Habbo Hotel Gets Cash, Goes Mobile
July 14, 2006 | CommentsHabbo Hotel Gets Cash, Goes Mobile: "Sulake can stand to make significant money off porting Habbo to cell phones. The company plans to work with handset manufacturers, to preinstall the mobile community, carriers, to boost mobile portal traffic, and other entertainment brands to distribute content wirelessly."
Not convinced, myself. From the little I've used Habbo it seems to require a lot of attention - it's very immersive, which seems to me to be the opposite of what works well on mobile.
But these guys no doubt hire smart people who've thought about this sort of thing.
Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry
July 14, 2006 | CommentsFrequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry: "EFF has prepared a sample list of tough questions for times when you hear entertainment industry representatives speaking and want to challenge their positions."
DoCoMo keeps customers switched-on
July 14, 2006 | CommentsDoCoMo keeps customers switched-on: "DoCoMo, which now has more power hungry 3G handsets on its network than 2G devices, appears to be switching on to this issue. It has realised that the most active and high-spending users can discharge even the latest batteries in a single day and by supplying a range of charging alternatives is able to keep these customers spending."
BumpTop Prototype
July 14, 2006 | CommentsBumpTop Prototype: "BumpTop aims to enrich the desktop metaphor with expressive, lightweight techniques found in the real world. "
Puzzling popular on mobile
July 13, 2006 | CommentsPuzzling popular on mobile: "61 percent or nearly two-thirds of U.K. 3G mobile game players downloaded a Puzzle/Strategy mobile game"
Shame they don't publish the total number of 3G mobile game players tho...