Apple reveals big plans for the iPod
At Apple's "Let's Rock" event in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs and his team galavanted about a stage in front of massive screens showing off their latest improvements for the iPod Touch and iTunes 8.
One of these major updates may have gaming companies like Nintendo and Sony a little worried -- or not. Toward the end of the presentation, an Apple ad boldly claimed, "It's the best portable device for gaming."
Jobs introduced a handful of games to be made available for the iPod Touch, including Need for Speed: Undercover, Real Soccer 2009, and Spore Origins.
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Backing up the unspoken challenge, Apple announced that users "have downloaded 100 million apps" from the App Store. That's a lot of apps; let's hope most of them aren't anything like "I am Rich".
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I know that image is just a picture of a screen, but the graphics aren't that good....Dunno how easy it would be to play either >_>
And....interesting app....It actually sold 8 times, so that is $8000 or so (minus any $'s that need to go to Apple).....
In terms of portable gamings, nothing beats Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS.
Others portable consoles are well below mediocre!!!
Apple really is a marketing whiz, but I "upgraded" from a 20gb iPod to Microsoft's Zune. I can sync it with my 360, and Zune's application isn't quite as intrusive as iTunes. Good lord I hate iTunes. If it weren't for iTunes, I might actually be less opposed to iPods. And call me old fashioned, but I don't really mind keeping my mp3 player (Zune), portable gaming platform (Nintendo DS), and phone (LG Chocolate) separate -- granted, they're talking about the iTouch (as I like to call it, for kicks), not the iPhone.
In all seriousness though, I'm sorry, but all of these videogame control revolutions can *bleep* right off. There's nothing wrong with playing a videogame by hitting buttons. Besides, when you have to touch a screen to use it, and it's the only screen you've got you already can't see as much of that screen. So for many game types that whole idea just doesn't work. Also the built in button touch interfaces aren't responsive enough and besides, games need a tactile feel to be enjoyable I think.
Also my trusty old DS is pretty versatile, its all I need when I go on holiday. It can play videos & music, go on MSN, go on IRC, surf the web, emulate the SNES. I still have an mp3 player (Samsung P2) and a phone seperate though and I prefer it that way.