The average age of mobile gamers is 28, compared to console gamers’ 34 years, and 53 percent of mobile gamers just happen to be women. (For the consoles, women still come in at 40 percent.)

The Flurry study also stated that “[t]here is also greater density in the 18-49 bracket, which indicates that [Apple] iOS and Android devices are attracting users during their earning years versus, in particular, their teenage years, where they likely cannot afford more expensive mobile devices.”

Females who play mobile games overall skewed older, with more women in the 26-65 age bracket compared to the men. North America played the most mobile social games (64 percent), with Europe (30 percent) and Asia (4 percent) trailing behind.Mobile social gamers typically earn more than the average household income and are also twice as likely to hold a college degree (or higher).

Some mobile games manage to get 26 million unique users a day – meaning that a game on your phone might be attracting more of an audience than some of the most popular primetime television shows! (Please don’t make an “Angry Birds” show, networks. Please.)

“In terms of usage behavior, they use social games far more often than they watch prime-time television shows, and using for 25 minutes per day, are heavy users of this interactive content,” the report stated. “Mobile social gamers are the new mass-market powerhouse.”

[Thanks for the tip, MediaPost]

The single biggest roadblock with playing poker on Android devices is its relative newness, as online sites simply haven’t yet rolled out safe, secure apps that they’re comfortable offering to their players for Texas Holdem Games real money play. Google is much more open than Apple when it comes to the approval process for Android apps, so most believe that the reason there are currently no apps to play online poker on Android devices is due to development issues instead of the apps not being approved (as is the case with Apple refusing to approve online poker apps for the iPhone and iPad).

While a few online sites do offer no-download Flash versions that can be accessed on Android phones, the selection is pretty sparse, as many online poker sites have refused to offer Flash versions due to security risks. More sites offer no-download versions but most of these actually aren’t Flash based and won’t work with Android phones.

Like iPhone owners, the best bet for those with Android phones who want to play on their favorite online sites is to use a remote desktop program or service (see, how to guide real money poker on iphone). Using a remote desktop solution isn’t optimal (you won’t be playing ten tables at a time like you might on your desktop) due to lag and general sluggishness in using your phone to remotely access your desktop, but it does give you access to any online site that you can download and play on your desktop.

Most sites have announced that they’re hard at work on Android apps, so hopefully the wait won’t be long before major online poker sites have all released Android apps that let you enjoy their sites on your phone just like you do on your desktop.

CubeHead promises a humorous and colorful Match 3 puzzle game in which players battle King CubeHead and protect their country.

Connect The Dots Extreme includes many drawings to complete, crisp and colorful graphics and the ability to choose pen color. The “Extreme” option can be disabled allowing for younger players.

Connect the Dots Extreme is now available from the Apps Store for $.99.

“The Graveyard offers a player the opportunity to imagine themselves in a certain situation,” explain creators Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn. “It’s not a game in the sense that there is a way to win or lose or a puzzle to solve, or even a story to uncover. But the interaction does immerse you in a virtual world filled with narrative, an equally powerful feature of the medium of videogames. The iPhone version of The Graveyard is the same as the PC version. Only a few elements have been removed or simplified to allow it to run on the iPhone hardware. But the fact that you hold the game in your hand and touch it with your finger, adds to the sensation of fragility and preciousness.”

The full version of The Graveyard is available through the Apple Apps Store for $1.99 or at http://Tale-of-Tales.com/TheGraveyard.

The Lite version is also available for free.

“Apogee has always been a company of firsts in the gaming industry” said Terry Nagy, Chief Creative Officer of Apogee. “Other companies would create a gold or platinum package and charge you for the additional content”.

“The overwhelming response to the Rise of the Triad announcement has had fans wanting more right out of the gate” said Yevgeniy Goyfman, President of Mobila Interactive. “Offering Extreme Rise of the Triad as a free upgrade gives them what they want without having to pay more for it”.

Extreme Rise of the Triad is coming soon to the App Store.

Zombie Wonderland combines a shooter style game with a 3d tower defense experience. The main character, Chuck is a zombie cleaner and is called to deal with zombie attacks all over the town of Niceville. Follow Chuck’s adventure from Aunt Lilly’s House to Olaf’s Funeral Home as he kills four types of villians.

Chillingo is also lowering the price of the game to $.99.

Urban War is now avilable from the Apps Store.

There is nothing like a little bit of marketing analysis to get the day started right. As it stands now, many people are buying smartphones. I am sure if you poll the staff members at Gaming Angels.com, a number of us have smartphones. The difference is, that according to a report by David Luu entitled Handheld Device Convergence, we are still buying different deviced for different functions. If you look at my bag for travel, or for work, I have a number of items in there. I have a laptop, A DS, and Ipod, a digital camera and a cell phone. Yes, I carry a large bag.

Taken from the report is the fact that by 2013 there will be about 1 billion users of smart phones by 2013.

Last year, mobile phone ownership exceeded four billion users – which equates to nearly 60% of the world’s population. And in the face of a handset market which is slowing on the whole, smartphone sales are rising fast, with our year-end forecasts for 2009 showing smartphone sales representing 17% of total handset shipments. By 2013, more than one billion people will own a smartphone.

What is occurring is that the cell phone is equipped with more and more devices. Cameras, music players, and even gaming functions are available on many smartphones, such as the Iphone, Palm Pre, Blackberry and Andriod. Though currently these functions are in there primary stages, they are always being improved upon, and there will come a time where the phones function will be equal to the function of another single function device.

A question to all you GA readers, how many of you are already carrying a smartphone? Do you think you will ever need a smartphone? Do you even have a desire to have a smart phone?

Source: www.futuresource-consulting.com