I didn't noticed Moros' design but that is an excellent idea i think the icon need to be headed into that direction.

how about instead of the globe a black bacground with the WL like it shows for the mini image on tabs?

Miyagi confused about this whole thing. IOS update coming in 2.0 its not up now right? Anyways of The Icons i like Moros' the best but of fizzer's #7 is my favorite

How does #7 look if it's more grey like #1 instead of so bright white?

I like the newest one, number 7. However, I think it would be acceptable for #6 to play #7 in a best-of-five strategic 1v1 to decide the winner.

I like 6 best, but maybe consider a bright silver around edge rather than black. Like the containers look on iOS. They are dark with a silver edge and look nice. I also prefer a thinner border than the wide one you have on it now

Liking 7 most, at the moment. I prefer the symetrical border, but it should be smaller than in 1.

Another option might be something like this...

Alternatively...

i agree with moros's thing, but just a plain blue instead of a globe, doesnt need to be super crowded in the little square

Note that the point of the globe is that there is not little square. You lose the clutter of the borders and shadows on the box and so ultimately a globe type design could end up being simpler.

Out of the list I prefer number 5. But the globe is a good idea. It is noticeable while still remaining sleek when viewed in phone format.

I like Huruey's idea best now.

Fizzer, all the apps you mentioned do have one thing in common - they use their logo. The WL is WarLight's logo (the full name logo is too big).

Sphere looks good.

Ive caught this thread a little late but Huruey's sphere Blue Sphere looks the sleekest. Especially when seen on the device

You instantly recognise it as been the world and feels a lot less cluttered and a lot clearer than the flat image

I think it brings to the table what fizzer was trying to achieve with showing a smaller section of the world but instead of cutting off half the world its just "round the back" so to speak

The globe is interesting. I sent Huruey an e-mail.

What about ditching the frame and background and just having the earth, to make it less complex?

Hmm whats interesting is i think the large image looks better and a lot cleaner however when seen on the mobile device it seems very small and lost compared to the logos around it

also on my i phone none of the apps have a transparent background (and i have a lot). even my twitter one is different to yours. mine is a blue background with a white bird.

based on this im assuming that apple force you to have a background and because of the popularity of i phone you would probably be better of designing it with a background. (unless im missing something )

On the phone you can't really see the arrows there, so it looks like an app for maps or something. You said you want the icon to convey what the app is about.

Without the background the icon looks really small compared to other icons, but it's definitely worth considering. I kinda like Huruey's idea, but I'm not sure if it really represents WL...

I would be quite keen to see Hurueys design but more in keeping with the colours and styles shown on the Warlight home page i.e dark land, glowing shorelines, darkish oceans with diamond crosses and the red lines really glowing

Possibly even with a the globe rotated slightly so ocean is to the front with a "WL" or just "W" in the center

Just a thought :-D