Proceedings were brought to a close as David Robinson, attending his first Tinnovation session since moving north and establishing TheTin North East, took the floor and presented in his own inimitable style.
Dave focused on gaming initially, looking at Nintendo's soon to launch 3D handheld device, the 3DS. With glasses-free 3D, digital distribution model and SpotPass and StreetPass, their wireless data transfer services Nintendo look like taking the handheld market again.
Interesting comparisons made between Nintendo and the supposed threat of the iPhone as a gaming platform, with the following statistics:
iPhone approx sales 90m across all SDK
- Tetris (100 million+)
- Angry Birds (50 million)
- Doodle Jump (5 million)
- Flight Control (2 million)
- Cut the Rope (1 million)
Nintendo DS approx sales 144 million units
- New Super Mario Bros. (24.13 million)
- Nintendogs All versions (23.26 million)
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (18.72 million)
- Mario Kart DS (17.90 million)
Whilst classic Tetris and the ever-present Angry Birds break the mould it would appear that iPhone games have a long way to go to challenge Nintendo for the portable gaming crown.
Next up was the Microsoft Kinect, a subject that will be looking at in it's own Tinnovation session soon, PC drivers and SDK are on the way and with integration into Windows 8 it looks like Microsoft plan a lot more than just gaming for their new interactive interface.
And finally, Dave presented what was generally agreed to be the coolest bit of tech of the night! The new Motorola Atrix 4G phone is literally your PC in your pocket. Check this video to see why!
