Bradley: webOS is numero dos 3D gaming platform 16
Finally, Palm and webOS gets a nice #2 ranking among smartphone platforms for anything. When you start talking about the likes of 3D mobile gaming, it’s obvious who number one is: Apple and iOS. What is unclear is who follows, and it depends on which group exactly we’re talking about.
If you’re talking all mobile devices, it’s murky whether Nintendo or Sony follow, or is there another smartphone contender they have to deal with. “Android?” you might postulate. HP senior exec and former PalmOne CEO Todd Bradley would disagree, he’ll tell you that webOS is the number two 3D gaming platform. In fact, he did just that during a TechCrunch Disrupt interview:
“We’re the second largest 3D gaming platform in the world today.”
Of course, the question then becomes, what metric is Bradley using? Is he talking about available titles, device unit sales, or some combination of the two? It’s hard to pin down exactly how many 3D apps are available for iOS, webOS, or Android (nobody’s got the patience to sort through thousands of apps like that), but we’ll side with Bradley and say it’s safe to declare webOS #2 in that race. Of course, there are still a dozen other ways that Palm and webOS fall behind (for instance, there are some 5,000 apps available for webOS, vs. the 80,000 in the Android Market and 250,000 in the iOS App Store), but it’s nice to be able to claim number two for something.
Source: TechCrunch
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my sprint pre is awesome for 3d games! (That is, while the battery lasts)
just get an extra battery or two and I recently bought this external battery charger and dock from amazon - now I just change batteries like cartridges if necessary, and carry a few charged spares in case of emergency...
does it like Master(Pre)f
Yea, thats how I see them, as cartridges. I have 2 webOS phones, 2 touchstones, 1 wall charger, 2 car charges, and 3 batteries floating around, so I never have to worry about a battery issue.
1gh overclocked 3d awesomeness.
It's brill for 3D gaming! Love it!
Check out my WebOS Show on Youtube
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Derek, I knew you were a man of taste. An interview with MLP you (and all straight dudes or gay chicks) will enjoy:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/08/mary-louise-parker-does-...
Thats a bold statement, especially considering the psp exists. And I know MANY more people with psps than pres. And Android will be #2 soon enough.
I hope Bradley stays with us
WebOS is the Sh*t. I can't wait for new hardware though. That's what I've been thinking about lately.
i wonder how the ''Mock-up the next Palm device contest'' is coming along, Derek come on dude! show us the latest entries.
until Wp7....
Wp7 launches 11 Oct in NYC for AT&T and Tmobile according to Engadget.
When he says WebOS is the #2 3D gaming platform, it should be noted that WebOS is a very very very distant second. Its best games are whatever WebOS users were able to beg iPhone developers to port. No serious game developer targets WebOS as the lead platform. Games like Assassin's Creed have already spawned sequels and multiplayer side stories on the iPhone while us WebOS users are still stuck playing the original. While Need For Speed Shift has been out for a year on the iPhone, we're still playing the inferior Need For Speed Undercover.
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