[casual_games] DoCoMo and Apple

[Ron]

 > As to the iPhone -- my guess is, Cingular (soon to resume the AT&T name)
 > wouldn't hear of an open platform.  Those pesky carriers.

I have a Palm Treo, and it is an open platform and I use Cingular.  I 
suspect this is all Apple's doing.

Ron

Hal Barwood wrote:

> Open platforms beat closed platforms?  Maybe in the long run -- but in 

> the long run we'll all be dead.  In the medium run, consoles, all 

> closed, seem to be hammering PCs into the turf, yes?

> 

> I do have some hope -- PCs are getting to be very cheap, with _slightly_ 

> better driver quality, and consoles are becoming outrageously expensive. 

>   Maybe economics will play a role.

> 

> As to the iPhone -- my guess is, Cingular (soon to resume the AT&T name) 

> wouldn't hear of an open platform.  Those pesky carriers.

> 

> Hal

> 

> 

> 

> Lennard Feddersen wrote:

>> I released several Tapwave Zodiac titles - aside from DRM signing, what 

>> was closed about that platform?

>>

>> Lennard Feddersen

>> CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.

>> www.RustyAxe.com

>>

>> Lennard at RustyAxe.com

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>>

>>

>> Gabor Forrai wrote:

>>> Juan

>>>

>>> I think Apple dont have the similar open minded ideas as DoCoMo has.

>>> I think Apple is making this things with the "closed platform" idea on the

>>> bad way...maybe could be nice to read for them everything about the

>>> Tapwave Zodiac story....another closed platform, a gaming pda with Palm

>>> os, a 2.5d video chip, same nice resolution (480x320), and a sad end, they

>>> have bancrupted last year.

>>>

>>> Anyway..im sure that Bejeweled will be there so make a multi million

>>> bestseller and im sure every gates on the apple (what a strange analogy)

>>> will to open. :)

>>>

>>> Best

>>>

>>> Gabor.Forrai

>>> Director of Development

>>> Catmoon Games

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>   

>>>> Von: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]

>>>> Im

>>>> Auftrag von Juan Gril

>>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2007 21:01

>>>> An: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List

>>>> Betreff: Re: [casual_games] Casual_Games Digest, Vol 21, Issue 9

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Sorry Alex, thanks for the clarification. Although I have to say I

>>>> disagree.

>>>> There is a company in Japan called "DoCoMo", and they have a completely

>>>> open

>>>> system, even with billing integration and revenue sharing, and last time I

>>>> checked it seems that it's doing pretty well...

>>>>

>>>> Oh and Andreas, sorry to be me the one revealing this to you, but that's

>>>> Apple response for "no, we are not interested".

>>>>

>>>> Cheers,

>>>>

>>>> Juan

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On 1/11/07, Andreas Schneider - GAMGO <gamgo at gmx.de> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> when the iPod video was launched I ask Apple if it is possible to develop

>>>> for iPod. I got a nice answer that it is only possible to special partners

>>>> at the moment - but that they put us on hold for further reviewing our

>>>> games.

>>>> Andreas

>>>>     

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