Android, Jetpack Joyride jumps, and iOS studios predict death of home consoles
Last week's top five stories
Samsung looking to block sale of iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 in Japan, Australia
Korean giant looking for preliminary injunctions
Spil Games' CEO Peter Driessen on one year of anytime, anywhere mobile gaming with HTML5
From foundations to a seamless future in the cloud
10 things that I'm going to be thinking hard about following GDC Online 2011
#gdc_online And that's a wrap
iPhone 4S spells 'beginning of the end for indie developers on iOS', reckons Hiive's Andrew Rollings
Games development will eat itself
Johnny Coghlan and Elliott Chin announce new mobile publisher Ayopa Games
Ex-Chillingo/Storm8 chap joined by Sega/Logitech exec
appMobi targets HTML5 development on Facebook with PhoneGap XDK
Putting the smart in smartphone
PG.biz week that was: Queues stack up for iPhone 4S, iOS 5 releases with a wobble, and Apple to 'stop the hearts of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo'
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Grand Theft Auto III: 10th Anniversary Edition will launch on 'single core iOS devices in the future', confirms Rockstar
Not just tied to A5
EA looking to close Guildford-based studio Bright Light
Begins 'formal consultation process' on dev's future
Pocket Gamer Thursdays debate: Freemium vs Premium
The gloves are off and mills and Oscar are fighting
As the queues build, Piper Jaffray reports 73% of iPhone 4S buyers are upgraders
16GB model the most popular
Android devices will power ahead of Apple thanks to Intel partnership, reckons Acer founder Shih
Android backer in Android backing shocker
Blue Ox's puzzler 7 Little Words passes 3 million downloads, Android version generating 40% of its revenue
Android users 'reward quality products'
Sony Ericsson breaks even in Q3 2011 as revenues hit 1.59 billion Euros
Post earthquake supply lines now motoring
Android absent as Google revenues top $9.7 billion in Q3 2011
Report focuses on web and ad businesses
Universal Pictures and metaio team up to launch AR release The Thing: Flame Thrower on iOS and Android
Coincides with The Thing movie prequel
US judge rules Samsung's Galaxy Tab infringes on iPad patents, but stops short of sales ban
Apple may have a 'problem' establishing patent validity
Urban Airship sees revenue growth of 600% yoy as it prepares for iOS 5's notification overhaul
Now catering for 20,000 devs
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Monsters Ate My Condo, Hypership Out of Control, Squids
Critically acclaimed
Epic Games partners with Adrenaline Amusements to launch Infinity Blade FX coin-op
Cabinets launching across US on October 28
Games on Apple TV could 'stop the hearts of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo', reckons 11 bit's Przemek Marszal
But iOS devs need time to fix controls for TV play
IGDA issues call for hosts for January 2012's Global Game Jam
Looking to top 169 events in 2011
OpenFeint brings games discovery platform Game Channel to Android
App retains freemium focus
GP Bullhound's Dafferner expects a couple of $100+ million mobile game M&A deals
Investment bank releases research paper
Samsung forced to modify Galaxy S, SII and Ace to avoid outright ban in Holland
But Android could face blanket ban in Australia
As Rovio talks up $1+ billion IPO, rumours suggest DAUs for the original Angry Birds game are dropping
Have we reached the start of Peak Angry Birds?