Terry Rogers

Hi everyone, I'm a bit late on the chat, it's not like I was going any more relevant than anyone else but here is what I think.

I think it's safe to say that people are slightly narrow minded when it comes to defining these portable device. Being a "fanboy" or a "fangirl" is quite a comftarble status unlike simply being rational about the situation.

First, the iPod Touch and the iPhone are multimedia platform. Often, the music player is acknowledge has it's unique feature. The iPod Touch and iPhone is actually a pretty powerful device (memory, speed & rendering) that can actually browse the web, run diverse types of application and support a large array of media files.

These device are now pushing toward their gaming aspect. The Touch Gen are unconventional for gaming, they are somewhat less technical and more intuitive (this is the same reason some may never like the Wii). Because of their nature, a lot of the game released for Apple devices are crap and of homebrew quality. It was the same for the DS when it came out, but Nintendo had more experience in blocking trash from their platform.

It's safe to say that the Apple Premium Games will push the gaming aspect of the Touch Gen even beyond their MVP app's. They have to. Why? Well this brings me to my second point.

The DS and PSP which are what people call "gaming dedicated devices" actually have a lot of multimedia potential. Sony and Nintendo are slowly but convincingly pushing toward multi-functions devices with new firmware, hardware and services just like Apple. Everyone is adventuring in to everyones territory. Thats how capitalism works :P Apple, Sony and Nintendo actions are not really surprising.

I'll watch how things work out for these guys. Fanslaves, choose your camp; technical=PSP, hybrid=DS, intuitive=iPod. Has for me, I'm pretty much versatile.