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Mordred11 on 21 December 2010
kowenicki said:
Mordred11 said:
kowenicki said:
zarx said:

one point I would like to make is that the PSP 2 matching the iPhone 4 and being a phone would be a death nail for it as apple release a new phone every year and by the time the psp2 launches the iPhone 4 will already be last gen...


Exactly right.

If Sony want to go the phone only route (which I seriously doubt they will - despite all the rumours) then they better be ready to release a new iteration every year or so... as Apple do, with fully functional backward compatibility. 

This doesn't seem to resemble the Playstation business model at all to me.

 

That's why if this were to happen,the playstation division would only take part in the process.The ones who will do the most work would be Sony Ericsson.

You need to explain how that works to me....  I see trouble going that route.

I edited my post.



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ramses01 on 21 December 2010
MikeB said:

I think the iPhone 4 is awesome, it also sports the kind of crystal clear screen like I talked about in 2001 as becoming possible (IMO a very important factor for gaming). As Apple (and smartphones in general) is now eating significantly into the handheld gaming market, do you think it would be a good idea to equip a PSP2 with full cellphone capabilities? Personally I would love Sony to take this approach and rival Apple's awesome iPhone 4.


As an iPhone owner, it is my most hated piece of technology ever.  It is throughly broken piece of crap.  Of course, the wife loves hers so what do we have .... iPhones.   Sigh.  Come on Dell release your WM7 phone on AT&T.



ramses01 on 21 December 2010
kowenicki said:
ramses01 said:
MikeB said:

I think the iPhone 4 is awesome, it also sports the kind of crystal clear screen like I talked about in 2001 as becoming possible (IMO a very important factor for gaming). As Apple (and smartphones in general) is now eating significantly into the handheld gaming market, do you think it would be a good idea to equip a PSP2 with full cellphone capabilities? Personally I would love Sony to take this approach and rival Apple's awesome iPhone 4.


As an iPhone owner, it is my most hated piece of technology ever.  It is throughly broken piece of crap.  Of course, the wife loves hers so what do we have .... iPhones.   Sigh.  Come on Dell release your WM7 phone on AT&T.

I'm no Apple lover... but that statement is just not true.

I vowed never to get an iphone, but my wife picked up a 3GS... so after a while of playing with that I picked up the iphone4.0 on its release. 

It is very good at what it does.... what is broken about it?

No it is factually correct.  The main function, as a phone, is horrific.  Dropped calls, random hangups, random, mutes, random dialing all plague the phone.  it is the single worst phone I have owned since the early 90s.  Games are good and email is OK.  But i suspect the WM7 phones will be much better.  Of course, those have the ridulous no multi-tasking so that is a big negative for those as well.



DirtyP2002 on 21 December 2010

somehow I don't believe there is anybody saving his posts for 9 years.

Here are some of mine:

In 1918 I already told people about the new thing called "Internet".

In 1944, while defending the Normandie all by myself, I had some nice chats with American soldiers. They were amazed how touchscreen smartphone will evolve.

In 1981 I told everyone David Hasselhoff will sing "I've been looking for a freedom" right beside the Berlin Wall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terYQRjnATM

In 2010 I am saying Schalke will never win the German football championship, but Germany will win the European Championship 2012.



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

ramses01 on 21 December 2010
kowenicki said:
ramses01 said:
kowenicki said:
ramses01 said:
MikeB said:

I think the iPhone 4 is awesome, it also sports the kind of crystal clear screen like I talked about in 2001 as becoming possible (IMO a very important factor for gaming). As Apple (and smartphones in general) is now eating significantly into the handheld gaming market, do you think it would be a good idea to equip a PSP2 with full cellphone capabilities? Personally I would love Sony to take this approach and rival Apple's awesome iPhone 4.


As an iPhone owner, it is my most hated piece of technology ever.  It is throughly broken piece of crap.  Of course, the wife loves hers so what do we have .... iPhones.   Sigh.  Come on Dell release your WM7 phone on AT&T.

I'm no Apple lover... but that statement is just not true.

I vowed never to get an iphone, but my wife picked up a 3GS... so after a while of playing with that I picked up the iphone4.0 on its release. 

It is very good at what it does.... what is broken about it?

No it is factually correct.  The main function, as a phone, is horrific.  Dropped calls, random hangups, random, mutes, random dialing all plague the phone.  it is the single worst phone I have owned since the early 90s.  Games are good and email is OK.  But i suspect the WM7 phones will be much better.  Of course, those have the ridulous no multi-tasking so that is a big negative for those as well.


Never had a single issue with the phone aspect... not one.  Its a myth... even before the free case program I had no problem.

I am not reporting myths.  I am reporting actual field usage issues that I have personally experienced across multiple phones.  The case actually made the situation worse for the some of the issues.  Wife has the same issues but since phone use is the least important aspect to her, it doesn't bother her.



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Squilliam on 21 December 2010

The 2010 version of that graphic will be interesting as we would likely see the rise of the use of the iTouch to play games and the iPad has found significant game niche and sells its games for a higher average sale price. I wouldn't be surprised if it was over 25% and nor would I be surprised if the DS was pushed under 50% market share by revenue if you also included Android.



Tease.

Jereel Hunter on 21 December 2010
ramses01 said:
kowenicki said:
ramses01 said:
kowenicki said:
ramses01 said:
MikeB said:

I think the iPhone 4 is awesome, it also sports the kind of crystal clear screen like I talked about in 2001 as becoming possible (IMO a very important factor for gaming). As Apple (and smartphones in general) is now eating significantly into the handheld gaming market, do you think it would be a good idea to equip a PSP2 with full cellphone capabilities? Personally I would love Sony to take this approach and rival Apple's awesome iPhone 4.


As an iPhone owner, it is my most hated piece of technology ever.  It is throughly broken piece of crap.  Of course, the wife loves hers so what do we have .... iPhones.   Sigh.  Come on Dell release your WM7 phone on AT&T.

I'm no Apple lover... but that statement is just not true.

I vowed never to get an iphone, but my wife picked up a 3GS... so after a while of playing with that I picked up the iphone4.0 on its release. 

It is very good at what it does.... what is broken about it?

No it is factually correct.  The main function, as a phone, is horrific.  Dropped calls, random hangups, random, mutes, random dialing all plague the phone.  it is the single worst phone I have owned since the early 90s.  Games are good and email is OK.  But i suspect the WM7 phones will be much better.  Of course, those have the ridulous no multi-tasking so that is a big negative for those as well.


Never had a single issue with the phone aspect... not one.  Its a myth... even before the free case program I had no problem.

I am not reporting myths.  I am reporting actual field usage issues that I have personally experienced across multiple phones.  The case actually made the situation worse for the some of the issues.  Wife has the same issues but since phone use is the least important aspect to her, it doesn't bother her.


I am no iPhone fan.... not by a longshot (Android all the way, baby) but I think you should probably blame AT&T's service as opposed to the phone itself.



Omac on 21 December 2010

Never had a problem with my 3gs. Works as intended. My gf just switched from her android to an iphone 4 and is very pleased. No dropped calls, fast online and apps work great. Everyone should check out Tango video calling... it's great.



disolitude on 21 December 2010

Is there a link where we can read these psychic postings MikeB made?



MikeB on 21 December 2010

@ disolitude

At OSNews.com, use google, that's how I found it. Actually I remember a posting going into more depth but couldn't find the right keywords to find the posting, I found this one instead and it's OK enough to fit the purpose I think. 



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