Most mobile phones have taken a different route. Ideally, phones would integrate games with the standard mobile device we use today. But as far as Sony is concerned, it is the other way around. For their Sony PSP, a gadget that is familiar to us as a gaming device, rumors are flying around that it will be made as a mobile phone as well. Wise decision?

Some may like it while others may not. But it does make you wonder, bulky as the PSP may be, how would it fare compared to the slimmer and portable types such as the iPhone? Are we going to see a new PSP design soon?

If Sony is dead serious on this niche, well, one thing we can look forward to is the design outcome. We may soon see a slimmer and lighter PSP it all pushes through. But now, the next challenge awaits and a big question comes into mind; Is it worth turning a successful gadget into another niche where is may find itself crawling back to the top?

(Source) Crunchgear

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Considering the apps that have come out at the Apple app store, you can bet that Apple has carefully taken that into consideration as far as conceptualizing the highly anticipated next iPhone. And while we all know that the iPhone has many uses, it seems Apple is planning to transform this mobile device into a gaming device as well, equipped with more features to complement the 3D graphics that is expected to highlight it as well.

As well as an improved 3D graphics chip for better visuals the phone will have better Bluetooth support for add-ons like game controllers and a higher-speed network suited to MMO games like World of Warcraft, which was earlier spotted on an iPhone.

This new features are to be expected. Today we see a lot of iPhone users going crazy over the apps they can get and a lot of them have come from familiar game consoles and platforms. The move is likewise seen as the incremental penetration of Apple into the gaming market so don’t be surprised to see Nintendo and Sony studying the moves of Apple from hereon.

(Source) Video Games Republic

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The intent was good but apparently the app is nothing more than pure fiction. The iPhone has been known to be many things. It can be a remote, a GPS and a gaming device. Of course it is by understanding a great means of communication. But sadly, being an iCar Remote could have taken the cake.

Fake as it may, we have seen a lot of concept apps come true after a few months. You have to give the guy who created this video some slack. He really has a good idea. But the thing is, it is not yet available…for now.

(Source) Phones Review

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Depending on how you look like it, the bottom-line is that Japanese students are getting iPhones for free. The intent for this is not to be charitable but to keep track on the attendance of students, most of which have been skipping classes.

Now if an iPhone would be used, you would think that these kids could still skip class. With an embedded GPS, the school can easily track the attendance of students who are unlikely to lend it to their co-students due to the stored information and private e-mails stored in it.

Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo is giving Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G to 550 students in its School of Social Informatics, which studies the use of Internet and computer technology in society.

As a student, you would love to be among the lucky students who would be given a free iPhone. But if you are the type of student who would love to get into mischief and make it a habit to skip class, then perhaps you would pass.

Either way, you got to hand it to Aoyama Gakuin University for adapting technology. Blending technology with disciplining students is a good move considering the iPhone craze has gone beyond just being a simple handset or gaming device as we see it today.

(Source) WBALTV

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