Happy New Year! Folks, it's been a few years since I looked at this. I apologize, real life has got in the way a bit. Now I'm back with cycles to spare on this. In fact, when I brushed the dust off... more
Another vote here for Android - not entirely for the selfish reason that I just got a new Android-powered phone! I'm planning on learning the Android platform over the next couple of months and have... more
I SO don't wanna get into a flamewar, but anyone who develops for Android is a FOOL. Have you seen iOS's numbers lately? And with Android, there's no "App Store", as such. Talk to any Android dev.... more
The MDDClone is a free simulation of the original payware Mercenary, Damocles, and Dion Crisis games; without very special dispensation from Paul Woakes - or unless the MDDClone author *is* Paul... more
... putting the "make more money with iOS" motive aside for a moment, how about this .... With iOS, an MDD Clone will reach a MUCH larger -- and, more importantly, a much more *receptive* -- audience ... more
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovelware : As console gaming has spread into the mobile market, the rise of low cost digital storage and the comparative limitations of mobile devices has once... more
Is there a glut of shovelware & garbage in the AppStore? Absolutely. As Steve Jobs himself says: "We have enough fart apps, thank you." But apparently this hasn't stopped titans of the gaming... more
1) I don't believe that the Ipad represents a serious danger to the Xbox 360 and the PS3 (the "present" of gaming), even with comparable graphical capabilities. An Xbox 360 is 280 €; a PS3 is 308 €;... more
Of everything I said, you concentrate on the 2 of the things I only mentioned as an aside. My MAIN points are .... 1] iOS is now just as mainstream a platform as computers & consoles and all of the... more
Do you really want the MDDClone author to port his program to a device made in 1997, with a monochrome screen, a 68000-based processor and 512 KB of RAM? Maybe you just meant a Palm smartphone, but... more
Symbian may be most used in the smartphone market, but how many Symbian users go grabbing apps off their equivalent to the App Store? I would suggest Android as a starting point because it's an open... more