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  1. #1
    4phun
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    Apple bites into handheld gaming

    12:00 AM CST on Saturday, March 8, 2008
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    Is Apple finally getting serious about games?

    Could be.

    When Apple unveiled its platform for letting outside developers create
    software for the iPhone and iPod Touch this week, some of the first
    programs shown were games from Electronic Arts and Sega.

    And more game developers seem likely to hop on the Apple cart, since
    the iPhone and its cousin the iPod Touch are both tremendously popular
    and fairly powerful mobile computers.

    What's really cool is that the games won't be sold on traditional
    cartridges or discs, but will be available solely as downloadable
    files.

    Even better, you'll be able to purchase and download the titles
    wirelessly at any Wi-Fi hot spot without connecting your iPhone or
    Touch to a computer.

    While gamers have clamored for years for portable-game makers to
    embrace the concept of wireless downloads, both Sony and Nintendo have
    been reluctant to relinquish their grip on physical media.

    With downloadable titles, you don't have to worry about losing or
    scratching your games, you can play any game in your library without
    having to swap cartridges or discs, and games stored on a hard drive
    generally load faster than software that has to be accessed from
    removable media.

    At this point, though, I think Apple's foray into games is more of a
    threat to Sony than to Nintendo.

    Sony's slick, powerful and expensive PSP is designed to appeal to the
    same high-end gadget shopper who's also likely to crave the iPhone. If
    my iPhone can play top-notch games and make phone calls, what reason
    is there to own a PSP?

    On the other hand, while the Nintendo DS and the iPhone both use touch-
    screen technology, the DS is far more of a pure entertainment device
    targeted at younger buyers with less money to burn.

    Sure, most 10-year-olds would probably love to have a $400-plus
    iPhone, but parental indulgence goes only so far.

    A $130 DS Lite is simply competing for a different buyer.

    Granted, a PSP isn't that much pricier at $170, but there's no denying
    that the machine is designed to appeal to older gamers, since the PSP
    is also capable of playing music and movies, hopping onto the Web, and
    connecting to your home network.

    Now, Apple hasn't yet made clear how vigorously it plans to market the
    iPhone as a game platform. In some ways, though, it doesn't matter.

    If enough outside developers flock to the iPhone and iPod Touch as
    game platforms and start releasing cool, exclusive titles for the
    devices, gamers will follow.

    When the CEO of Electronic Arts gets onstage with Steve Jobs and
    trumpets the fact that his company is working on an iPhone version of
    Spore, one of the most anticipated games of all time, well, it's hard
    not to wonder if the handheld game industry is about to get a lot more
    interesting.

    Victor Godinez covers technology for The Dallas Morning News. Read
    more of his video-game coverage at punchbutton.beloblog .com.



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  2. #2
    Larry
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:21c64f83-2834-40c0-a997-
    [email protected]:

    > Spore, one of the most anticipated games of all time,


    Spore? Games of all times?

    I wonder how many newspaper pages Apple had to buy to force him to say
    THAT?!....(c;

    God that IS funny, though...(c;




  3. #3
    Kevin Weaver
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    "Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > 4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:21c64f83-2834-40c0-a997-
    > [email protected]:
    >
    >> Spore, one of the most anticipated games of all time,

    >
    > Spore? Games of all times?
    >
    > I wonder how many newspaper pages Apple had to buy to force him to say
    > THAT?!....(c;
    >
    > God that IS funny, though...(c;
    >


    I never heard of spore till I watched it.

    Some are saying that the 2.0 is a new phone. It should be called a firmware
    update not a new phone as some are saying.

    Call it what you will. A phone with a battery life that sucks and won't last
    thru a day of use. Now add push mail to it and it's going to last even less.
    When they offer a user replaced battery, (One you can change) Then I may buy
    one. Almost every phone has a battery door. So all this is just apple
    getting more into your pocket.




  4. #4
    Tinman
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    Kevin Weaver wrote:
    >
    > Call it what you will. A phone with a battery life that sucks and
    > won't last thru a day of use.


    Zero credibility.

    My iPhone lasts much longer than my last smartphone, and that is with
    Bluetooth and WiFi on 24/7. And my last smartphone didn't even have WiFi.

    But keep on hating it. People like you need something to hate, obviously.


    --
    Mike





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    Larry
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    "Kevin Weaver" <[email protected]> wrote in newsyzAj.16398
    [email protected]:

    > So all this is just apple
    > getting more into your pocket.
    >


    ....or OUT of your pocket, depending on your viewpoint...(c;




  6. #6
    Larry
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    "Tinman" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    > But keep on hating it. People like you need something to hate, obviously.
    >
    >


    WE don't "hate it". We merely point out its omissions, design flaws, and
    objectives, a WebTV device that acts like a Box Office in your pocket.




  7. #7
    News
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming



    Larry wrote:
    > "Tinman" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
    >
    >
    >>But keep on hating it. People like you need something to hate, obviously.
    >>
    >>

    >
    >
    > WE don't "hate it". We merely point out its omissions, design flaws, and
    > objectives, a WebTV device that acts like a Box Office in your pocket.
    >


    Issues that a fanboi might be blind to... for example.



  8. #8
    Kevin Weaver
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    "Tinman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Kevin Weaver wrote:
    >>
    >> Call it what you will. A phone with a battery life that sucks and
    >> won't last thru a day of use.

    >
    > Zero credibility.
    >
    > My iPhone lasts much longer than my last smartphone, and that is with
    > Bluetooth and WiFi on 24/7. And my last smartphone didn't even have WiFi.
    >
    > But keep on hating it. People like you need something to hate, obviously.
    >
    >
    > --
    > Mike
    >
    >


    Sure. My friend works at a apple store. He see's it everyday. I've gone
    there to have lunch with him and he showed me over 50 of them waiting to be
    returned. When they ask why there returning them over half is battery life.





  9. #9
    Anybody
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    In article <[email protected]>, Larry
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    > 4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:21c64f83-2834-40c0-a997-
    > [email protected]:
    >
    > > Spore, one of the most anticipated games of all time,

    >
    > Spore? Games of all times?
    >
    > I wonder how many newspaper pages Apple had to buy to force him to say
    > THAT?!....(c;
    >
    > God that IS funny, though...(c;


    Spore?? Nope.
    Now Lego Indiana Jones on the other hand ... ;-)



  10. #10
    Larry
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    Anybody <[email protected]> wrote in news:090320080925184566%
    [email protected]:

    > Spore?? Nope.
    > Now Lego Indiana Jones on the other hand ... ;-)
    >
    >


    Wish they'd make 'em a little dumber so the old farts can win a little more
    often:
    http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2007/scummvm/

    Scumm's virtual machine on the N800 is great! We even have BUTTONS to play
    the games with!
    http://pupnik.de/xkbd.html
    This German has a great virtual keyboard for them, too....





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    Todd Allcock
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming



    "Kevin Weaver" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    > "Tinman" <[email protected]> wrote in message


    >> Zero credibility.
    >>
    >> My iPhone lasts much longer than my last smartphone, and that is with
    >> Bluetooth and WiFi on 24/7. And my last smartphone didn't even have WiFi.
    >>
    >> But keep on hating it. People like you need something to hate, obviously.


    > Sure. My friend works at a apple store. He see's it everyday. I've gone
    > there to have lunch with him and he showed me over 50 of them waiting to
    > be returned. When they ask why there returning them over half is battery
    > life.


    Strangely enough, I believe both of you! ;-)

    I think the disconnect is in customer expectation. To folks (like Tinman
    and I, perhaps) who have used a variety of Smartphones with traditionally
    crappy battery life, an iPhone lasting 24-48 hours on a charge becomes an
    amazing feat- even a mythical one if the WiFi's left on! My current WinMo
    phone running BT and Exchange Push constantly, but WiFi off (unless I'm
    surfing the web or streaming), gets 12-18 hours under normal use (an two+
    hours a day of e-mailing, surfing, Usenet, and/or calling) maybe 24 hours if
    I'm too busy to use it as a PDA that day. (At 11:00pm last night I was down
    to 30% of battery life.)

    But, I doubt most iPhone owners are prior smartphone users. I suspect most
    are first-time PDA/MP3 phone customers, and they're used to getting a week
    of standby from their RAZRs or Nokia candybars, so a phone that needs
    charging nightly is horrific to them. I suspect those returning an iPhone
    over battery issues would've returned a Treo, a Q, or a Tilt just as
    quickly.









  12. #12
    Tinman
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    Kevin Weaver wrote:
    > Sure. My friend works at a apple store. He see's it everyday. I've
    > gone there to have lunch with him and he showed me over 50 of them
    > waiting to be returned. When they ask why there returning them over
    > half is battery life.


    Yea, "your friend," fourth-hand, etc., etc.

    Like I said, zero credibility.


    --
    Mike





  13. #13
    Tinman
    Guest

    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    Larry wrote:
    >
    >> But keep on hating it. People like you need something to hate,
    >> obviously.
    >>
    >>

    >
    > WE don't "hate it".


    What's this "we" ****? You weren't in that group. Your opinion means so
    little it's irrelevant.

    Go back to ogling the toothless wonders at Waffle House... I'm sure you're a
    big man over there. <chuckle>



    --
    Mike





  14. #14
    Tinman
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming

    News wrote:
    > Larry wrote:
    >>
    >> WE don't "hate it". We merely point out its omissions, design
    >> flaws, and objectives, a WebTV device that acts like a Box Office in
    >> your pocket.

    >
    > Issues that a fanboi might be blind to... for example.


    Pooh, the "fanboi" card. So hip.

    I love watching you idiots get yer panties in a twist over a device you
    neither own nor know anything about. Too funny...



    --
    Mike









  15. #15
    News
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    Re: Dallasnews: Apple bites into handheld gaming



    Tinman wrote:

    > News wrote:
    >
    >>Larry wrote:
    >>
    >>>WE don't "hate it". We merely point out its omissions, design
    >>>flaws, and objectives, a WebTV device that acts like a Box Office in
    >>>your pocket.

    >>
    >>Issues that a fanboi might be blind to... for example.

    >
    >
    > Pooh, the "fanboi" card. So hip.
    >
    > I love watching you idiots get yer panties in a twist over a device you
    > neither own nor know anything about. Too funny...
    >


    Pooh, yourself. Fashion victims are too hip. In their own minds...

    I've used one, and it pales in comparison to the two year old PocketPC
    GPS GSM phone I continue to use; no, I wouldn't own one.



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