Steam to show up on mobile devices?

By George Wong on 03/23/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

According to some rumors started by a steampowered.com forum member that met with Valve’s boss, Gabe Newell: Steam, the gaming marketplace by Valve; might be making its way to iOS and Android mobile devices in the future. This move will definitely bring mobile gaming to a whole new level, if the amazing franchise and titles on Steam do get ported to those operating systems as well. After all, who wouldn’t love to play Left4Dead or Half-Life 2 on their phones? I wouldn’t say no to that. And with Steam already branching out beyond Windows into Macs, and TV systems – it makes sense that their next move would be to conquer the portable devices. However, take this rumor with a pinch of salt as nothing has been officially announced nor has Steam said anything along those lines. Which Steam games would you like to see on your mobile phones or tablets?

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

iOS: was once upon a time called iPhone OS, or "operating system", which is the software that provides all the basic device functionality and is the interface between the hardware and applications. iOS was introduced with the iPhone on January 9 2007, and it was originally not intended to be programmable by third parties. Steve Jobs had envisioned that developers could create Web Apps that would run in the browser. This changed less than one year after when the iPhone SDK (software development kit) was introduced in October 2007. Today, hundreds of thousands of apps have been created for this platform. iPhone OS became iOS on June 2010. Interestingly, both iPhone and iOS were former trademarks of Cisco, that Apple now uses under a license.

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