- Seems the next big thing is really good gaming on your mobile device (and I'm not talking about brick breaker). Apple seems to have placed bets that it can make a nice wad of cash with having a pretty hefty gaming experience on the iPhone. It seems that game developers are also excited about this.
Is RIM planning to get some serious gaming happening on it's devices as well (namely Storm 2 for now)?08-23-09 11:48 PMLike 0 - To tell you the truth I would love to see Sony and RIM pair up to make a PSP blackberry. That would be bad a$$!08-24-09 12:04 AMLike 0
- If you're thinking of seeing 3D mobile versions of console or PC games on a BB within the next year or so, I'd have to realistically say no.
A BB is a secure business communications device first and foremost. I don't think RIM is going to be willing to undermine the great security features just to allow for 3D games right now. This is what they're known around the world for, and giving up a bit of it for games doesn't seem like a good idea.
I'm not saying that it won't ever happen. Just not with the Storm 2. Maybe when the Storm 3 comes out, RIM will have figured a way to keep its securities intact while building on some graphics acceleration.08-24-09 12:05 AMLike 0 -
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The lack of 3D capability on the Storm is simply due to the great difficulty of implementing OpenGL in Java, and the poor hardware configuration of the Storm as it would relate to a gaming device (App memory, first and foremost - some iPhone games are >300MB)
If you could somehow load a linux-based OS on the Storm hardware, and find the correct drivers for the OpenGL chip; I am almost 100% sure you'd find it MORE than capable of 3D rendering at >30FPS (probably closer to 60FPS) - this thing is at least as good as iPhone, chipset wise.
Too bad the thing is basically too locked down to even think of installing Linux on, though. It (hardware-wise) could probably run Android, too. (Or WinMo, come to think of it; it uses the same chipset as the HTC Ozone)
It has a "graphics card", so to speak. It has a 3D core with its own framebuffer memory right in the chipset. What it doesn't have is Operating System support of said 3D core. As for full multi touch, it has that; too. RIM just doesn't make much use of it in the OS.Last edited by Dave12308; 08-24-09 at 08:19 PM.
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