Apple iPhone & iPod touch as games consoles

There has already been emulators made for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, but this has always been homebrew software, but now Apple have officially announced that the new models of the iPod touch and iPhone 3G are capable of being in direct competition with Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS.


Steve Jobbs announced that the iPod touch is "the best portable device for playing games" during the latest "Let's Rock" festival in San Fransisco. The new iPod is slimmer, has a speaker, and has external volume control buttons, wireless integration and a much longer battery life (36 hours constant music playback).

There are already over 700 games available to download (purchase) from the AppStore, and tripple that figure if you are taking into account homebrew games. Times the figure by ten if you want to take into account homebrew emulators!

Along with the release of the new iPod, there is speculation of a new iPhone 3G with 32GB storage capacity. With more memory, you have to agree that the iPhone and iPod would do justice to the portable gaming market.