MobilePet myPhone: Virtual Pets For the iPhone

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1. Bogdan
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 5:49 am

   On what other phone models does this game work?

2. Duncan Riley
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 5:52 am

   Bogdan
   although they are (naturally) focusing on the iPhone my understanding is that it game will work on any WAP enabled phones.

3. Tod Pedler
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 5:59 am

   I’m guessing alot of these WAP apps will see a resurgence, now that they have a decent browser to be displayed on.

4. Bill Hartzer
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 6:01 am

   My 7 year old son loves virtual pets…but I doubt that I’m going to get him an iPhone anytime soon.

5. Mark Williamson
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 6:09 am

   The biggest users of the iPhone will probably be the younger crowd (18-25) mainly due to the fact that they can consolidate their phone and their iPod and the fact that business ffunctionality like receiving corporate email is not as important to that group as a whole…So Virtual Pet games will probably have great appeal to this age group. I’m sure we will see many more apps like this one in the next few days-to-weeks.

6. Greg Harris
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 6:11 am

   If it is using Javascript and Ajax, it will not work on most phones. That’s one great thing about developing sites for the iPhone. We know the exact capabilities and screen size.

7. Cellufun
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 6:15 am

   Hi Greg,
   Duncan’s correct.

   The MobilePet myPhone does work for most handsets, not just the iPhone, even though it works from there as well.

   We wanted to make sure this game had the largest potential audience.

   Thanks and enjoy everyone!

   -Team Cellufun

8. KindAndThoughtful
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 6:17 am

   “A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.”

9. Gary Laden
   

   July 3rd, 2007 at 6:19 am

   Actually I just checked it out and it’s a bit disappointing. This is in no way an iPhone specific application. It looks like it will work on any phone.

   They should be taking advantage of the touchscreen features and Javascript of the iPhone.

   We have built an iPhone specific application that is like Del.icio.us and Stumbleupon combined and also integrates SMS. It uses Ajax and other features that make it like a native iPhone application. iPhone apps need to take advantage of knowing that all iPhones are exactly the same size, and have the same capabilities.

   http://iphoneurls.com

   I would expect more from CellUFun.

10. Greg Harris
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 6:24 am

    CelluFun,

    I just realized that when I tried it on my iPhone. This really is not an iPhone application, and for Techcrunch to report is as such is surprising.

    Those of us that are spending countless hours adapting mobile sites to the iPhone’s capabilities are not just taking our mobile web sites and saying the are made for the iPhone. We are incorporating Ajax so that the screens don’t do complete refreshes, and making proper sized buttons and assets for the touch screen.

    The fact that when you get to the virtual pet, you need to zoom in on every screen just to see is an example of why it is NOT made for the iPhone.

    You might want to detect the iPhone usr agent, and set a viewport to the proper size. Small fix, big impact.

    Greg

11. Beatbox
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 6:24 am

    Who cares!

12. Old School
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 7:06 am

    “Virtual Pets for Mobile Phones”

    Hmn…that doesn’t get attention at all…

    *tap tap tap*

    “Virtual Pets For the iPhone…

    …and other mobile phones…”

13. inbabble.com
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 7:09 am

    We got an interview with Cellufun CEO this time last month… there was some interesting comments on their revenue model that included product placement within games, as apposed to pure advertising or user based charges.

    http://inbabble.com/2007/06/02.....-cellufun/

14. Richard Miller
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 7:12 am

    Nothing new under the sun. This is like the tamagotchi game with the exception that it is for mobile phones.

15. beyondwww
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 7:13 am

    Hey it is really cool does it work on an E61.

    Beyondwww

16. Arthur
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 7:28 am

    Greg — thanks for your input we’ve had the actual iPhone for less than a few hours But the goal of Cellufun is to make its content available to any web enabled phone. Viewport would be properly set within minutes

17. Mitchy McMitcherson
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 am

    Hello there. I have a question for the Cellufun people and any mobile app developers here.

    “That’s one great thing about developing sites for the iPhone. We know the exact capabilities and screen size.”

    I don’t understand this statement…aren’t mobile WAPS supposed to variable width and height so the screen size won’t matter? Why does knowing the screen size of a specific mobile device matter when developing a mobile WAP?

18. stefpet
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 10:09 am

    WAP-based gaming for mobile phones…?

    That feels just so year 2000…

19. patricia
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 10:16 am

    cool idea.

20. i-phone.cc
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    this has more appeal in asia, than the US - i feel.
    i like cell games, but i question to beg if the virtual pet thing is still alive.

21. 1daysports.com
    

    July 3rd, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    Really would like to see apple let users cut their songs through itunes on the iphone and apply as ring tones so i dont have to watch tv and see a million ring tone ads. Can someone please crush this business?

22. Nintendo Wii
    

    July 6th, 2007 at 10:52 am

    I love to see all the mobile surfing action nowadays.

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