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FROM APPLETELL - Even before the iPhone, the iPod never stood a chance as a legitimate gaming device. This saddens me somewhat, too, because I really wanted it to be…
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Interesting take Kirk. I think the clickwheel itself is doomed. If I am Apple, I am going to try to get as many of my devices plugged into the App Store. That means the Nano gets in.
I think in September we’ll see the Apple bring more devices to the App Store party.
Touch Nano anyone?
on July 16, 2008 at 12:23 PM - LINKI don’t know what’s going on here, but I’m entirely in favor of it and will share with you my foodstuffs.
on July 18, 2008 at 11:19 AM - LINKPart of the problem is that Apple didn’t develop the OS for clickwheel iPods (they did for the touch and phone)
Sun Microsystems made the OS for the clickwheel iPods, and they had a very anti-SDK policy. This meant that only big companies could make games. If an SDK was available, there’d be an AppStore for the clickwheel iPods.
on July 28, 2008 at 06:09 PM - LINK