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Originally Posted by THE-COPS
If anything, I think Android would be easier to migrate to, and still keeping support for WM 5-6.5 devices. Right now WP7 is a royal headache. It's too early to tell if it would be a good idea or not to start writing code for. And besides that, he woud have to pay MS $100 just to input his software into the marketplace. I'm not bashing WP7 like I usually do, Just pointing out some things.
I don't know if you're looking into it or not, but if you're working out existing bugs and other stuff in some of the consoe emulation, Genesis is a place to look at. Like I mentioned earier, Gen has some sound issues. If you could look into those, that'd be great. I love my Gen games. It's like NES where I played over 150 games way back then. It, like NES and SNES are what I remember from growing up. Not trying to sound picky, I just enjoy my games to the fullest when the sound/music are working as wel as possibe. I'm a 35 yr old guy who still loves to play the **** out of these games. Having something I can show my friends... and not some dumb I-phone thing.
I know you got it listed on your site someplace, but how much to register SG? And are updates free or is there a fee? Thanks LB
On a side note. My "L" key is not working ike it should so forgive the possible vast amount of typos I may have in my posts ately.
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I'm not sure what the future holds because it looks like WM6.x has a short life ahead. I will continue to support WM6.x as long as it makes sense, but I am also looking at where to migrate this code and am considering Android. That's all I can say about it at the momen.
I am constantly trying to improve all aspects of SmartGear, but I have very limited time to work on it. The Genesis sound code comes from my partner and is quite complicated. He did a decent job considering how poor the documentation is and how complex the chip (YM2610) is, but it performs too poorly for use on mobile devices. I've been wanting to rewrite it for a long time, but it's a huge undertaking. I am constantly having to weigh the benefit of working on the various parts of the code and since it's only me, progress can be slow. The YM2610 code is the only code that I personally didn't write. I have reached the point where I am going to start writing my own Yamaha FM code because I also have coin-op projects that need this code. I can't say how long it will take, but I will be working on it. Right now I am working as quickly as possible to fix important bugs and wrap up features so that I can release the official 2.0 build of SG. New Genesis sound code will not make it into this release. I work on SmartGear mostly for me because I love to play the old classics, but I listen to users and incorporate their ideas as well. I do what's possible within my limited time and budget. It generates a very small revenue for me which is usually just enough to buy a new WM devices every few months for testing. Right now I own a HTC Vox, HTC Shadow, HP h2210, HTC Touch Pro, HTC Touch Pro 2, Dash 3G, and HTC HD2.
L.B.