Netflix, Farmville, and Guitar Hero Coming to iPhone
Reed Hastings, Netflix's CEO, came on stage to demonstrate how the app works. It contains the same functionality as the iPad version, allowing users to search for movies, add items to the Instant Queue, and more. The app will also allow streaming over 3G cellular data networks.
Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, also took the stage at the keynote to talk about Farmville, noting that the application has over 70 million active users. The iPhone app will offer push notifications to let users know about withering crops and other events, and will also offer in-app purchases for the game's marketplace. Farmville for iPhone will be released by the end of June.
Activision's Senior VP, Karthik Bala, announced the immediate availability of the Guitar Hero app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app will include classic rock songs by Queen and the Rolling Stones as well as newer artists. The app costs $2.99.
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26 months ago
Push notifications for withering crops, ha. :o
What I do actually hope is that they notify when one of your Facebook friends has an animal available for adoption.
What I do actually hope is that they notify when one of your Facebook friends has an animal available for adoption.
26 months ago
Funny one talked about Flash. But yeah. I think maybe 60% of the use of Flash today is Farmville. That's a pretty scary announcement. Considering the large brand of casuals for which Farmville was their reason for using Flash. I do like that this one connects with the exact same server(s) the Facebook app does. Not all of their iPhone clients do, so this was a nice bit of information.
26 months ago
Push notifications for withering crops, ha. :o
New iPhone: $200
Farmville App: $3
Getting rear-ended on the freeway because someone's crops are dying? PRICELESS!
26 months ago
Farmville on iPhone/ipad ???
Now Flash is REALLY dead :)
Yeah, not that I care too much, but yeah. I think if htey start getting the majority of facebook apps on the iphone, it will really be bad for Flash.
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