Once the dominant forces, asymco tracks the four year demise of Motorola and Nokia
And the rise of, you guessed it, iPhone
GDCE 2011: Building an audience for freemium games requires user acquisition spend says Applifier's Laakkonen
#gdceurope Relying on virality is playing the lottery
Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Manufacturer to continue to operate independently
The PG.biz Hot Five: Apple gets legal (again), VegasTowers doing $40 per IAP, and titanic Tegra turning round fortunes at Nvidia
Last week's top five stories
GDCE 2011: Papaya's Clark on 10 Social Design Tips to Level Up Your Mobile Game
Pimp your community
More than half of developers believe BlackBerry will be dead in 5 year's time
But Windows Phone to remain relevant
Analysis: What ratios tell us about the relative performance of EA-Gameloft, Gamevil-Com2uS and DeNA-GREE
The rival curves that really matter
Showdog's GDC Europe / Gamescom 2011 Party guide
Your exclusive escort to the best evening entertainment in Cologne
Prior to joining Google, Patrick Mork suggests app ecosystem needs its own trade body
App guy is stirring up debate again
PG.biz week that was: Apple stops Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch, VegasTowers' average IAP is $40, Spacetime gives away $330k, and Rovio could be worth $1.2B
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Gameloft to open a studio in New Orleans
Publisher looks to the bayous
Apple rumoured to drop Samsung for TSMC for A6 chip production
Pencilled in for iPad 3
Papa Sangre studio Somethin' Else claims Apple encouraged it to boost launch price
£3.99 game was originally planned as £1.99
VegasTowers' IAP conversion rate is 3 percent; average IAP is $40
Towering inferno
Strong demand in Tegra's second quarter fuels $174 million profit at Nvidia
Revenue to top $1 billion in Q3
Rovio, Zynga and Wooga on board as games channel hits Google+
Social gaming gains a new port of call
Why app store incompatibilities ended up with Spacetime Studios giving away $330,000 of in-game currency
Barriers to a universal wallet
Samsung roadmap points towards 5.29-inch Android handset, plus 7-inch Galaxy Tab
Windows Phone and bada devices also on board
Driven by global smartphone boom, Com2uS sees Q2 2011 sales up 17% to $8 million
Income up 117% to $900,000
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Wooords, Cordy, Mega Mall Story
Critically acclaimed
Rumour: Rovio's getting a strategic investment that will value it at more than $1 billion
Birds getting plumper
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha hints firm looking to claim royalties from rival Android OEMs
Patents a key advantage
Bada shipments triple in Q2 2011 as Samsung platform surpasses Windows Phone
Symbian's share halves, Android holds lead
W3i looks to grease freemium's wheels with launch of Games Platform framework
Beta to handle servers, security and storefronts
Pocket Gamer will be in full force at GDC Europe and Gamescom
Got your party invite yet?
Cave accelerates social smartphone business; signs strategic partnership with GREE
Gains $2.3 million investment too
Pandigital and Skytex to pre-install GetJar onto their latest tablets
Including the upcoming Pandigital Planet and Alpha 7'
Rovio's Vesterbacka dismisses 'games company' tag, claims studio building 'next gen entertainment franchise'
A strong brand can take you anywhere
Nintendo urged to begin iOS development, as Apple becomes world's most valuable company
Smartphone killed the videogame star?
Freemium iOS hotel builder VegasTowers does 1 million downloads; average IAP is $40
Not so tiny
Cut the Rope studio ZeptoLab opens up UK office as downloads top 45 million
9 million paid on iOS
Nokia video leak reveals multiple Windows Phone handsets
And they're lookers
Smartphone penetration sits at 34% in US as 155 million stick to feature phones
But Windows Phone finally starts to grow
HP looks to launch 7-inch TouchPad Go after FCC filing
Current model sees price slashed by $100 in US
Dancing to a different beat: The making of Pulse: Volume One
Radial lines
Gamevil hits accumulative total of 50 million mobile game downloads
Vast majority paid, majority Java
Despite current lack of revenues, Chinese ISP Tencent is 'investing significantly' in mobile platforms
Highly popular, hopes business models will emerge
Nvidia, RIM and ARM on board for metaio's insideAR 2011 in Munich
Mark your calendar for September 26-27
55.9% of Android owners still use Froyo, only 24.3% now running Gingerbread
Transition is slow
Apple begins legal action in Germany against Motorola over Xoom design
European tablet wars heat up
With Q4 growth accelerating, GREE posts FY11 sales of $794 million, up 82%
Net income up 59% to $225 million
PlayScreen's William D. Volk approves of gamification but thinks we can do better
Grind doesn't have to be the game
Nokia won't release its one and only MeeGo phone in US or UK
NoGo for N9
Android Market developers complain as Google payouts fail to match actual sales
Studios missing out on revenue
Nokia to drop Symbian in North America when Windows Phone launches
Giant planning biggest ever push with Microsoft's OS
OpenFeint brings over 60 Android games to China through The9 Game Zone
Distribution through 30 app stores
Motorola CEO Jha floats the idea of supporting Windows Phone
But focus currently Android
Apple gains preliminary injunction against Samsung; stops European Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch
German court plays it by the book
Capcom is the fastest growing mobile company, but DeNA remains the most impressive
Good news too for EA, Gameloft, Gamevil and Glu
Rovio signs SwaddleDesigns deal to bring Angry Birds to babyware
Studio looking to 'increase power of brand'