iGame "from Apple"

[peter2nvy]

how cool would this be for gaming experience for app store apps :D

http://www.simplydunn.net/images/2008/09/apple_igame.jpg

There’s an exciting rumour that there’s a handheld gaming console being developed by Apple, called iGame. A couple of patents have been filed recently, which are patent for intelligent copyright in the gaming console and patent on multi-tasking touchscreen gaming. This show that the games could be available in iPod Touch and iPhone. This is the only segment of entertainment that Apple had not probed into yet.

Built in 64 GB Flash Memory to keep all games downloadable from iTunes.

Charging using Solar Technology is implemented, so the whole screen of iGame will be solar panel to extend battery life.

Choose target and weapon only by touching object on the screen.

iSight Technology made it possible to connect iGame with Wi-Fi to share a game with friends. iSight will retrieve pictures and will work as camera for video chat.

http://www.simplydunn.net/2008/09/24/coming-igame-from-apple.html/

[bamafan12]

dude that looks sweet

[Ravenblack]

The home button in the center of the four arrows on the right seems like a bad idea. :rolleyes: :)

I do like the bit about the use of solar technology.

[inferi22]

thats Sooooooo fake. the patents may be real but patents are barely ever used. this is SooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOo fake

[istopmotion]

That's just plain awesome.. I'm a little worried about the buttons though.

[Kamazar]

Without tactile feedback, getting the buttons positioned right'll be tricky. Finding the buttons with your thumbs should be natural. You shouldn't have to look at anything besides the screen.

[dashzed]

lol, FAIL! this is not real, nor would it ever work. discussion closed.

if you want an iGaming console, why not just have an Ipod Touch?:confused:

[arta]

lol, FAIL! this is not real, nor would it ever work. discussion closed.

if you want an iGaming console, why not just have an Ipod Touch?:confused:Maybe that's the point, they're gonna stop making the iTouch and introduce the iGaming device, which is basically the same thing that has been optimized for gaming.

So you'll have an iPhone and iGaming, one focusing on being a cell phone, the other a gaming platform, while both still being able to to do Internet, Music, Videos and other apps. Probably an excuse to stop charging $100 less for the iTouch and get more money for it.

Edit: this article is from September though.

[Eli]

lol, fail! This is not real, nor would it ever work. Discussion closed.

If you want an igaming console, why not just have an ipod touch?:confused:

lulz omg teh epic failez!!!!~~!1111111

[BrushMyNoseOff]

Might as well get a PSP, if you're into that.

I love having my phone, music, web AND games in one device -- I didn't buy it just for gaming, and never would.

[Sincroman]

Well first of all, the game showing is Halo 3 if you didn't notice. Second of all it is obviously fake and it is just to show what it might look like. Third of all, Apple, the great company that it is, will think of something more creative than calling it iGame. I also don't think this will be out any time soon. Maybe two or three years.

[salsamd]

The home button in the center of the four arrows on the right seems like a bad idea. :rolleyes: :)



From a design standpoint, seems like it should be possible to implement a binary switch, similar to the mute switch on the left of the iphone, that allows one to switch the home button b/t standard functionality and game mode functionality. Pressing the home button with the on/off button in either of these states would still do a screen capture.

[don_k]

This is real: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=7774

[Kamazar]

This is real: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=7774

The control pad would be better built-in than as an add-on. And the Apple engineers are probably better. Why am I saying probably, of course they're better.

[salsamd]

This is real: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=7774

Real(ly) cumbersome, unattractive, and unlikely to be embraced by many users, and thus not by many developers.

[arta]

Well first of all, the game showing is Halo 3 if you didn't notice.Know something though? Heard about that Onlive thing at onlive.com that was demoed at GDC? If Apple develops a mini version of that then you should be able to get the graphics, if not the gameplay on such a device. It would still be years away though.

[hirschy75]

looks nice but i think the arrows will he so hard to use because you wont be able to feel them

[Kamazar]

looks nice but i think the arrows will he so hard to use because you wont be able to feel them

Like I said:

Without tactile feedback, getting the buttons positioned right'll be tricky. Finding the buttons with your thumbs should be natural. You shouldn't have to look at anything besides the screen.

[salsamd]

Like I said:

Wrt the home button at least, one already has tactile feedback as the button is dome-shaped. In this context the arrows merely would serve as visual reference.

One would have to make mechanical adjustments to accommodate the increased usage and wear of the home button.

[Xgamer1224]

Halo FTW

[stargazer513]

lol so its fake? sigh got my hopes up..solar energy woaaa advanced

[PeterM11]

It is an idea. That's all I will give it though.
Honestly, this messes up the look of it badly if you want to use it for other things besides gaming. If you want to use it as an iPod I would not get it because I would look stupid with a whole bunch of buttons that when someone asks me what they do I have to reply Nothing.

I don't like it.
That's just me though.

The Solar Energy idea is great though. I heard a rumor that would be in the next iPhone and it would be an awesome thing to have, especially with the battery life which is not too great sometimes.

[salsamd]

It is an idea. That's all I will give it though.
Honestly, this messes up the look of it badly if you want to use it for other things besides gaming. If you want to use it as an iPod I would not get it because I would look stupid with a whole bunch of buttons that when someone asks me what they do I have to reply Nothing.

I don't like it.
That's just me though.


If tactile stimulation comes from the dome of the home button, and the arrows are just for visual reference, they could be lit when the home button is in "game mode" and dimmed to background black when the home button is in "standard mode."

[theone1007]

I think Apple will just make an updated iPotch and iPhone with new and improved graphic chips in it so that the games on the iDevices will become more sophisticated. I don't think Apple is really into the whole button thing (as you can see the iPhone only has 4 buttons). Without the buttons, I think developers are more creative with their games, therefore, probably better quality than regular games for other handheld consoles.

[Kamazar]

I think Apple will just make an updated iPotch and iPhone with new and improved graphic chips in it so that the games on the iDevices will become more sophisticated. I don't think Apple is really into the whole button thing (as you can see the iPhone only has 4 buttons). Without the buttons, I think developers are more creative with their games, therefore, probably better quality than regular games for other handheld consoles.

Better quality? I wouldn't got that far. While there are some amazing games on the platform that you can't find anywhere else (Ellis and Zen Bound), the DS absolutely crushes the iPhone in terms of game library. I mean crushes without a hint of mercy. A lot of the games in the AppStore are the equivalent of flash games. Not that many are full. Just made for a quick dose of fun. Makes me miss my DS at times.

[treehuggerflem]

ummm well solar panels dont make much sense because if thats just what they are, normal solar panels, they just take the heat from the sun and use it to heat up a liquid to help transfer energy throughout the home or device. so it would cause it to over heat? but if they were photovoltaic solar cells, that actually converts the light energy to usable electrical energy. plus these pics just look absurd in legitimacy.

sorry for getting scientific

[don_k]

better quality? I wouldn't got that far. While there are some amazing games on the platform that you can't find anywhere else (ellis and zen bound), the ds absolutely crushes the iphone in terms of game library. I mean crushes without a hint of mercy. A lot of the games in the appstore are the equivalent of flash games. Not that many are full. Just made for a quick dose of fun. Makes me miss my ds at times.

+ + + + 1

[Spiral75]

Might as well get a PSP, if you're into that.

I love having my phone, music, web AND games in one device -- I didn't buy it just for gaming, and never would.

Believe it or not, I have a PSP.....and I put it down when I got my iphone. See I have to "sneak" my gaming device into work. So the fact that its so thin is a plus......This new device looks insane.

[inferi22]

Believe it or not, I have a PSP.....and I put it down when I got my iphone. See I have to "sneak" my gaming device into work. So the fact that its so thin is a plus......This new device looks insane.

It's not rrreeeeaaallll!!!

[The Game Reaper]

Oh please. This has fake written all over it. Solar panel screen?! Really gonna happen.

[Tennisking1o1]

How is the screen an Touchscreen LCD display AND and Solar panel?

[theone1007]

Better quality? I wouldn't got that far. While there are some amazing games on the platform that you can't find anywhere else (Ellis and Zen Bound), the DS absolutely crushes the iPhone in terms of game library. I mean crushes without a hint of mercy. A lot of the games in the AppStore are the equivalent of flash games. Not that many are full. Just made for a quick dose of fun. Makes me miss my DS at times.

By better quality, I mean an updated graphics drive that gives the ability for developers to create, not flash games, but high-quality games with superb graphics like the PSP or DS. Seems possible if you ask me.

[iKoda]

How is the screen an Touchscreen LCD display AND and Solar panel?

There was an article about it and there were blueprints and stuff like that about apple trying something new to include the Solar into the screen.
They might succeed into doing that. Lets just hope.
Also I'm guessing Apple will use OLED for the screen because they are much thinner.


The concept picture (obviously not from apple) Looks pretty cool. if those Arrows are just touch and not just buttons. They should Light up when needed so it could look nicer. So when a game is not on or a game that doesn't need it the arrow light would be turned off so it will now look like a normal iPod Touch.

The home button would be a bad place to put there but it does look good there.

[Vester]

HIGHLY doubt it >:l

[theone1007]

Well, to be fair, I don't think Kamazar was referring to graphics but gameplay and polished gameplay at that.

iTouch/Phone already has internal hardware more than capable of better looking games than DS (we've seen quite a few already) and and games that can rival PSP (we're seeing that slowly but surely).

But CPU and GPU "power" is one thing. Good gameplay is another. Even though I won't usually compare two platforms in two wholly separate markets, I agree with Kamazar. DS crushes it in terms of games (when looking solely at gameplay quality). Then again, I'd also argue (and most, it seem, would agree), that DS also crushes PSP in terms of gameplay quality. So graphics, again, is not the primary criteria for judgment in this case.

I see...well I must agree with you on the DS and PSP rivalry. DS has a whole load of games to play with while iDevices don't have much. One thing though is that the App Store has been out for less than year. On the other hand, PSPs and DSs have been out for 2-3 years? Imagine what can happen in the next 2-3 years with the App Store. We've already seen some high-quality games in less than year.

[iKoda]

I see...well I must agree with you on the DS and PSP rivalry. DS has a whole load of games to play with while iDevices don't have much. One thing though is that the App Store has been out for less than year. On the other hand, PSPs and DSs have been out for 2-3 years? Imagine what can happen in the next 2-3 years with the App Store. We've already seen some high-quality games in less than year.There could be even more high quality games if apple really did release a gaming system.
It could consist of Memory card slots so games can use more memory because some games try to lower memory usage.
Bigger battery.
Etc.

[kirothak]

There was an article about it and there were blueprints and stuff like that about apple trying something new to include the Solar into the screen.
They might succeed into doing that. Lets just hope.
Also I'm guessing Apple will use OLED for the screen because they are much thinner.


The concept picture (obviously not from apple) Looks pretty cool. if those Arrows are just touch and not just buttons. They should Light up when needed so it could look nicer. So when a game is not on or a game that doesn't need it the arrow light would be turned off so it will now look like a normal iPod Touch.

The home button would be a bad place to put there but it does look good there.
Not to mention the fact that OLED uses something like 40% less power (due to not needing a back light) then LCD so that combined with a in screen solar panel tech (which is just flippin cool if it can be done all portable devices need to do this) would extend battery life a great deal.

BUT it must be said that even know OLED is thiner, uses less power, and has much better image quality then LCD or anything eles out, there are 2 distinct draw backs. 1 they are still very expensive to produce, 2 the organic materail used in OLED has a much shorter life span then LCDs, though i dont know how short off the top of my head. If apple can refine the oled tech more to make it cheeper to make and last longer then I will love them forever!