Cloud-gaming coming to the iPhone

OnLive’s Cloud-gaming service, which is available on both a PC and TV format at present, looks like it is gearing up to launch a similar service for the iPhone.

During a presentation at wedbrush, a financial conference in New York, OnLive CEO, Steve Perlman, showed OnLive running simultaneously on two iPhones, a TV, and a PC.

"What is really cool is that all four devices had access to the full OnLive Game Service, so they could play the same games, spectate on each other's (and beta users') gameplay, watch Brag Clips, check out Gamer Profiles, etc" said Perlman in a blog post.

However, it has been reported that the ability to play ‘power PC’ games on a mobile handheld format is still quite a way away. Nevertheless, the devices can be used for gamers to access the community and social elements of OnLive, or watch friends playing.

"I'm afraid we are not announcing a date for availability of OnLive on particular cell phones just yet," Perlman said.

"We have further development to do, and we need approvals from some cell phone makers before we can release OnLive to the public. So, for now, OnLive on a cell phone is only a technology demo."