Sony takes aim at iPhone gaming in new PSP ad
Well, it looks like Nintendo isn't the only gaming company that thinks Apple is the " enemy of the future " -- Sony has now also taken aim at iPhone gaming in a new PSP ad featuring Kevin Butler 's pint-sized counterpart, Marcus Rivers. In it, Marcus reminds viewers that the iPhone is built for things like "texting your grandma and calling your girl," while the PSP is "built for big boy games," some of which can be had for as little as $9.99. See the whole thing for yourself after the break.
Carmack blows minds with id Software’s Rage, running on iPhone at 60fps with ‘megatextured’ graphics (video)
We're sorry, but the Palm Pixi's rendition of Need for Speed no longer impresses us -- we've just seen John Carmack show off Rage for iPhone.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, PS2, nintendo Tags: app, awards, brick, course-it-looks, games-critics, john carmack, megatextures, nintendo, shoves-the-cell, speed
NTT DoCoMo looks to sell handheld game manufacturers on 3G
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo is apparently in talks with heretofore unnamed manufacturers to get its 3G modules embedded in handheld game consoles. "We are discussing this with various players," said company president Ryuji Yamada. The Wall Street Journal makes an educated guess that Nintendo might be one of the "players" (or "ballers," if you will), which sounds pretty good to us: we know that the upcoming Nintendo 3DS handheld is still being tweaked, and including 3G would be a pretty big deal
Categories: Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: ballers, educated, educated-guess, entry, gameconsole, mexico, nintendo, operator, president, ryuji, various-players
PlayStation emulator coming to Android, courtesy of yongzh and ZodTTD
If you don't know the names yongzh and ZodTTD , you can certainly be forgiven, but they're basically the cell phone emulation dream team -- where the former has been cranking out high-quality Nintendo and Sega emulators for Android, the latter is the one who brought PSX to iPhone , iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre . Today, we hear they're collaborating on a PSX emulator for Android that's running faster than the 3GS version -- before Froyo's even factored into the equation -- and that when his domination over the PSX is complete, ZodTTD intends to begin work on an Nintendo 64 emulator for Android, and then VLC
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: domination-over, emulation, emulation-dream, emulator, emulators, entry, n64, nintendo, phone, playstation, psx, psx emulator, running-faster, sega, team
Wii Controller Demo brings your Wiimote and Android phone 2gether, 4ever
Ryan Frawley still has a fair bit of work ahead of him, but his Wii Controller Demo app for Android sure holds an awful lot of promise.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, nintendo Tags: controller, entry, google-android, googleandroid, nintendo, paid-version, result, updates-coming, wiicontrollerdemo
Who should buy Palm?
Last night's bombshell news that Palm is allegedly looking for a buyer immediately got us thinking -- who should it be? There are more than a few companies out there who've been caught up in the rumor mill over the years, so let's take a look at a few of the big players, where they stand right now, and how they might benefit (if at all) from scooping up Sunnyvale's finest. Read on! Update: You wanted a poll, you got one
Categories: Mobile Phone, htc, nintendo Tags: bombshell-news, engadget, few-companies, from-scooping, htc, moto, nintendo, palm, result, rumor, stand-right, sunnyvale, the-rumor
Editorial: HTC and Palm should get hitched and make beautiful babies
It's no secret that Palm's Hail Mary of 2009 -- webOS and the launch of the Pre -- hasn't been the rousing success that the company so desperately needed.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other, htc, nintendo Tags: babies, dell, financier, hail, much-strategic, nintendo, profitability, result, speculation
CE-oh no he didn’t!: Reggie Fils-Aime says the iPhone OS isn’t a ‘viable profit platform for game development’
We can't say we'd expect Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime to lavish praise on iPhone OS gaming and the abilities of the iPad , but we figured everyone had to at least acknowledge the effect of Apple's handhelds on the market and the potential of its tablet, you know? Nope -- ol' Reg just told Kotaku that Apple "is not having an impact on Nintendo when you look at our business, our volume, our hardware, our software," and that "clearly it doesn't look like their platform is a viable profit platform for game development because so many of the games are free versus paid downloads." Snap -- although we'd bet plenty of top-tier iPhone game devs like ngmoco would argue that their "freemium" model is working plenty okay. That's not all, though, as Reggie also had some choice words about depth: "If our games represent a range between snacks of entertainment and full meals depending on the type of game, (Apple's) aren't even a mouthful, in terms of the gaming experience you get." Double snap -- we'll leave it to you to argue that one out.
Categories: Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: apple, ce oh no, ceohnohedidnt, entry, games, ipod-touch, nintendo, POTENTIAL, reggie fils aime
NESOID – Nintendo NES emulator for Android OS on Tmobile G1
nesoid is an emulator for the nintendo entertainment system, made for the Google’s Android OS. Its running on Tmobile’s G1 cell phone, made by HTC. You can download roms directly to the SD card on the phone from www.rom-world.com -Research the legalities of owning roms before you start downloading them.
Pressure-sensitive touchscreens show up on the not too distant horizon
Ever heard of quantum tunneling? It's the basis for the latest approach to gather steam in the never-ending quest to endue touchscreens with force recognition , and its promises are as lofty as you'd expect. Developed by UK researchers Peratech, this new methodology revolves around a 75-micrometer (less than a hundredth of a milimeter) quantum tunneling composite, which display makers can add to their screens relatively cheaply and painlessly.
Categories: Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: april-check, entry, nintendo, peratech, pressure sensor, pressuresensor, qtc, quantum, touch