Games on the iPhone, what to look for.

Until the SDK was released I did not fully understand all the hardware capabilities of the iPhone.  I knew it was the best mobile device that I had used. It was easy to use, it did what it said it would do, and it looked good doing it.  That was more than any of the other smart phone manufacturer had been able to accomplish after several releases and years of head start on Apple.

What I did not understand was the hardware power that lies beneath the slick glass and chrome case.  Nothing pushes a hardware device more than gaming so the true test of the hardware horse power will be the iPhones gaming capability.
I am not sure how much gaming I will do on my iPhone but I am a gadget geek so I am very interested to know what this thing is capable of doing.

For that let’s quote some people in the know.

In a recent interview Gameloft’s president and CEO, Michel Guillemot gave these insights.

As a gaming platform, iPhone is certainly one of the top players and really blows the classic handsets out of the water. For starters, the iPhone’s outstanding capabilities such as its, 3.5 inch wide screen, touch screen feature, 3D processor , size capability (10 to 20 times larger than classic phone games) and the accelerometer, means that creating games for the device will be a completely new undertaking. The richness and quality in graphics will be very competitive to console, the touch screen feature allows for a different kind of interactivity and the accelerometer enables you to pilot the game horizontally or vertically. With these key features you will have a very different gaming experience unlike anything that exists on current phones on the market.

The iPhone sets a new benchmark for an all in one integrated mobile phone and makes gaming more accessible to non-gamers or casual gamers in a very non threatening way.

Gameloft is developing 15 new titles for the iPhone, add to the Electronic Arts and other major players and there will be a major catalog of games before the end of the year.

Storage will be the only concern for the overzealous purchaser on the Apple App Store.

Look to iPhoneAppReview to provide reviews and user feedback of applications as soon as they start arriving in June.