WoW on iPhone?
by Eliah Hecht 
Feb 9th 2007 at 5:05PM
iPhone World is reporting on an anonymous tip from a "reliable source" that Apple's forthcoming iPhone will run WoW:
- The Source said, "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 its going to have on the handheld game market and Apple's revenue."
- He/she said He/she was told that WOW on the iPhone worked with both WiFi and EDGE (without simultaneous phone use) and full multi-tasking with 3G in the future. New iPod will utilize WiFi.
P.S. The above image isn't evidence of WoW on iPhone, it's just a quick Photoshop.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Luxicon Feb 9th 2007 9:21PM
Well this other MMO I used to play, had a mobile phone game you can play. It wasn't the actual game but a sort of minigame. However any money you make in it, you can transfer to your real account.
I'd love to see something like that.
K Whitt Feb 9th 2007 9:22PM
to #17, ThatGuy... You really haven't played with the current SmartPhones and PDA's much have you? Yes, you have limited resolution, but you can access most every site in full glory of images, java, javascript and sometimes even Flash. Sites designed for mobile access have very little imagery or bloated scripting because the naturally slow data connections and the huge charges for having a data connection (pay by the KB? *shudders*).
By no means do I think that WoW will be ported to a smart-phone (iPhone or not), I do think it is possible to extend some WoW functions to it. Chat, AH, etc are possible but unlikely due to the fact that it would open up a way to more easily analyze the data streams and find ways into the system.
More than likely, rather than WoW, we might see rehashes of the original WarCraft games for use on the phones, with possible ways of connecting to Battle.NET to do multiplayer over WiFi or Cell-Data connections.
Sodium Feb 9th 2007 10:43PM
*cough* bullshit! *cough*
Sietepestes Feb 10th 2007 12:56AM
The ARM in the iPhone is a triple Core ARM... give it a little credit... everything is possible....
We just have to hack it... er work it out... :P
Crimsonhavoc Feb 10th 2007 1:06AM
i hope everyone goes this way so i can pwn everything in PVP while they try to figure out which button to push with thier stylus. LOL
Christian Feb 11th 2007 9:52AM
Two words: City / Lag!
I have an 4mb broadband connection, and sometimes on a saturday afternoon at peak times SW / IF become a nightmare for lag! Noway would any 3g device or other crappy connection be able to run WOW
crsh Feb 10th 2007 9:20AM
If it ever worked through some magical event, I'd imagine the battery life of the device would be reduced to about 1 minute.
Seriously, it'd be nice, but we're not there by a long stretch. This ill-advised rumor may come from the original announcement that the iPhone runs OSX applications, but Apple has not released any details as to what flavor of the OS it is (it is more than likely a slimmed down version due to obvious technically limitations).
One can dream though, in a perfect world with perfect devices with no such limitations as current mobile CPUs and GPUs, battery life and network bottlenecks, playing WOW on the go would be awesome (then we can really say goodbye to real life and get fired/kicked out of school).
umamasyean Feb 12th 2007 2:02PM
What are you guys talking about CPU power etc for? Obviously they are talking about a "Pocket WoW" or equivalent. Some nerfed up version of the client software without the need for "intense graphics" etc.
I think it there is going to be a partnership to make such a client with Blizzard for WoW...the issue is more the interface. Until someone comes up with the "brain control" interface or something...I don't see how you can really play WoW on current cell phone controls. You can do AH and stuff like one person mentioned, but lol try some PVP battlegrounds! I can see MAYBE you can do simple grinding on your cell phone, but heck that's for the real addict. :P I cant see this as economically viable or practical to produce such a Pocket WoW. But who knew even WoW would reach 8 million players...
umamasyean Feb 12th 2007 2:21PM
Remember the Tamagotchi?
Late 1990’s
Hey, whatcha doin?
I’m feeding my Baby!
Late 2000’s
Hey whatcha doin now?
I’m checking the AH!
cyn Feb 12th 2007 8:07PM
VNC clients already exist for similar devies.
They don't let you run the game, they let you remote control your home computer.. which runs the game :-)