AI, Mobile, and Eveything Around the Cloud

CNet provided Apple the opportunity to overtake other gaming platforms in five easy steps.  Since I'm a mobile fan and am an iPhone devotee, I already consider the iPhone platform to be my choice for gaming, at least for the next couple of years. What's interesting is the poll that CNet put in the article.  The results did surprise me. I was able to gather two things from the poll.  First let me say this that isn't a scientific poll as those conducted by professional consultants and even those are wrong half the time.  But CNet did provide an opportunity to say where the state of mobile devices and smartphones are and what it means to its users. Apple fans are nuts.  And we're proud of it.  However, this would not be the case if Apple did not come out with innovative products with the ease of use, app support, and design, I'm pretty sure this won't be the case.  From Macbooks to the iPhone platform to the changing iPod lines, as long as Apple c...

That's the question Onxo examined today.  Inspired by a post I read over Gizmodo today (must read for all gaming fans), I started wondering about Apple's prospects of supplementing Nintendo and Sony as the mobile gaming leader. While that issue may be up for debate for years to come, what isn't is the facts that surfaced in recent days about Apple's moves on the mobile front and data that point to Cupertino gearing up for a mobile gaming war. 35K apps in the App Store.  Of those, more than 9,000 are games.   37 million iPhones and iPod Touches.  We might see 70-80 million by the end of 2009.   1 Billion downloads in about 9.5 months.  The next billion will not take that long. New iPhones coming in June along with iPhone 3.0.   Back-to-school iPod Touch giveaways with Mac purchases.   Apple commercials with iPod Touch and gaming. App Store seeing more games from tier one developers like EA and Sega.   Apple's recent hiring of forme...