This XBox Live coup news will definitely appeal to the Pocket PC gamers frequenting this site.Microsoft is going against typical form by offering its XBox Live online gaming service to both the desktop and Windows Mobile users.
Wikipedia claims that it will debut with the release of Windows Vista if you're prone to believing much of Wikipedia after all that recent sour press.
My WiFi dreams will soon be realized when I'm trying to out-Bejewel an opponent over the internet on my superbly throttled Axim x51v.
Or talking smack like I would during my Battlefield 2 sessions.
I've posted an advanced Bejeweled 2 guide for Pocket PC if you're among those turning up the audio on your PDA just to hear the tiny 'clink' noise as you drag gems into place with your stylus.
Yes, one of my favourite puzzle games for the Pocket PC platform will be among the preliminary list of Live Anywhere mobile games.
It looks like Micro$oft has taken its cue from the tremendously popular Nintendo DS crowd.
With Friends List capabilities, along with XFire-like abilities of observing what your friends are playing and their online or offline status, it seems obvious.
They also plan to add the same offline messaging functionality as their latest MSN Messenger update, dubbed Windows Live Messenger.
Namely, receiving messages that are queued while offline and subsequently receiving them when you log in.
The mighty software behemoth is taking one lumbering step closer to an increasingly apprehensive Mario.
It couldn't be more timely, as my main complaint with online Pocket PC games is that they'll never break wireless gameplay down to DS-like WiFi game simplicity.
If anything, from the looks of this preview it will prove to be more innovative, at least.
Zuma and Hexic are the only other Live Anywhere titles announced at this time for the Pocket PC, but it still early.
Whether this will mean matching Nintendo DS wifi gameplay will be apparent soon.
It's not evident at the moment whether or not our existing hardware will support Live Anywhere.
At this point it may be easier to bring the proverbial mountain to Mohammed than to sway my wife into purchasing yet another Pocket PC.
