Late to the iPhone, Trip Hawkins’ Digital Chocolate falls in love with it
We’ve written about how new developers are enamored with the iPhone. But Trip Hawkins (founder of Electronic Arts) admits that his mobile game company, Digital Chocolate, was late to the iPhone. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company has 350 employees making games for all sorts of cell phones, but the iPhone’s popularity caught it by surprise. Now Hawkins has come back with a vengeance. His company has launched five iPhone games since December and four of… Continue Reading
Electronic Arts buys Hands-On Mobile Korea
Electronic Arts is expanding its grip on the mobile gaming market with its acquisition today of Hands-On Mobile Korea for an undisclosed price.
The deal gives EA a strong presence in the fast-growing South Korean mobile games market, adding to the strong share EA Mobile already has in the U.S. and Europe.
Hands-On Mobile Korea’s hot game is Heroes Lore. EA did not buy the rest of San Francisco-based Hands-On Mobile (formerly known as Mforma), the owner… Continue Reading
iSkoot promises carrier-friendly VOIP
Mobile operators can no longer avoid the free voice calling that comes with voice-on-the-Internet (VOIP) protocol. They might as well embrace it. And the start-up iSkoot says it has a version of mobile VOIP service that could even make wireless carriers some money.
Mark Jacobstein, CEO of iSkoot, told the audience at the eComm conference last week that mobile VOIP is here to stay. That topic will continue to be in the news this week at… Continue Reading