

IPhone 4S pre-orders began Friday, October 7








Source: Apple

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RE: It's a sad truth...
By TakinYourPoints on 10/10/2011 7:16:04 PM , Rating: 2
iOS developers keep doing things that literally cannot be done on Android due to them having total control over the hardware/software ecosystem:

Microsoft will achieve this before Android does, because like Apple they control the entire hardware\software stack. Something like a next-gen XBox with total integration with Windows tablets and WP devices, it will happen like Apple is doing now.

The potential applications go way beyond just gaming, it can also extend to creative or productivity applications. Gaming on iOS happened by accident. Developers took the platform and ran with it. Good 3D hardware and APIs combined with a 99c app model and easy acquisition in an always with you device made it attractive. Things Apple threw in like Gamecenter were a total afterthought.

Until Google takes control of the platform away from carriers and hardware manufacturers, it will continue to be the Wild West of mobile OSes.

RE: It's a sad truth...
By TakinYourPoints on 10/10/2011 7:25:52 PM , Rating: 2
Actually, brain fart, Microsoft could probably do this with wifi capable XBoxes now. They just need to make brain dead easy ad hoc networking between the WP7 and XBox 360 happen over wifi, boom, video streaming from the phone to the TV.

RE: It's a sad truth...
By TakinYourPoints on 10/10/2011 7:30:00 PM , Rating: 2
Or use it as an alternate controller, whatever, you get the idea.

