It is almost time to go to ICE for the second day. I spend a couple of hours at the show yesterday walking looking at all the different exhibitors, especially in the igaming section. And it is pretty similar to previous years. We have everything from Microgaming’s big brands to bwin’s new iPhone poker app. [...]
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I’ve had fun playing around with bwin’s real money poker iPhone App for a few days now. Overall it has been a good experience but there are a few things, I’m listing four that I believe needs to be improved in order to be a real killer app. 1. Give the player the option to [...]
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Today bwin released a real money poker app for the iPhone (currently only available in Great Britain and Austria). Read the press release I’ve just played around with it for about half an hour during my lunch break and my first impressions are mainly positive. I believe that this is great addition to the [...]
Read moreApple released Game Center in their latest version of iOS (4) and it is available on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It will be available on the iPad with the release of iOS 4.2 coming next month. With Game Center players can play games against other players, either friends or players they don’t know. The [...]
Read moreSwitch Poker have developed a poker client using JavaScript and HTML which you can play on many browsers as well as on the iPhone and iPad. This is the first time you can play on your iPhone and iPad with real money. Image 1. Switch Poker’s lobby Will it be successful? I think it is [...]
Read moreA new report from Juniper Research has found that number of sports book users placing bets using their mobile have increased by 60% in 2010. And there are now over 2 million users in Europe. If you don’t already have your own iPhone and Android betting app then it is time to get one. Otherwise [...]
Read moreApple has sold more than 3 million iPads world wide so far! It is time to start customizing your gaming content to the plattform and not see it as big iPhone! Back in May I wrote a blog post, “It is time for Svenska Spel and every igaming company to get a mobile strategy!“, and [...]
Read moreNetPlayTV recently launched an iPhone App for the SuperCasino brand. The App let players play live roulette with their iPhone while watching the real-time Live Casino shows on TV. Image 1. Supercasino’s login view It is easy to start using the App as long as you already have an account with SuperCasino, but too complicated [...]
Read moreOn Sportingbet you can use your iPhone and Android phone to place bets. They have optimized their site for the phones. The problem is getting started! You have to go too many steps and get an SMS to get started. It could work much simpler! Today Image 1. Steps today to get started When you [...]
Read moreLast month I wrote a blog post giving SkyBet a design advice (read the post here). And today when I tried going to SkyBet using my iPhone I noticed that they had implemented the solution I wrote about. My design advice back in September was “The second solution is just to transfer the user to the “skybet.mobi” [...]
Read moreWe access the Internet today with more devices than our PC. Last night I was about to watch Barcelona’s last game of the season and I had my iPad with me on my couch. I thought it would be fun to place a few bets on the match, so I went to svenskaspel.se to place [...]
Read moreSky Bet last friday launched an sportsbook for their iPhone users together with mkodo. I think it is great that more and more products and services are optimized for the iPhone and the upcoming iPad. You can read more about that in my previous blog posts. Today Today when you type in skybet.mobi you come [...]
Read moreIn a month I’ll be able to sit on my couch watching soccer with my iPad and placing bets on the game. Apple’s iPad will soon go on sale in the US and later next month in some European countries. With the iPad there are new opportunities to give the user an experience better than just [...]
Read moreToday Svenska Spel launched an iPhone app where you can get results from matches and events. It is interesting and exciting to see that Svenska Spel are among the first operators to develop an iPhone app. You can see your current bets, but you can’t place any bets (probably because Apple wouldn’t allow it). I’ll use the [...]
Read moreIt seems like iPhone betting apps are legal in UK. In the UK iTunes Store there is an app called iBetting which lets you place bets on Betfair. Betfair have a nice API for developers to use to build applications around. This is great and more gaming companies should follow them. The app has been [...]
Read moreAt inUse we use a method called Effect Mapping to determine how we will be able to achieve the desired business goals in a project. I am applying a light version of this for my iPhone Poker App project. Why… am I going to do this? (The effects for the business you want to achieve) I [...]
Read moreImage 1. iPhone multiplayer poker app I’m starting a new personal project designing a iPhone poker app. There are a few reasons for this: I love my iPhone I love playing poker The big poker sites/networks don’t have any iPhone apps at the moment An iPhone app for the big poker sites/networks could be a [...]
Read moreImage 1. When will we see iPhone poker apps? When will we see iPhone Apps from the big poker sites? I know that you can’t play for money on iPhone Apps, but all major poker sites also have a “for fun” site (usually the same url as the normal site but “.net” insted). So why [...]
Read moreImage 1. The steps to place a bet on NordicBet’s iPhone site. I read on the Gaming Intelligence website that NordicBet has released a iPhone version of their sportsbook together with Mobenga. I thought I would try it out since I love my iPhone and gaming. So I started Safari on my iPhone and typed in www.nordicbet.com [...]
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