'iFun' Turns iPhone Into Wii-Like Controller
Wired: Gadget Lab —
A new suite of free iPhone games turns the handset into a controller, potentially creating competition for Nintendo's Wii.
Social Gaming Network's iFun consists of four sports games -- golf, baseball, basketball and bowling -- that you'd play on your computer screen, taking advantage of the handset's accelerometer to use it as a controller. Also cool is you can play with other iPhone users over the internet.
It's pretty straightforward: Connect your iPhone to 3G or the same Wi-Fi network as your computer (the latter is preferred), register ...
New iPhone game roundup: Guitar Rock Tour, iFun, more
Macworld —
by Peter Cohen , Macworld.com Games remain the biggest section of apps available for download from the App Store, and one of the most popular segments. Here are some of the ones that have come to our attention just in the past few days. Guitar Rock Tour is priced at $7.99, but it's as close as you can get to Guitar Hero or Rock Band for the iPhone right now. You get to play lead guitar or drums to 17 famous songs—everything from Scorpions' "Rock You Like a Hurricane" to "Message In the Bottle" by the Police (performed by sound-alike bands. SGN—maker of iGolf, iBowl and iBaseball—has released iFun , designed to work as a social networking ...
iFun, Bringing the Wii to the iPhone!
Planet iPhones —
[image] As the world economy continues to wane, family budgets are becoming ever tighter as the holidays draw near. The trend continues this year as it did last year, electronic sales are becoming the gifts of choice among young consumers, particularly gaming consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and especially the Nintendo Wii. This year however, the expensive consoles will be selling less, despite the lowered prices that every product transitions to throughout its life cycle. On the App Store, lies an Application called iFun ...
iPhone demonstrated as a Wiimote at iGames Summit
AppleInsider —
... Published: 07:00 PM EST At the iGames Summit, Shervin Pishevar of the Social Gaming Network demonstrated the use of the iPhone or iPod touch as "virtual Wii Remotes" for interacting with PC games using the company's new iFun software in the session "Building Gesture-Driven Games for the iPhone." SGN's iFun uses the device's accelerometer controls and touchscreen to drive computer or online games, forwarding control signals over local WiFi or the 3G mobile network. Users login the Social Gaming Network using their Facebook account, and the system relays their swings, shakes ...
