WoW on the iPhone? Really or not really?

Posted Feb 27, 2007 at 1:05AM by QJ Staff Listed in: MMORPG Tags: iPhone, OS X Leopard
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iPhone - would you play WoW on this? - Image 1Hmm, we've reported about this just two weeks back but we felt it was worth touching back on as PocketGamer airs some pretty interesting points regarding this rumor.

For those who missed that post, here's a quick overview. iPhone World got a tip from an anonymous and reliable source that World of Warcraft is coming to the iPhone and also Video iPod. According to the said source, he/she saw a beta of WoW on the said Apple products.

Curiously, the anonymous Apple person (so much for Apple's well guarded secrects) claimed, "Watch out for the iPhone and their new video iPod when it comes to gaming. Imagine playing WoW on them using the touch screen interface. Think of the impact it's going to have on the handheld game market and AppleÂ’s revenue." This rumor was greeted with a mixture of absolute disbelief and some sort of "I wonder if it's really possible".

According to PocketGamer, the iPhone's (and Video iPod's) leap from conventional mobile gaming to online gaming is just hard to compute. They are not completely discrediting the information since the iPhone reportedly has a full OS X (WoW has been successfully ported to the Mac OS). Throw the ARM11 processor into the pot plus touch screen capabilities and you get something that would resemble a handheld.

Could it really be true? Stay tuned for more updates and let's hope that the next Apple person we hear from is reliable sans the anonymity.

 
 
 

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by 1st - 2007-02-27 15:50
» 1st

1st comment!

by smr - 2007-02-27 17:08
» ok

that would only be cool if you were able to connect to the internet via something that is not a cellular phone internet thing

by neok182 - 2007-02-28 04:04
» .

The iPhone does have built in Wi-Fi and that would be the only way you could play because EDGE isn't fast enough.

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