Imperial Game Studio's Martin Flensburg on cross platform deployment and Android fragmentation
Google needs to create Android device reference groups
Analysts forecast Q2 '11 sales of 17 million iPhones and 7 million iPads
Raised expectations
Khronos proposes open industry standard for cameras, sensors and touchscreen input
High-level semantic input, low-level device management
Urban Airship's Scott Kveton on filling in the IAP gaps left by Android Market
Value-add services
HandyGames' Christopher Kassulke on how operators can save their failing game portals
Give them what they want - free, quality content
Urban Airship unveils IAP platform for Android that goes beyond Google's 25MB download limit
2.8 million transactions already completed on iOS
Ovi Store hits 5 million daily downloads thanks to support for Series 40 devices
Growth of 35% in past 2 months
Games on top as 84% tackle titles on their tablets
Devices also stealing time from laptops and desktop PCs
China's online gaming market to grow to $8 billion by 2014
Outpacing the US industry
Game discovery platform TeePee Games gains investment from Turner Broadcasting Europe
Boost to launch strategy
Smartphone transition is where tech companies go to die, says RIM CEO Balsille
PlayBook marks the fightback
Intel unveils new Oak Trail tablet processor, bound for 35 devices in 2011
Time to take on ARM
Popularity of Infinity Blade's IAP was 'pretty shocking to us' says Chair's Donald Mustard
New way to consume
iPad userbase 138 million by 2015, Android tablets 113 million reckons Gartner
Relative success driven by services not hardware
PocketGamer.biz readers get a 50% discount for AppNation conference
Save money at the Show Me The Money bizdev show
Adobe looks to streamline cross-platform development with Creative Suite 5.5's release
iOS, BlackBerry and Android supported
Project Zebra secures investment to take location-based FoursqWAR multiplatform
German VC firm Venista Ventures behind injection
Windows Phone 7 game sales are disappointing; there's no upside, say developers
When does a slow start become a stop?
iDreamsky's Michael Chen on building a Chinese Game Center for Android
And why western developers should get involved
Kiip rewards network goes live for iOS and Android
Partnered with Sony Dash, Dr Pepper, and Sephora
PG.biz week that was: Gamevil likes Amazon Appstore, Honeycomb will be open, AGON stops, Zipline starts, HTC profits, Xoom hasn't, 4th & Battery rejected, and Apple gets game PR
The news of the past seven days compressed
Having poached Nintendo dude, Apple UK gets Activision's European PR head Nick Grange
Games guys to spearhead press push
HTC's Q1 2011 profits almost triple to $513 million
Market cap exceeds Nokia
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Forget-Me-Not, Mos Speedrun, Gunner Galaxies
Critically acclaimed
NTT DoCoMo adds carrier billing for Android Market
mobile AG's archecture to roll out wider
Samsung plans a July rollout for bada 2.0
Aiming for 30% share of the India market
Android-powered Nook Color now open for app submissions
Barnes & Noble to curate content
Nintendo UK's Rob Saunders being lined up for Apple role
PR head to focus on iOS range
Learn about app discovery, monetisation and bizdev at AppNation
Happening in San Francisco on April 27 and 28
17% of US teens own an iPhone, and 37% plan to buy one says Piper Jaffray's survey
iPods replaced by smartphones
Android and Windows Phone 7 to lead market as smartphone sales hit 1.1 billion annually in 2015
iPhone pushed down to third
GameStop considers launching gaming tablet as the retailer looks to shift to digital distribution
But cheap price of games is an issue
Dead Space, Tiny Wings, and NBA Jam are the top-reviewed iPhone games of Q1 2011
Critical acclaim
Estimates suggest only 100,000 Motorola Xooms have been sold
Based on Android 3.0 activity
Delay to Honeycomb code release doesn't represent a change in open strategy, claims Android head Rubin
Same as it ever was
Developer spots tweak to Android Market rankings as Google looks to reward engagement
myYearbook studio spots a sea change
BlackBerry talks up PlayBook 'Super Apps' and its commitment to open development
BlackBerry + Android = best of both worlds?
Symbian no longer open source, but Nokia unveils OS event on April 12
Open means 'Open for business'
Great launch, but publishers also want IAP, alternative billing, Game Center, and global rollout for Amazon Appstore
Keeping the customer satisfied
Amazon Appstore for Android is perfect mass market channel says HandyGames' Christopher Kassulke
Great opportunity for distributing free games
No Epic games on Android until platform offers a more consistent experience, says Tim Sweeney
Google needs to 'be a little more evil'
With half its Android revenues coming outside the official Market, HeroCraft has high hopes for Amazon's Appstore
Openess trumps Apple's central planning system
Namco Bandai's Jonathan Kromrey says the Amazon Appstore is becoming a force du jour
Now all it needs is IAP and Game Center
Gamevil's Kyu Lee on why the Amazon Appstore will bring a lot of value to Android
Another strong piece added to a fast maturing ecosystem
Zynga acquires Dallas-based MarketZero team
Looking to enhance the Zynga Poker experience
Storm8's Johnny Coghlan on making social games that are downloaded hundreds of millions of times
The network effect
Microsoft rumoured to announce Silverlight support for Xbox 360 at MIX11
WP7 devs gain second route to market?
Vodafone, Sony Ericsson and Ideaworks host 3D developer day on April 16
Airplay SDK set for push at London showcase
PopCap stops its designers' heads exploding with launch of experimental label 4th & Battery
First game will be Unpleasant Horse for iPhone
87% of developers brand fragmentation a problem for Android
Yet more studios supporting Google's OS