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Surprised it's not android based given that it has an app store and some reasonably popular games already. Anything that would stop them moving in that direction?
My understanding is that not every Android device can participate in the app store anyway. Am I misinformed?
I just don't see how they are going to attract developers to make games for this. The GP2X suffered similar problems. Sure, this will attract emulator crowd but why do I need a separate device for that when my smartphone will do it (there are even emulators running in javascript/html5 which circumvent any Apple iPhone store issues).
Surprised it's not android based given that it has an app store and some reasonably popular games already. Anything that would stop them moving in that direction?
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Is trying to attract developers to a niche micro-platform a better business move? Android market might be crowded but it is for good reason. Getting developer mindshare is very very hard.
Sums up my thinking on it exactly. I can't see this being more than a curious news item if it stays in this format.
Surprised it's not android based given that it has an app store and some reasonably popular games already. Anything that would stop them moving in that direction?
It was around before Android so that's one reason why it's not Android based. I think that becoming just another Android device wouldn't be a good business move either, but I don't have any data to back that up.
Neat project... except for the 8 games available on it. Why develop for something with 20 users when you can develop for a (more powerful) mobile phone with several orders of magnitude more potential customers? Pretty cool that it's open and finally (after what.. three years or so?) shipping units, but I doubt it'll ever gain steam.
The specs (SoC, display) are almost identical to N900 and Palm Pre, so you can play games made for those. Palm Pre games run already on the N900. You could also put some other flavor of Linux on there such as Maemo or MeeGo when it comes out.
I just don't see how they are going to attract developers to make games for this. The GP2X suffered similar problems. Sure, this will attract emulator crowd but why do I need a separate device for that when my smartphone will do it (there are even emulators running in javascript/html5 which circumvent any Apple iPhone store issues).
This device has dedicated gaming controls. Most smart phones don't.
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This device has dedicated gaming controls. Most smart phones don't.
except for that multi-touch screen stuff
600 mhz A8? We're in the 1.2ghz range right now. Two, three, and four core designs are about to be commonplace.