http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/ Autoblog Comments for VIDEO: Driving games begin to land on iPhone http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 4:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/Oh well, to each their own. Let's focus back on cars...]]>May 10th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/
i am a bit of a power user [read: mega nerd] so i guess thats why i see the iphone's short comings. ]]>May 10th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/
My iPhone's jailbroken, unlocked, etc. and kitted out with the latest programs from everywhere, but the variety of apps is nowhere near what's out for Windows Mobile.

Gaming on the iPhone is beyond pathetic. Puzzle games might be fine, but no real games (read: FPS, Driving games) work without buttons or a D-pad. I have all the emulators installed (NES, SNES, Genesis, PSX), and they're all pretty useless due to the onscreen keys ("virtual buttons").

The accelerometer is cool and all, but for FPS or driving games, it's not a good idea. The two demo 3D FPS apps currently out for the iPhone, iPac3D and Yeti3D, are very hard to play with either onscreen or accelerometer controls. Tilting the whole unit (which also limits your view of what's happening) is nowhere near as quick or precise as buttons (even virtual ones).

One of the things I miss most about my WinMo phones (besides Bluetooth, which the iPhone can only use for mono headsets, nothing else) is the lack of FPS and driving games. Even if there were any, there's really no way to play without any physical controls.

What I'm hoping is that someone will come out with a gaming attachment for the iPhone, with a D-pad/joystick and some buttons, but the iPhone SDK doesn't allow hardware access, so that's probably not going to be possible.]]>May 10th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 11th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/
but tech people use phones for so much more. (ie: tethering via bluetooth to laptop for 3g broadband data connection anywhere)]]>May 11th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/May 10th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/10/video-driving-games-begin-to-land-on-iphone/http://www.zeemote.com/]]>May 11th 2008 2:16PM