Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Announcements and Press Releases => Topic started by: System on April 23, 2002, 02:05:53 PM
Title: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: System on April 23, 2002, 02:05:53 PM
In the interest of being complete, here is the official Amiga Press Release regarding Amiga Anywhere. Not much we didn't already know, but... just to be thorough.
Amiga® Anywhere™ Entertainment Pack # 1 for PocketPC devices now available for download, or experience the Amiga Game Cards™ on either Compact Flash or Secure Digital formats.
Amiga Anywhere takes Windows Powered devices to the next level.
Snoqualmie, WA – April 22, 2002 – Amiga has announced the availability of the Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack # 1. The Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 is available for download at a price of $ 29.95 and exclusive Game Card™ versions are available for $49.95 (Compact Flash), or $59.95 (Secure Digital) from the Amiga website at href="http://www.amiga-anywhere.com/pocketpc">www.amiga-anywhere.com/pocketpc.
Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 is a set of 4 games for devices using Windows Powered Pocket PC’s, PocketPC Phone Edition, Microsoft Windows CE 3.0, and CE.Net devices such as handheld PDAs from Compaq, Fujitsu, NEC, Legend, Hewlett Packard, Casio, Toshiba and Audiovox as well as the mmO2 XDA phone. The games can be installed on the device or played from Compact Flash or Secure Digital Game Cards. The Game Cards allow users to run the applications without installing any software on the device.
Play "Planet Zed", a shoot-em-up game as you maneuver your ship through distant galaxies. "Convex" will tease your brain as you try and match marbles to make them disappear. Make sure you don't run into obstacles as the snake finds food in "Gobbler". Spend hours playing your favorite "Solitaire" game. Each game features high-resolution graphics and addictive game play that will keep you coming back for more.
Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 is the first in a series of offerings from Amiga for a range of mobile devices including PDA’s and Smartphones.
Future Amiga Anywhere products will include Puzzles, Board Games, Instant Messaging, Arcade Style Games, Image Tools, Travel and Leisure, and productivity applications with many more available in the coming months.
About Amiga:
Amiga, Inc. established itself in 1985 as the premier provider of multimedia technologies to the world. Its award-winning software has been a mainstay for motion picture studios, government agencies, and entertainment enthusiasts from around the world. Today Amiga continues to lead the way in multimedia development by providing developers with hardware-independent technologies for writing and porting applications to a new hardware-agnostic, multimedia platform. Amiga Anywhere powered with intent from the Tao Group, enables applications to run unchanged on a broad range of processors including ARM, StrongARM, Intel X-Scale, OMAP, MIPS, Intel x86, Motorola 68K, and Hitachi SH. It can run hosted on a wide variety of operating systems including Windows CE .NET, Windows 9x, 2000, and XP. Amiga Anywhere applications can be purchased online at www.shopamiga.com. Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, Wash. For more information, call 425-396-5660 or visit www.amiga.com.
Amiga is a registered trademark and Amiga Anywhere and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Amiga, Inc. All other company and product names
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: yssing on April 23, 2002, 03:07:00 PM
Good news... I do not know about the rest of you.. But I am not that interrested in AmigaDE, as of yet.. Cool idea, but amigaOne and OS4 is much more apeling to me..
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Coder on April 23, 2002, 03:13:55 PM
Hi yssing,
I agree. Allthough DE seems nice at the moment I only care for AmigaOne and OS4. Nothing more. But I do have the DE Development Kit.
Coder
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: yssing on April 23, 2002, 03:20:03 PM
Well we will just have to wait... (we know how to do that ;-) ) And then maybe in the future when DE and amigaOS gets combined... Well... But i am happy with every little positive thing that do happen to the amiga... :-)
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: novaburst on April 23, 2002, 04:29:35 PM
I am very interested in DE! I think it is a very promising technology for Amiga. Just like anything, it just needs time to mature and get even better. I hope it becomes very popular.
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Chathurawind on April 23, 2002, 04:57:52 PM
I still have a vaque feeling that we don't know everything. These minor anouncements are made to keep the people "happy" while the real work is done somewhere else. And there is possibility, that when the curtain rises, we might not like what we see (some might love it though...).
OK ! I admit that I don't have inside knowledge (I heard about NOKIA perhaps 2 weeks before it was anounced, no newinside news since that). The quessing above is just a feeling.
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: samface on April 23, 2002, 05:16:35 PM
I agree, it seems like there are alot of things happening which we don't know about, yet. However, I think that Amiga Inc has shown a genuine interest in the Amiga and even if we don't understand every move they make, I'm sure it's for the best for all of us in the end.
Keep the faith, brother! ;-)
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: yssing on April 23, 2002, 05:32:35 PM
Samface.. I hope you are right.. I also hope that we in the end, wont be surprised in a sad way...
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Agafaster on April 23, 2002, 05:54:55 PM
Has anyone else noticed in the blurb at the end it still (mistakenly) lists the Motorola m68k instead of PowerPC ? :-o :-D
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: ksk on April 23, 2002, 05:57:15 PM
Sendo said it has licenced technology to bring Amiga Anywhere games to the platform.
Microsoft Smartphone deals out a pack of games (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t284-s2108703,00.html)
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Agafaster on April 23, 2002, 05:59:48 PM
... and when does it come out for Palm OS 3 ? (a Springboard card would be nice :-) )
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: jumpship on April 23, 2002, 07:28:20 PM
This may have been said before, but doesn't anyone find it odd that this is the Amiga Anywhere game pack, yet only runs on a Microsoft device?
Thought the whole idea of AA was it wasn't platform dependant?
I am somewhat confused! :-?
Still the potential for DE is great, and I love the idea behind it. However still want my AmigaONE and OS4.0 ;-)
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Chathurawind on April 23, 2002, 07:42:09 PM
what will amiga do next? a PDA-Barcode Battler converter?
i sure as hell hope these crappy game things are an attempt to make a bit of money and to get a foot into the marketplace - because if it is then it`s acceptable. If it isn't and its a serious path for amiga to continue, then i sure as hell hope the don't end up doing anything like Frogger, Horace Goes Skiing etc. etc. etc.
(0o)
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Coder on April 23, 2002, 08:49:10 PM
It does indeed offend me that this AmigaAnywhere gamepack so far only runs on Windows devices. Why not a Linux device or anything else. But Windows? But then again, the odds are you sell more of them then.
Coder
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Chathurawind on April 24, 2002, 12:03:51 AM
An AmigaDE Player for Linux has been out for sometime.
A Linux-based version of the AmigaDE will be incorporated into the Nokia Media Terminal.
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Ivan on April 24, 2002, 09:02:16 AM
[Decided to kill this comment... Nevermind :)]
On third thought, i will comment. :) (one of those days, you know.)
Like Anon above me mentioned, there is a linux version already out there. And the DE will be incorporated into AmigaOS.(in version 4.2?) This just looks like a sales gimmick to keep the spoonfed Windows crowd(no offence ppl) comfortable when buying. How much do you want to bet there will be a DE party pack for linux powered devices down the road too?
One thing though, i'd like to see Amiga get onto PalmOS devices as well. Still don't know why they cant get into that section of the market. Must be a licenseing thing.
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Rodney on April 24, 2002, 11:44:16 AM
Once again, it has to be said, the future looks bright. I like the idea of that instant messaging :) . Imagine, when OS5 or before then, and we can use that and also talk on our phones/PDA's/STB's whatever. Great, just great. Infact, that'll prolly be the big selling point of the DE. Communication made easy. It could be a common interface for communication across digital devices. That could work well.
Makes me wanna buy a PDA :)
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Blackbeard on April 24, 2002, 12:23:36 PM
My only comment would be to say that a company as relatively small as Amiga has to get with the strength if they want to make some fast money. I'm sure that there are many more WinCE devices around than Linux devices so it makes sense to promote to WinCE users as strongly as possible. If it was my business then I think that's what I would do. Aren't you supposed to 'pitch it to tbe best prospects?' At the moment they must be WinCE users! :-o
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: yssing on April 24, 2002, 01:28:21 PM
I am sorry to say (maybe I did not read it as many times as i should have) But it looks to me like MS is trying to take the credit.. I would hate it, if AMiGA just became a sub division of MS... :-(
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: Chathurawind on April 24, 2002, 06:42:42 PM
No, it's not a licensing issue, it's a hardware issue. Tao does not have their software able to run on hardware that PalmOS compatibles use. And unless Tao makes it happen, Amiga cannot run on PalmOS devices. It has been rumored for some time now that Palm is looking to upgrade their CPU of choice, and with it the PalmOS. The new CPU would be one that happens to be compatible with Tao's software, which would then make it compatible with AA/DE.
Don't forget that Amiga does not choose where the DE/AA technology runs. They rebrand Tao's technology. They've yet to add any further logic on top of Tao's product. So, if Tao gets their stuff to run on PalmOS, then Amiga gets to run DE/AA on PalmOS.
Title: Re: Amiga Anywhere -- Official Press Release
Post by: boing on April 25, 2002, 09:28:09 AM
Did Bill and Fleecy go to the GW Bush school of nothin'-speak? They put out a lot of words, but there seems to be little if any real content.
Either that or their plans are so uninspiring, that I'm just not getting it. Back in the day, we called people like Bill and Fleecy for what they sounded like: Marketroids.
I'll wait for a real Amiga. Not that I think anybody who says the Amiga was all about the OS will EVER get it. It's the hardware, stupid.