Update to the Nerf iPhone Laser Tag

Last night after posting about the Nerf iPhone LaserTag I stumbled upon a comment over at http://technabob.com from their post on the Nerf iPhone Laser Tag.

A snippet of the comment from the post is as follows:

TagFerret writes: 

Couple of corrections, from the inventor/developer/whatever dude:

It’s not that it doesn’t work with Android, it’s just that we won’t do the Android App development until after all the wrinkles are worked out of the iOS App (fewer different devices to have to qualify it on for the initial release). Most Android devices will probably only need a different cradle insert for the phone and depending on their audio connection a cable adapter.

Well this is promising news for me.  I will have to wait and see how long it takes to get the Android App out and then a new cradle.  I can see how there might be a few issues with building a cradle for Android phones as there is no standard placement on ports on these phones unlike the iPhone.  

If it takes to long well then I can hope someone else takes the reigns and make it work with Android.   

Hasbro Nerf iPone Laser Tag

The Hasbro Nerf Laser brings us back to our childhood, and as we try to show our children the games we played its nice to see its been modernized for today's technology.  My only gripe with it is that its for Iphone/Ipod Touch only.

I am a fan of Android and am hoping that they will shortly announce or release one for Android, or at least have a way to use our Android phones.  If the company doesn't provide the support for Android I hope that some creative folks can get their hands on some of them to convert them to be used with Android even if that might mean creating a new App just for Android.

I would probably go so far as ordering one for someone to convert them over to Android.  I am sure that it would require more work then just changing out the Iphone standard data connection with a normal micro usb connection.