It probably isn't a surprise to anyone who has played a game on an iPhone or iPod touch, but theAppleBlog discusses some numbers from an analyst that provides some data to backup the inkling many of us have had for a long time...
iPod Touch Cutting Into Handheld Game Market, Top Analyst Says
A managing director at Wedbush Morgan Securities is quoted as saying that the iPod touch games market share could grow to between 10 and 15 percent of all handheld games devices in direct competition with the Nintendo DS/DSi and Sony PSP.
The iPod touch has a lot going for it as a game machine. Full story...
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is many months away from delivery on an actual phone. But, Microsoft is trotting out partners at its MIX event in Las Vegas this week.
Here's an idea that sounds great. But, I wonder how well it will work in the real world:
Fandango Begins Rolling Out Mobile Tickets That Let Moviegoers Go Paperless (via TechCrunch)
Here's how Fandango's pre-paid movie ticket system worked the last time I used it back in January to go see Avatar 3D: I went online to Fandango and paid the ticket price plus a small fee for each ticket.
If you've used both a conventional consumer-grade GPS and a GPS-enabled phone, you've probably noticed that the phone seems to be able to get a general idea of your location much faster than the conventional GPS.
Frank McPherson noted a few weeks ago that:
Android Market Has The Most Free Apps
Here's the context: According to one estimate 25% of apps in the iTunes App Store are free while 53% of the apps in the Android Market are free.
If you live north of the equator, spring is just a few days away. And, with spring many peoples' thoughts will turn to .
The tech geeks reading this know that XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a truly big deal. RSS feeds, XHTML, and even the various document file formats used by Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.
CNN/Fortune Magazine reported that:
Apple iPad orders drop sharply
So, what this translate into number-wise.
Today you will find thousands of individuals and companies that are selling programs for mobile devices like the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile phone.
As promised during Mobile World Congress a month ago, today Microsoft made several Windows Phone 7 Series announcements at the MIX Developer Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
Last week Google Voice turned one year old. If you are not familiar with it, Google Voice is a phone enhancement service from Google.