N900 can run unmodified webOS games, what can your Linux-based phone do?
Ah, standards. Palm and Nokia know what we're talking about, which is why they support similar methods of developing native Linux apps, namely SDL 1.2. Add on the hardware similarities between the Palm Pre and the N900 (OMAP3430, PowerVR SGX, Open GL ES 2.0 support) and you have a beautiful recipe for cross-platform gaming.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: cross, exciting-beyond, game, launch, linux, maemo, nokian900, open gl, palm, platform, platforms, POTENTIAL, speed-on-much, unmodified-web
Steve Ballmer at D8: the video highlights (updated)
Steve Ballmer didn't say too much at D8 that we haven't heard him or others at Microsoft say in the past, but he's always an entertaining and interesting interview, and All Things Digital is upping the videos of Walt's session with Steve and Ray Ozzie now. Up first is a clip of Steve talking about how Microsoft is getting back into the mobile game and how RIM and Nokia are still formidable competitors, followed by Ray and Steve riffing on the potential of the cloud and how things can get even better for Microsoft
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: all things d 2010, cloudcomputing, d8 2010, d82010, microsoft, POTENTIAL, result, Steve, steve-ballmer, steveballmer
Telefonica gets behind MeeGo, says ‘smartphones, netbooks, tablets, and internet connected TVs’ are possibilities
Virtually all of the MeeGo buzz since Intel and Nokia's tie-up back in February has been focused on high-end smartphones, tablets, and netbooks, but Telefonica reminds us that there's another potential target for the platform, too -- connected TVs.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: buzz, cable, entry, fixed-internet, intel, meego, POTENTIAL, spain
iPhone tethering on AT&T still waiting on better network performance
AT&T's own Ralph de la Vega mentioned as early as November of 2008 that you'd be able to tether your iPhone to your computer and use it as a modem "soon," but here we are some ten months after the initial announcement of official tethering support in the platform and there's no sign of it. Considering that many iPhone carriers around the world deployed it as soon as Apple had it ready -- and many more came online over the months to follow -- it seems that AT&T's silence on the issue has spoken volumes
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: across-the-bow, apple, data tethering, datatethering, exclusive, increases, iphone, mobile, mobile hotspot, over-the-months, POTENTIAL, soon-as-apple
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
BEST SELLER POTENTIAL?!?
There’s a very popular boy named Virgil Marot who has just received the title as head boy in high school. he is incharge of initiation and he picks this grade eight junior, Nexus, to be his “slave” (initiation theme). The first time he actually gets to know her he becomes confused because he doesn’t know what he sees in her even though he can’t get his mind off of her. When initiation ends he becomes bored (because he would usually spend all his time talking to her and just chilling with her) so he goes and finds her during break but she’s with her friends. He tries to talk to Nexus alot during the day until one day she says:
“Look Verge, initiation is over. you’re free from babysitting me. I still want to salvage what very little time i have to act like an idiot and your not helping. ”
“I’m sorry. I just miss you Nexi. Alot. Would it be wierd if i said my life is tedious now that you’re gone?”
to which Nexus thinks she should give him a chance and she starts hanging out with him, too much. Virgil’s girlfriend and friends get annoyed and Nexus’s friend get annoyed but the close pair don’t care! Then Virgil tells Nexus something he’s never told anyone before:
How his dad killed himself because of his moms death during labour and how insecure he is because everything he (Virgil) touches turns to dust. After that the following scene occurs:
Her skin was warm and her scent was orangey. A tear streamed down her cheek.
“It’s okay to cry, Verge. ” her arms were clammy and our faces were only centimetres apart. Our eyes were locked and I couldn’t look away, even though I wanted to so badly.
I wanted so many things.
I wanted to cry, though I could not.
I wanted to be free from all the guilt I felt.
I wanted to be reunited with my real parents. .
The one thing I wanted the most was completely out of my reach.
I wanted Nexus. I wanted her to be at least fifteen. I wanted to be able to kiss her and to go on dates with her.
I wanted her to want the same and that wasn’t fair.
I was already taking away her life, her friends, her youth, her fun and her future. I was selfish and wrecked everything I touched. I couldn’t allow the damage I’d caused to go any further.
“No…” I stared into her tear brimmed eyes and fought back the stinging pain in my throat and the tingle behind my eyes. “It’s not okay to cry because that’s like admitting defeat. I will keep on fighting until I can compensate for the mutilation I’ve caused. Only then will I cry. ”
“It’s just me and you Verge, you can’t keep on bottling this up. ”
I laughed nervously, “What about my manly essence?”
Her dark eyes kept place in mine but her brow lowered apprehensively. She shifted forward so that our noses nearly touched. I shifted away but her eyes gleamed in defiance. Her clammy hands still held my arms tight and I could feel her nervousness as she gripped on tighter with every second that ticked past. Before I even knew what was happening, her nose was touching mine.
I was sure I hadn’t moved, hadn’t I?
I had to recoil, we were too close. I exceedingly cared about Nexus, I couldn’t mess up her life by making things complicated. If we kissed that would complicate things alot…
My thoughts were interrupted by a set of lips which I felt stroke mine by only the slightest bit. Oddly enough, this was enough to keep me composed. I withdrew and held her face, in my warm hands. It seemed wherever her skin would touch mine, the blood in my body would immediately rush there. “Thank you, for being my friend and thank you…” I paused, trying to find the right words to truly express what I was thinking “for loving me. ” She gasped a tiny little gasp and I winced because it reminded me just how young she was.
Then Nexus finds Nelly (Verge’s stepmother) crying and asks her what’s wrong. Nelly tells her that she cheated on Virgils father and that it was her fault that he killed himself and Nexus gets mad because she let Virgil blame himself the entire time so nexus tell her to tell Virgil.
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extra info,
virgil maro was a grecian poet. virgil marot is very poetic in this story.
Nexus means connection or link; the epicentre of, i thought i should name her that because she is the centre of the story
Nelly means weak and cowardly which is practically what Nelly is soooo.