Comments on: MobilePet myPhone: Virtual Pets For the iPhone

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:06:22 +0000

hey i will try that app!

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By: laddie

laddie — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:51:03 +0000

Very useful, excellent information..
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By: Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:52:12 +0000

I love to see all the mobile surfing action nowadays.

By: 1daysports.com

1daysports.com — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:33:22 +0000

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?

By: i-phone.cc

i-phone.cc — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:18:58 +0000

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.

By: patricia

patricia — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:16:14 +0000

cool idea.

By: stefpet

stefpet — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:09:31 +0000

WAP-based gaming for mobile phones…?

That feels just so year 2000…

By: Mitchy McMitcherson

Mitchy McMitcherson — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:59:20 +0000

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?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:28:56 +0000

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

By: beyondwww

beyondwww — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:13:28 +0000

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

By: Richard Miller

Richard Miller — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:12:16 +0000

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

By: inbabble.com

inbabble.com — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:09:47 +0000

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...an-of-cellufun/

By: Old School

Old School — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:06:00 +0000

“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…”

By: Beatbox

Beatbox — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:24:54 +0000

Who cares!

By: Greg Harris

Greg Harris — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:24:34 +0000

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

By: Gary Laden

Gary Laden — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:19:51 +0000

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.

By: KindAndThoughtful

KindAndThoughtful — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:17:12 +0000

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

By: Cellufun

Cellufun — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:15:55 +0000

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

By: Greg Harris

Greg Harris — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:11:24 +0000

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.

By: Mark Williamson

Mark Williamson — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:09:17 +0000

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.

By: Bill Hartzer

Bill Hartzer — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:01:15 +0000

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

By: Tod Pedler

Tod Pedler — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:59:36 +0000

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

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:52:58 +0000

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