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Open Feint Brings Plug-And-Play Social Gaming Platform To Android Phones
Leena Rao (TechCrunch) Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:55:41 AM
Last year, Aurora Feint launched a comprehensive social gaming platform dubbed OpenFeint that has seen success in attracting independent iPhone game developers to its rapidly growing community. But Android also has potential as a vibrant social gaming platform with its growing community of gaming developers. Today, OpenFeint is announcing a soon to be released platform for Android apps.
OpenFeint’s mobile social platform and application for smartphones includes a set of online game services such as leaderboards and achievements running in a cloud-based Web environment. Launching later this summer, the company’s Android developed community will include a standard SDK, a game discovery store and mobile payment options. Aurora
Feint has also incorporated Google Checkout into the developer SDK.
The platform, which currently has a presence in over 2,200 live games for the iPhone, will include content from publishers such as Astraware, Digital Chocolate, Glu Mobile, Hudson Soft and others.
Of course, AuroraFeint is quick to assure developers that it has no intentions of abandoning its iPhone platform and stated that it will continue to add new features to that community. The
existing OpenFeint platform is quite popular amongst developers and already powers social gaming services for 28 million users and is growing at a monthly pace of 25 percent. The platform is growing at a nice clip and is even getting into the social gaming arena as well. It’s wise for Aurora Feint to offer communities for a variety of platforms. Not only will it generate more revenue for the company, but it also generates more user exposure. And while the Android gaming system is still young and not nearly as large as the iPhone platform, we know Google will soon get into the gaming space.
Aurora Feint also just announced a$4 million investment from Chinese game developer The9. CrunchBase Information Aurora Feint Information provided by CrunchBase
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini / Mini Pro review
Richard Lai (Engadget) Submitted at 7/8/2010 1:06:00 PM
In a smartphone market saturated with 3.5-inch and larger displays, Sony Ericsson reckons there's still a little place for petite packages. Enter the Xperia X10 Mini(E10i) and Mini Pro(U20i) -- both direct descendants of the beastly X10 Android 1.6 handset. Apart from the Pro's slide-out keyboard, removable battery, and positioning of various features, the two Minis are otherwise internally identical -- same processor, same camera, and same screen. So can these cute
baby form factors offer more than just some palm-cuddling time? Can we get a decent smartphone performance out of them? Follow us after the break to find out. Gallery: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini / Mini Pro review Continue reading Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini / Mini Pro review
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini / Mini Pro review originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Comments
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