The blogosphere and gaming community is talking about Apple aggressive approach at considering or rather pushing iPhone as an alternative gaming console.

In the ADC “iPhone Tech Talk” event in San Jose, John Geleynse, Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple made strong words regarding iPhone’s viability as a true gaming platform – so true that it will be considered future rival of Nintendo DS, PSP and other gaming platforms.

The director also called iPhone a “gaming console” and claiming that “it’s not a phone, it’s a console experience.” The company is clearly serious about their attempt to push iPhone into a different territory. Apple PR on related news announced a series of EA sneak peak events, dedicated of course to gaming at the Apple Stores in US. The press release states:

Throughout the month of December Apple Stores in New York, LA, San Francisco and Chicago will host special “EA Games Sneak Peek” events where Electronic Arts will discuss why the iPod touch and iPhone are amazing platforms for mobile gaming…

Analysts on the other hand and perhaps game platform owners are not happy about the plan, according to the blog Engadget. According to Joshua Topolsky, it’s a “pretty bold talk about a device that has yet to really prove its gaming mettle.”

Source: Engadget

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Sony’s Playstation Portable can soon be used as a telephone. This is the main capability of Sony’s new PSP-300, the third major version of the celebrated gaming platform.The new PSP will sport a built-in microphone and new screen that has more color options. This enables the PSP to be a friendlier outside gaming companion.

The built-in microphone will make PSP even a better telephone. The gadget has long been Skype compatible. David Reeves president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said that this only proves PSP’s capability to be a fully working communication device.

On the other hand, Sony also announced that it will launch the 160 gigabyte hard drive version of its Playstation 3 for a price of 499 euros. An 80 gigabyte version is also available for 399 euros.

Soon, music videos streamed over the internet will be available to PS3 users worldwide. A special music and video download service patterned to the U.S system will be available in Europe by next year.

The new PSP will be sold for $294.

Source: Yahoo News

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