Games, The Killer Wireless App
Technology Review has a good overview of the wireless gaming market. They point out that BREW and Java are now making it possible to have close to Gameboy like experiences on phones. But the market for these games isn't the Gameboy market. Most video games are played by adults, not kids. But most adult gamers are too self-consious to carry around gameboys. So game enabled phones can help these gamers come out of the closet and play when they have time to kill in public.
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