Mobile gameFrom Wikipedia the free encyclopediaA mobile game is a video game played on a mobile phone smartphone PDA or handheld computer This does not include games played on handheld video game systems such as PlayStation Portable or Nintendo DSThe first game that was preinstalled onto a mobile phone was Snake on selected Nokia models in 19971 Snake and its variants have since become the mostplayed videogame on the planet with over a billion people having played the gamecitation neededMobile games are played using the technologies present on the device itself For networked games there are various technologies in common use Examples include text message (SMS) multimedia message (MMS) or GPRS location identificationHowever there are non networked applications that simply use the device platform to run the game software The games may be installed over the air they may be side loaded onto the handset with a cable or they may be embedded on the handheld devices by the OEM or by the mobile operatorMobile games are usually downloaded via the mobile operators radio network but in some cases are also loaded into the mobile handsets when purchased or via infrared connection Bluetooth or memory card
