Computer gaming industry transformed by iPhone
Sometimes an innovation comes along which changes how business is done in an entire industry. For the computer gaming industry, the iPhone (along with the iPod Touch) is such a device.
Sometimes an innovation comes along which changes how business is done in an entire industry. For the computer gaming industry, the iPhone (along with the iPod Touch) is such a device.
The mothership’s industry leading software ecosystem for the iPhone and iPod touch continues to set and reset the bar for application output and sales, not to mention leave the company’s wannabe competitors in the dust. Help Cupertino and its legion of loyal developers celebrate by entering for the chance to win a bunch of cool Apple gear or massive $10,000 gift card.

Lately, there has been no end to the rumors and wishing about the physical characteristics and features of the third coming of the Jesus phone. Of course, the other side of the same coin are the software features to be included, though here we have a much more reliable source—Apple’s own iPhone OS 3.0 beta is chock full of clues for those who know where to find them.
Yesterday, Apple began letting developers test the new “push” notification features of the iPhone’s new 3.0 operating system, a feature long awaited on the Apple mobile platform.
Any marketing person worth his salt knows that it’s easier to make a customer for life by earning the customer’s loyalty at a young age. Whether you’re selling McDonalds french fries or Camel cigarettes, the latter being illegal these days, tailoring your message, product and pricing to the juice box crowd can provide decades of revenue from every youngling converted— Get ‘em when they’re pups!
Apple has worked hard to position the iPod Touch as a portable gaming platform, and according to a recent study by ComScore, they have succeeded in doing exactly that.
For many Apple fans, including this one, the idea of paying AT&T $70 plus taxes every month for a “phone” just isn’t going to happen. Moreover, the oft repeated description of the iPod touch as “everything good about the iPhone without AT&T” really resonates with quite a few.
Yesterday, the Mac side of Blorge provided a quick n’ dirty look at iStat for Mac, a utility that displays real-time stats for your Intel-powered Apple computer’s CPU usage, fans, temperatures, network usage and more—it’s pretty gosh darned neat and free to boot.
There has already been a great deal of speculation that the new iPhone will have faster 3G speeds. Now there is reason to believe that the Wi-Fi speeds will increase as well.
A chance once again to waste all of that time, and have all that fun, all over again. Fortunately, this time around we won’t have to pay an endless succession of quarters to keep playing.