Exist some misconception to say in to say that those games are for Android. Indeed, they *are for Android* but (it is the catch) not for every single device that runs Android. Google is committing the same mistake that Symbian and Sun-Java did a decade ago :let's several substandard run freely until you find that the market is enough fragmented to be plausible to develop a single application that runs in different kind of machines. Apple (in this case) did it pretty well, every new game/app is compatible amongst from the very first iphone to the latest ipod touch.
@magallanes I'm tired of this FUD about Android since months: ALL these games are working fine on all Android devices. Some will be a little less smooth, but still playable
@magallanes This isn't exactly true in the case of Apple. I believe there are already games that take advantage of the hardware in the 3gs that won't run on a 2g. There are also features in the OS that are simply not available on older models due to differences in hardware. They just keep the OS number the same, so that people who aren't developers, can wave the fragmentation flag to Android. There is still some Android fragmentation, but as a software developer, I can tell you, the Android API is extremely sane(at least last time I looked at it), which is basically how windows, linux, and every major OS, INCLUDIING OS X(maybe not such a great example since they've been known to break APIs between poiint releases), has been handling this problem for decades. It's a problem that's been solved a long time ago, I have no idea where people are getting this as a MAJOR issue from.
@avinash240 There needs to be a 3GS store, because that was the problem when I had mine, all the apps had to be compatible with the 3G, so the graphics couldn't be that great even though they would work on the 3GS just fine.
For a developer viewpoint practically you mustn't not worry the device, with logical exception. For example, in my ipod touch 1g (alias Ipad nano) i can run most of the software but (logically) i can't run program that uses bluetooth, camera or do cellphone calls.
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Exist some misconception to say in to say that those games are for Android. Indeed, they *are for Android* but (it is the catch) not for every single device that runs Android. Google is committing the same mistake that Symbian and Sun-Java did a decade ago :let's several substandard run freely until you find that the market is enough fragmented to be plausible to develop a single application that runs in different kind of machines. Apple (in this case) did it pretty well, every new game/app is compatible amongst from the very first iphone to the latest ipod touch.
@magallanes I'm tired of this FUD about Android since months: ALL these games are working fine on all Android devices. Some will be a little less smooth, but still playable
@magallanes This isn't exactly true in the case of Apple. I believe there are already games that take advantage of the hardware in the 3gs that won't run on a 2g. There are also features in the OS that are simply not available on older models due to differences in hardware. They just keep the OS number the same, so that people who aren't developers, can wave the fragmentation flag to Android. There is still some Android fragmentation, but as a software developer, I can tell you, the Android API is extremely sane(at least last time I looked at it), which is basically how windows, linux, and every major OS, INCLUDIING OS X(maybe not such a great example since they've been known to break APIs between poiint releases), has been handling this problem for decades. It's a problem that's been solved a long time ago, I have no idea where people are getting this as a MAJOR issue from.
@shagrath
We wish it but even Google and HTC put some document involving to be more compatible, not only for different devices but also for different version.
@magallanes
So if you believe the Holy Mother Apple won't experience this now with the 3G S, 2G/3G, and now the iPad.
You're crazy.
They are becoming just as fragmented as the others they bashed. It's only normal. You can't support old tech forever.
@avinash240 There needs to be a 3GS store, because that was the problem when I had mine, all the apps had to be compatible with the 3G, so the graphics couldn't be that great even though they would work on the 3GS just fine.
@iDavey
For a developer viewpoint practically you mustn't not worry the device, with logical exception. For example, in my ipod touch 1g (alias Ipad nano) i can run most of the software but (logically) i can't run program that uses bluetooth, camera or do cellphone calls.