Archive of posts filed under the Mobile Games category.

Adobe AIR: Multi-Screen application running on Android, iOS and Playbook

Here is a video showcasing Adobe AIR application running on multiple devices and OS, such as Android, iOS an PlayBook.
While the press always point to Flash on the web or mobile web, the power of Adobe AIR to develop for multiple devices is a very good proposition which does get much attention.

by the way, Adobe [...]

Symbian Anna and Belle

Nokia released a new update for their Symbian^3 devices, Symbian Anna. They also announced the latest Symbian Belle OS in addition to several devices which are all Flash Lite 4 enabled:

Nokia 500
Nokia 600
Nokia 700
Nokia 701

I just installed Symbian Anna on my Nokia E7 and Nokia N8 and it looks like a great update especially the [...]

New Android Market app!

Via Android dev blog, a new app for the Android Market is on the way to Android phones and tablets. The new client should allow users to buy books and movies but it might be limited at some country at the moment.
“The new Market client is designed to better showcase top apps and games, [...]

Nokia Ovi Store 6 Million daily downloads

Via Nokia Developers, the Nokia OVI Store has reached 6M downloads per day.

300,000 new Nokia accounts are created daily
48,000 apps now available
190 countries and over 30 languages
121 operators across 42 countries

“By the end of May 2011, more than 170 developers had each exceeded 1 million downloads on Ovi Store. Among those developers, 15 companies [...]

Nokia N9 video

Here is a great video showcasing the Nokia N9

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AIR 2.7 Mobile for Android available for download

Via Paul, great news today, a new release is available for AIR 2.7 and AIR 2.7 SDK. Check your Android device for the update.

Enhanced rendering for iOS – AIR apps for iOS render up to 4x faster in CPU mode. This change will improve the performance of many AIR for iOS apps, including those built [...]

Flash Lite game Tic Tac Toe Blue is #2 in Nokia OVI Store

Via Biskero blog, the Flash Lite game Tic Tac Toe Blue is #2 in the free game global category and in the arcade free game category in Nokia OVI Store.
“Tic Tac Toe Blue, a classic game. Play against your phone from 4 different levels: EASY, NORMAL, EXPERT and [...]

ATT: energy-efficient apps

Via ATT Research Lab, an interesting article focusing on how to create energy efficient mobile applications.

“Energy states are characterized not only by battery consumption, but by utilization of network resources. In fact, the app and network together negotiate the proper energy state for the device. When the device needs to transmit data, [...]

Video: Google I/O – Android Market for Developers

If you are publishing content to the Android Market make sure to watch this video from Google I/O.

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Google I/O: Android news

Yestarday and today is Google I/O conference days. There are a lot of news from the conference and many updates to the Android ecosystem.
Here some stats from yestaday keynote:

400k Android devices activated daily
200k apps in Android Market
3.5 Billion apps downloads

Also there were many more news like the Android Accessories APIs which look very cool to [...]

Video: Developing iOS Applications on Windows for AIR Mobile

If you are on Windows you can still create AIR Mobile applications for iOS, here is a video that shows what you need to do.
“Learn how to set up your development environment to build iOS apps on Windows”
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