With any new device, folks gravitate to certain tasks first. Some want to get their Internet connection up and running, setup their various e-mail accounts and start browsing their favorite sites on the web. Others want to import all of their pictures, videos and music to get a feel for how the new platform can manage, organize and display their media collections. Currently Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are proving not only to be incredible tools, but also as competitive gaming platforms, combining both functionality with entertainment in a way Nintendo and Sony have yet to seriously grasp. Flurry published a report claiming that the iPhone and iPod touch have done so well as video game platforms that they’ve taken market share from traditional handheld gaming devices like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS. The revenue share data was collected from the NPD’s sales figures, Apple’s published data and some of Flurry’s own analytics. The iPhone OS devices grew from 5% of total portable games revenue to 19% between 2008 and 2009, while the DS shrunk for 75% to 70%. Sony’s PSP slipped from 20% to 11%. Ouch! "I don't think that Steve Jobs, when he came up with the iPod, ever thought about it being a gaming device," Michael Pachtner said. "The iPod Touch is a gaming device. With a community of thousands of developers already familiar with Apple’s app building software, OpenFeint sees a marketing force ready to hit the ground running. Since the iPhone’s 3.0 software release, the mobile platform has become an unrivaled social networking device. OpenFeint sees the iPad as being an equally important social and casual gaming device, allowing unrivaled communication and sharing with your peers. But it won’t be just about mobile social networking anymore. After the iPad came in the market many iPhone developers migrated to iPad app development and many other have plans to develop for the iPad app store in future.
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