EA Head starts iPhone games company – competition for Nintendo DS?
June 30, 2008
The Nintendo DS and Sony PSP are the two current-gen hand-held games consoles around at the moment. But there could soon be a third contender, as the iPhone starts to build momentum as a viable platform for games. One man who has seen the potential of the iPhone, and mobile phone gaming as a whole is Neil Young, who has left his job as head of Electronic Arts Los Angeles studio to set up his own company called Ngmoco.
China cellphone users are still waiting for their iPhones, but the Aussies can rejoice with Telstra’s iPhone announcement. 
Rumours are that you won’t need to queue up overnight outside an Apple store for an iPhone – Best Buy and Radio Shack just might stock them too. 
As the Apple hypemachine keeps rolling, software developers are falling all over themselves to cash in on Apple’s upcoming App Store. 
Angry Canadians have taken to the Web to protest what they see as unreasonable data rates from telco Rogers. 
Kansas City DJ, Mix 93.3 FM talk show personality Ponch smashed his iPhone live on air. When the first call after the live on-air event happened to be by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, can anyone say publicity stunt? 
Japan mobile phone company Softbank’s just announced their 3G Apple iPhone price – 23,040 yen, or about $215. 
The 3G iPhone is here, and it’s cheap at just $199 and $299 for the initial 2 models. But who is paying the bill for this obviously consumer-tempting price cut? 
AOL has been trying to change its business model ever since its ISP division all but caved in on itself, I still find it hard to believe that it is still operating at all much less still running dial-up services. The company has tried to turn its paid model into a mix of various free services with advertising and by offering additional paid services. It has now turned its attention towards the iPhone. 