Cybiko
A mutli-functional portable wireless device, particularly appealing to
children. Includes e-mail,WAP browser, games, chat, organiser and MP3
player. Multi-player gaming is possible, for example "Lost in the
Labyrinth" (http://www.cybiko.com/labyrinth.asp)
http://www.cybiko.com/index_uk.asp
Last visited on 26/11/01
Wireless Games Review
A good resource to keep up with. Has a lot of reviews on WAP games, but
maybe more is about to come...
http://www.wirelessgamingreview.com/
Last visited on 13/02/02
Mobile Entertainment Forum
A consortium of companies and organizations involved in this constantly
developing field. Interesting news and conference info, from the industry's
perspective.
http://www.mobileentertainmentforum.org
Last visited on 26/11/01
Blackberrry Solutions
Wireless e-mail service. A wireless handheld device used in the US, which
allows users to access an Internet mailbox wherever they go.
http://www.blackberry.net
Last visited on 26/11/01
Mobile Communities
A portal with mainly news and research on the development of mobile communities.
A few interesting links.
http://www.mobile-communities.com/welcome.htm
Last visited on 26/11/01
Telecoms.com
A massive portal on wireless technologies, international news, events,
resources, industry links etc. Mainly focusing on Bluetooth, 3G and mobile
internet. Registration required to access articles (free).
http://www.telecoms.com
Last visited on 26/11/01
Mobile Games Interoperability Forum- news
July 3 2001
Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and the Siemens Information and Communication
Mobile Group (IC Mobile) launch the MGI forum to define a mobile games
interoperability specification for network-based servers..
http://www.ericsson.com/press/20010703-2525.html
Last visited on 26/11/01
Unwiredfactory- LBS games
Some very interesting, quite experimental wireless games ideas from this
Danish company which focuses on location based entertainment services.
See the crowd machine, treasurehunt and other ideas...
http://www.unwiredfactory.com
Last visited on 20/12/01
It's Alive- mobile games company
A swedish company developing what can be called 'pervasive' mobile gaming,
using location-based technologies, for example see 'Botfighters'. Also
developed 'X-Fire' with UK Channel 4- a mobile game that complements a
TV show.
http://www.itsalive.com/
Last visited on 26/11/01
Bluefactory- mobile games company
Another swedish company working in the same area has developed 'Hunters
and Collectors', where players challenge each other using SMS and global
positioning technologies.
http://www.bluefactory.com
Last visited on 26/11/01
Digital Bridges- mobile entertainment multinational company
A UK based multinational company, that has developed the UNITY platform, which supports multiple network protocols and languages. The company has also developed a wireless entertainment publishing channel, Wirelessgames. ( see also http://www.wirelessgames.com)
Last visited on 26/11/01
A multi-media game- The Nokia Game
A game based on sms,e-mail, watching clues on tv and played online. This
game evolves in real time.
http://www.nokiagame.com
Last visited on 21/11/01
A WAP based multi-player game-The Lifestylers
You choose a particular type of character-a lifestyler.The
main goal of this game is to make your character a celebrity representing
a certain lifestyle.
http://www.picofun.com/lsweb/main.jsp
Last visited on 21/11/01
Mobile Millionaire Game
The famous "Who wants to be a millionaire?" game in its WAP
and sms version, developed by motorola- a news article.
http://www.pressi.com/us/release/26985.html
Last visited on 22/11/01