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Jon Jordan
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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
Successful Dead Space launch shows EA's new App Store strategy in action
Timed with console sequel launch
Stonetrip and Ideaworks Labs integrate ShiVa3D engine and Airplay SDK
Piped platforms
HandyGames is planning to do over 100 million free Java game downloads in 2011
Power of emerging markets
Competition: Win a ticket for Mobile World Congress 2011 with BlackBerry
Learn about PlayBook and more
What's next for App Store after 10 billion downloads
Currently doing a billion downloads every 45 days
HTC ships 25 million phones in 2010, revenues up 90% to $9.4 billion
Shanghai factory will double production
Zynga buys Drop7 developer Area/Code, becomes Zygna New York
Acquisitions abound while the money is easy
Welsh language game Cerrig Peryg hit #5 spot in Greek App Store
That's a tongue twister
CEO De Masi on how Glu overtook rivals EA and Gameloft in the freemium race
And how $16 million will speed the business
Tap Me raises $1 million for its iComplishments in-game advertising platform
Taking a holistic approach
Total iOS device install base now over 160 million strong
And all attached to App Store
Apple sells a massive 14.8 million iPads in 2010
Blows predictions sky high
Apple's up story continues with Q1 FY11 sales up 71% to $26.7 billion and profits up 78% to $6 billion
16 million iPhones and 7 million iPads sold in the quarter
Doodle Jump, Angry Birds and Tap Tap Revenge head up Apple's official All-Time Top Paid iPhone apps list
But regional variations shuffle the top spot
Zamano on why mobile web stores such as FunZoo will overcome the app store assault
Selling is more than distribution
Gameloft, Fishlabs and NaturalMotion lead nominations for International Mobile Gaming Awards 2011
Will it be Galaxy on Fire 2, Jenga or N.O.V.A. 2?
Doodlegate: 'I've been advised not to respond, I must' - Igor Pusenjak sets the record straight, withdraws App Store Doodle restriction
Here's comes the legal stuff
Glu Mobile to raise up to $16 million to fund operations and build out its social gaming community
Bridging the revenue gap - again
Gameloft fires up for consoles with PS3 shooter Modern Combat: Domination
Leaving the mobile nest
Lima Sky's Pusenjak says 'We are not claiming ownership of the trademark for doodle'
A very specific case
Lima Sky's Igor Pusenjak over Doodlegate: 'If we don't police our trademarks, we lose them'
App Store legal fight kicks off
Big Blue Bubble's Damir Slogar on bringing iPhone hit Burn the Rope to Android, iPad, Mac and 3DS
Three months to develop, a year to exploit
HTC unaudited 2010 revenues up 93% to $9.5 billion
Q4 sales up 153%
Gameloft releases Let's Golf 2 for Verizon's 4G LTE network
Supporting better multiplayer
Android leads the way as Scoreloop sees virtual currency sales up 216% in December
Adds 1.3 million new users over Christmas week
Analysis: The numbers that show Gameloft is making more of the App Store opportunity than EA Mobile
Twice as many releases, more free games, less licences, better pricing strategy
Glu Mobile's share price hits two year high
Market cap now over $110 million
Apple announces over one million downloads from Mac App Store in first day
But no official mention of hacks
2010 In Review; Marc Gumpinger, Scoreloop
Take a step back from mobile and think social
Glu signs strategic partnership with Nvidia over Android tablets and super phones
Get your Tegra 2 on
Tapjoy raises $21 million to fund expansion of its app distribution systems
Also looking at media licensing and incubation
Apple's Mac App Store launches, games are the largest category
1,604 applications live including Angry Birds
Gameloft announces Asphalt, N.O.V.A. and Uno for Panasonic HDTVs
Will be available via VIERA Connect Marketplace
2010 In Review: Kyu Lee, Gamevil
Carrier billing will be a drive of app store monetisation
2010 In Review: Kris Jones, Thunder Game Works
Freemium needs to explore gameplay diversity
Amazon launches developers' portal for its Android Appstore
Consumer store to launch in US later this year
2010 In Review: Mark Ettle, Cobra Mobile
Next year will be about Android, tablets and social
App stores expand as Angry Birds comes to Intel AppUp and Tetris is prepped for internet TVs
We need a bigger screen
HP to unveil webOS strategy on February 9
Announcing future announcements
2010 In Review: Dino Decespedes, Appular
2011 will be freemium minus the farming
As Apple's market cap passes $300 billion, Citibank reckons the App Store will gross $2 billion in 2011
Happy NASDAQ year
Pocket Frogs does 4 million downloads
While developer NimbleBit's lifetime total is 15 million
Ngmoco to shutter Miraphonic's freemium Epic Wars series
Servers to be turned off on January 16
The 10 most significant iOS games of 2010
The releases which shook our world
2010 In Review: Eros Resmini, OpenFeint
Android overtaking iPhone was a huge wake up call
2010 In Review: Tommy Forslund, Polarbit
This was the year mobile gaming came of age
With at least 600,000 sales, Infinity Blade is the fastest iOS game to clear $3 million
Epic books $2.5 million within three weeks
PopCap's mobile games revenues were $30 million in 2010
Planning for an IPO in H2 2011
Zynga's Mafia Wars does 400,000 downloads via GetJar over Christmas
Bigger family