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About A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.
Articles by Jon Jordan
Ballmer says Microsoft has screwed up with Windows Mobile 6.5
Reorg in place for WiMob 7
Nokia told it needs to improve QA and publishing process
Change is on the way
Digital Chocolate explains NanoStars, its cross-game virtual character platform
Trade and buy characters for extra gaming power
Sidhe sets up iPhone division, PikPok
First game is Fame movie licence
Gendai's Agustin: Reaction to GameSalad has been phenomenal
Next up, multiplayer features
Holland9's Bremer: 2010 will be the tipping point for Android
Open source means creative freedom
74 percent of iDevices now on OS 3.x, but iPod touch still lagging
According to AdMob sampling
Vodafone announces social networking play, Vodafone 360
Integrated contacts, Facebook and messaging
Trading card game Urban Rivals will sell iPhone micro transactions at the maximum $9.99
Card packs are more valuable than extra levels
Drag-and-drop iPhone game maker GameSalad Creator is released
Sign up now for the early access program
EA Mobile grabs Namco Europe distribution
North America and iPhone unaffected
Freeverse: Flick Fishing has done tens of thousands of micro-transactions
Private Beach expansion hooked anglers
G5's Suglobov: We will see more structured pricing on the App Store
iPhone is recruiting new gamers, partly because of low prices
How CandyCane gave away Fling! to get it into the paid top 50
Flung from #1 free to #36 paid
A-steroids on Underworld for Android, in-game currency, and getting around Apple's restrictions
Where there's a will
App Store Analysis: Revenge of the 99c games
Eight of the US top 10 are minimum price
Sponsored feature: Why Axios chose OpenFeint for Above & Beyond Air Combat
Because of its aggressive update frequency
Pangea: In-app sales from Enigmo often less than 25 daily
And this from a million-selling game
Bulkypix wins Milthon Revelation 2009 award
Hysteria Project comes out on top
Cellufun drapes New York Fashion Week over its mobile gaming portal
Items include designer clothes and beauty products
Social platform AGON adds French, German, Spanish and Italian support
Thanks to Four Door Lemon and QuizQuizQuiz
Qplaze explains micro-transactions for mobile MMOG Age of Heroes Online
Convert dollars to Divine Grace
Ngmoco expands focus beyond App Store to social web gaming
Recruits former MySpace exec Jason Oberfest
Bolt Creative: We need to be frank with gamers and explain why we need micro-transactions
Next Pocket God update has 99c customisation pack
PlayFirst says App Store top 10 is for 99c games or monster brands
But there's money to be made in the 20-60 range
Gamevil: 99c minimum for iPhone micro-transactions is a big hurdle
Extra nickel and dime options would be better
iPhone version of PocketGamer.biz Mobile Games Trends Report out now
Over 40 pages of expert analysis on key iPhone and mobile market trends including focuses on hot issues like app pricing and the 3.0 OS
Why the Granny Coder decided to make her first iPhone game aged 77
You're never too old for XCode
How changes in accounting rules could mean free OS updates for iPod touch owners
Bad Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Flat rate mobile games service launches on Airtel, India's largest carrier
All you can play
Mobile Streams to launch MobileGaming portal
Building on Asian success
Guitar Hero World Tour is top of Samsung's newly opened Application Store
Another sales channel available
Bulkypix: micro-transactions will enable better, deeper game updates
My Brute will be the first to support it
Qplaze claims explosive growth in mobile players of MMOG Age of Heroes Online
Total player base over 111,000
HeroCraft: We're taking our time with iPhone but BlackBerry is a solid channel
Russian publisher isn't placing all eggs in App Store basket
Nokia launches MyDailyApp.com as Ovi Store pointer
Daily dose of discovery
HandyGames's Kassulke says '99c games will destroy the market'
It's a gold rush: a few will become rich, many will die
How EA Mobile and Gameloft are accelerating their price differential on App Store
Both currently over 50 percent to the average
App Store Analysis: Madden and EA power to the top of Paid and Grossing charts
It's a perfect play
On 3rd Sept, Pocket God players averaged 41 sessions each
Teens and tweens love killing pygmies
Case study: How online features increased the longevity of Com2uS' Homerun Battle 3D
The proof is in the graphs
Connect2Media quick to praise Genius, App Store and OS 3.1 news
Stephen Hey is all positive and excited
Apple improves App Store discovery with revenue-based chart and Genius support
More ways to stand out from the crowd
Selatra's O'Callaghan says Java games market was unsustainable
Don't need 100 new games a month to run a deck
Has Pocket God finally hit saturation point?
Boost power of updates weakening
Bouncing ever upwards: The making of Doodle Jump
How Lima Sky hopped to the top
T-Mobile and Orange to become UK's biggest mobile operator
Saving billions in process
T-Mobile and Orange to merge in the UK?
Two too small become biggest
Physics middleware company Havok pondering iPhone port
No major hurdles foreseen if there's demand