iPhone to Kill DS and PSP...

...say Joystiq.

Oh no it won't say Kotaku.

Make up your minds guys.

Personally I think it will flop, especially in this country. Early adopters and Appleheads will buy it, but it's simply not going to get the market penetration that the iPod has. Much of this functionality is available already in various forms, as many of the Fi Clubbers can testify, but the public at large simply aren't interesting in having all that stuff on their phone. I think the mobile-using public are split largely into two groups:

• firstly, the 3210 PAYG faithful. It makes phone calls and plays Snake, and when it stops, they'll get the cheapest thing they can find in Tesco;
  
• secondly, there are those who want it small, shiny and discrete. It fits in your jean pocket, your hand/man-bag or your shirt pocket.

There is only a small minority of people who want this kind of product convergence, as it invariably ends up with a larger, much more expensive device. Chuck in the huge scratchable screen (it takes discipline to keep the screen pristine on something like this), the (must be approaching) saturation of the iPod / other mp3 player, the price tag, and the lack of a stylus with which to pick your ears, and I think Apple may seriously have misjudged their market.

Or maybe I'm just jealous...