I am pretty confident in stating that the popularity of mobile apps is more than just a passing fad. While some may wish the App Store would go the way of the pet rock and bell bottoms, most people realize it is here to stay. However, some say HTML5 is the way to go for […]

In last week’s news roundup I linked a story about how the founder of n-Space, Dan O’Leary, blamed low sales on the iPhone and iPod touch.  It seems his Nintendo DS development company is experiencing some rough times and he needs to find a scapegoat. I would like to take a closer look at the article and […]

Japanese company DeNA acquired mobile developer Ngcomo in a deal valued at 400 million. Ngcomo has over 60 million downloads with games like Rolando and Eliminate. Nintendo DS developer says cheap iPhone games have disrupted the game industry. The cause could never be with crappy games on the DS. Interview with Instapaper founder and developer […]

Halfbrick’s CEO, Shaniel Deo, talks about his company’s app development success. Zynga acquired Bonfire Studios on Tuesday, October 5th. Bonfire Studios is the developer of a game called ‘We Farm’ a Farmville clone. Vijay Thakkar, technical director at Newtoy (Words with Friends) praises the iPhone’s short development time and speedy bug fixes. Intel is developing a […]

Once again we are making a few changes based on reader input. We have decided to switch to a weekly roundup of news, which will be posted on Fridays. Application Development Trends interviewed Wallace McClure of Scalable Development Inc. about Mono-based application development. App developers share their experience with the iTune App Store in a […]

An Android developer decides to try creating apps for the iPhone. Please share your thoughts on this in the comments. The iPhone Development blog chimes in on this article from Computerworld. iPhone 3.2 and 3.3 show up in Apple TV firmware. Is it possible these are the version of iPhone other carriers will have? Apple […]

A survey indicates that 58.6 percent of respondents to a recent survey believe Android has a better long-term outlook over iOS. I wonder how many of the developers they surveyed have sold an app in the Appstore. The European Union has dropped two iPhone Related antitrust cases against Apple. Even the EU doesn’t want to […]

Check out Apple mobile related news for Friday, September 24, 2010.

Audible, Inc. launched a new Mobile Store for the users of iPhone and Android-based smartphones two days ago on September 22nd. This is great news for all the audiobook fans out there, and something tells me we shouldn’t really be surprised. After all Amazon, the parent company behind Audible.com, already had this model in place years ago for its flagship Kindle.