Pocket Edition

Minecraft Pocket Edition is the mobile version of Minecraft intended for Android and iOS devices, initially launching exclusively for the Android Market for $6.92/£4.28/4.99€ on August 16, 2011, along with a free demo version.

It was released for other android devices on the 8th of October 2011.

Objective and Gameplay
The objective of the game remains the same as its original PC and Xbox counterparts, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment.

The gameplay of the pocket edition is akin to that of the Creative gamemode, with minor differences such as having several of the blocks from the Beta version of the game. A video of an early prototype was released on Twitter, showing the game on the Xperia PLAY. The alpha version has recently been released, and as of October 8 is no longer exclusive to Xperia PLAY. The non-exclusive version was going to be released on September 29th for Android but there were several severe bugs that needed to be fixed; the release was delayed until the 8th of October. A version for iOS devices is coming before 2012.

System Requirements
According to Aron Nieminen, the system requirements are:


 * Android 2.1 or later
 * The phone must have a CPU that supports floating-point calculations ("ARM-v7a code")
 * The screen must support multi-touch

Aron says that the CPU called "MSM7227" is NOT supported, which unfortunately is in a lot of smartphone models.

According to Kappische, pocket edition won't work with phones that suck - this refers to phones that have under 1GHz processor and Android version lower than 2.3.

Verified Devices

 * HTC Desire HD
 * Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
 * Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
 * Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
 * Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
 * Samsung Galaxy S2
 * Samsung Galaxy Tab 7"
 * HTC Incredible S
 * HTC Sensation
 * HTC Desire
 * HTC Desire Z
 * HTC Desire S (lower graphics quality permanently selected, be aware of running heavy background processes)
 * Samsung Nexus S
 * HTC HD2
 * LG Optimus 2x
 * Motorola Atrix 4G MB860
 * ASUS Transformer (fancy graphics)
 * Acer Iconia Tab A500 (fance graphics)

Non-Compatible Devices

 * Telstra LGE LG-P350
 * LG Optimus One P500
 * ZTE Blade
 * Samsung Galaxy i5700 Spica

Trivia

 * Sand does not fall in Pocket Edition of Minecraft.
 * There is no smooth lighting in Pocket Edition.
 * Torches are the only form of lighting in Pocket Edition.

Version-Exclusive Blocks

 * Cyan Flower
 * Camera