Games, GPS iPhone
Estou escrevendo sobre os “Location-Based Mobile Games”, e como falei em outros posts, em breve coloco aqui alguns resultados. O crescimento desses jogos é grande e a previsão para o futuro é de um uso maior fora do domínio científico e/ou artístico. Agora vejo que o iPhone 2.0 está planejando adicionar jogos, GPS e outras funções locativas ao novo aparelho, como informa post do Touch Podium a partir das recentes patentes depositadas pela empresa.
Abaixo alguns trechos do post:
“Personal Media Devices with Wireless Communication (published May 15th 2008) – This patent details how WiFi enabled devices can communicate with other local devices. One particular item of note is how the device (which could be a WiFi enabled iPod or the iPhone 2.0) can download menus in restaurants and order food using the phones interface.
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Multi-Functional Handheld Device (published April 17, 2008)- Apples keeps the text of this patent vague and describes what could easily be the first iPhone. However as you can see in the image below the interface has GPS and games as icons on the screen which are the two main additions expected on the iPhone 2.0.
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Location-based Media Presentation (published November 1st 2007)- This patent again alludes to the iPhone 2.0 having GPS as a core function. It describes how media can be displayed according to geographical location for example when you enter a museum you might like to have a guide book popup on your screen or when you visit a town a directory of bars and restaurants might open up. (…)”