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Can iPhone hang with dedicated gaming handhelds like PSP and DS? Developers say yes, an analyst says no, and Next-Gen offers up an iPhone game wishlist…

“The ability to distribute larger applications than the over-the-air limits and effectively market your title with more than a dozen character deck name, combined with the reasonable income split make this look like a very interesting market,” he says. We’re sure John can knock up a solid Doom 3 engine over the weekend if need be.

gen-u-wine games rendered in the glorious third dimension.

Apple thrills developers by setting their iPhone SDK free, plus announces multiple games for the platform! EA’s Spore joins Sega’s Super Monkey Ball as the super cellphone raises the stakes in the portable gaming market.

Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are certainly taking note of Apple’s big iPhone SDK unveiling today in Cupertino. The announcement will have a serious affect on the DS, PSP and future gaming handhelds to come.

According to word we just received from EA, we will one day play Spore as well as a pile of other EA titles on the iPhone. Here’s what they said.

Having recently acquired an iPhone, I realized it was a handy device on which one could view their stats. The only problem was that Bungie’s stats site isn’t tailored for the tight confines of Apple’s touch-screen phone. After a couple of months of feverish work, I can proudly present iHaloStats, a webapp for viewing Halo 3 stats on the iPhone.

“I saw your article on the Wii shortage and in the spirit of the holiday I want to come clean and confess my consumer sins…”

Sony could be accused of unlawful monopoly by releasing a software update that prevents users from running self created applications and games .

Solitaire? Sudoku? Word Spell? Oh please. With touch screens and Wi-Fi, surely we can expect more in the games department - not just ports of popular casual games, but new versions of solid market-tested titles that can take advantage of the iPhone’s sexy new features.

As all of you tech-savvy readers out there already know, both the iPhone and the PS3 are state-of-the-art devices that pack top-notch technologies under their casings. The PS3 is the king in terms of dimensions and computing prowess among all next-gen consoles, while the iPhone leads through its superior design,

Sony confirms that it is ‘obviously’ considering slapping it’s Playstation brand on a mobile phone.

The component suppliers that make the acceleration sensors in the Wii Remote and nunchuk have seen their fortunes rise thanks to the success of Nintendo’s console. The acceleration sensor industry in general is starting to take off, as more mobile devices such as the iPhone start incorporating them.

The iPhone NES Emulator has been all the rage for the past few hours. Why are we obsessed about getting games from a 20-year-old system on the world’s latest and greatest phone? Because it’s cool!

Prediction markets allow you to speculate on many things today - from the success of the iPhone to the next US President. Knowing these things in advance can lead to riches - or at least extreme smugness. To get you started with this under-rated form of social software, here ’s a selection of sites that let you bet on outcomes and see what the…

SCEE game director Tony Buckley wants the PSP to be an iPhone that happens to play games. Huh? There’s a reason the DS sells oodles: games, games, games. But, apparently, the PSP isn’t doing enough MP3 playing, or other insanely inane stuff that handheld game consoles don’t need to bother with.