That was yesterday. It seems there's an article every week or so about dedicated handheld game devices on the decline because of smartphones and handheld computers.

Mobile devices of a certain type are starting to have smaller size-differentials. These controllers, whatever they may be, should be able to transcend the usual hardware updates. The only dimension change from the original iPhone and the 3G/3GS is a depth increase of .5 mm. That's close enough that it can be said that the iPhone dimensions will have stayed constant for at least 3 years. At least! The iPod touch saw the same depth increase.

Have you played any of the higher-end games on a recent generation iPhone OS device? They're very good, but they beg for a controller (and maybe an 800x480 screen). There's no reason we shouldn't be able to have a premium gaming experience on most, if not all, of the Cortex A8/SGX offerings. But I do wonder if WebOS and Android don't slightly shoot themselves in the foot with their app layers.