Apple quiet on the iPhone gaming front....

Apple have been quiet on this area, too quiet....Jobs didn't expressly mention any gaming applications for the iPhone in the course of his keynote speech, however it's only a matter of time before some form of interactive entertainment is announced for the device. You might ask why Apple would want to get into this tight market with products like Sony PSP and Nintendo DS dominating this area. However this would be to ignore the capacity of the iPhone to displace it's competitors by the sheer convenience represented by this all-in-one media device. There are other features, similar in appearance to the PSP with it's large (3.5”) screen, the touch-screen interface also enables interesting control possibilities for the games developer. It doesn't stop there, it may also be a possibility to use the accelerometer to control certain games, sure, Steve Jobs simply uses it switch between portrait and landscape modes, but why this feature shouldn't be used for WarioWare Twisted-style games with tilt-based controls...just a thought? In respect to distribution, iTunes is already on millions of computers and has trained users to accept making micropayments for downloadable content. Downloading games-on-demand over a cell phone network/internet network will surely represent a great edge for the bored commuter? Wi-Fi is already old news on the Nintendo DS and PSP, but since the iPhone is a cell phone, you could theoretically connect to your cell network and play online even without a Wi-Fi hot spot. The built-in web browser also has the potential to allow for mobile play on thousands of free Flash games as well. The mobile-phone arm of Electronic Arts (EA games) is reputed to be in discussions with Apple about development of the iPhone as a platform for their software. EA mobile expanded its mobile gaming business through last year's purchase of independent mobile publisher JAMDAT Mobile, later rebranded as EA Mobile. Mock-up of how the iPhone gaming interface could look...