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Article: IPhone (Side) Effect
- Article from:
- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 6, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Jul 6-Jul 12, 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Apple Gadget Allows Any User to Become a Game Developer; Cuts Irvine Co.'s Business
A small Irvine-based maker of software that is used by developers to make video games for mobile phones is wrestling with a phenomenon industry insiders call the "iPhone effect."
Javaground USA Inc. makes software that helps others take a game developed for one mobile device and adapt it for play on others, a process called "porting."
"One thing that has changed the mobile gaming market dramatically is the iPhone," said Alexandre Krai, chief executive and cofounder of Javaground.
The Apple Inc. do-all gadget, which has sold more than 17 million units, has captured a good part of the market of people who play ...