09 Mar 10 Windows Phone 7 Series games to feature Achievements, Gamertags, more
It seems that Microsoft is really using games to market their latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 series (I still hate that name). Anyways, the new games in the operating system will act much like Xbox 360 games in the sense that they will let gamers unlock achievements, link up their gamertags and even use Avatars.
One of Microsoft’s program manager give us an insight into the platform’s online gaming:
“The other key component of XNA Game Studio 4.0 that we’ve enabled exclusively for Xbox partners is Xbox LIVE and a premium gaming experience on Windows Phone 7 Series. Through the Gamer Services API’s you can pull in a user’s Gamertag and 2D Avatar as part of the game experience, unlock achievements on the platform, and leverage notifications for asynchronous turn based gaming.”
I wonder if the Zune HD will be getting the same treatment? Doesn’t seem to be the case.
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27 Mar 09 IM+ All-in-One Messenger for BlackBerry
If you are among the Facebook addicts who just cannot seem to keep away from logging on and chatting, here is something to spice up your chatting pleasure. SHAPE Services announced today the support for Facebook chat and avatars in its best selling IM+ All-in-One Messenger for BlackBerry.
Facebook users are now able to exchange text instant messages with smileys, send files, log in into multiple accounts simultaneously and preview avatar images of their buddies in contact list.
IM+ 7.0 supports eight instant messaging services: AIM/iChat, MSN/Windows Live, Yahoo!, MySpaceIM, Jabber, ICQ, GoogleTalk and Facebook. IM+ works on all BlackBerry smartphones, and has a special version for touch-screen BlackBerry Storm.
Along with the new version release for BlackBerry, SHAPE is also adding Facebook chat and avatars in the next update of its IM+ for iPhone application.
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