Monday, June 30, 2008 at 7:00PM There's an insightful interview with a former EA head, who is branching off to start his own company targeting iPhone games. It sounds like he has the right idea, develop unique gaming experiences that take advantage of the iPhone hardware, rather than compete with the PSP and DS head to head.
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 4:00PM 
The Annual Electronic Entertainment Expo is only a few weeks away, and although the trade show isn't as large as it once was, it still generates a ton of coverage for the video game industry. With the iPhone games available July 11th, I wonder if Apple plans on having any sort of presence at this years E3? I'd certainly expect developers like SEGA to be demoing the TDL favorite Super Monkey Ball, but wouldn't a showing by Apple go along way in helping legitimize the iPhone as a gaming platform?
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 12:31AM I know, I know, it's a broad title, and could go in a million different directions, so let's just think about portable devices today. Wipe Apple off the map. Would we be living in an alternative universe where the Zune is the top music player? Or would we still be going along buying CDs? Would anyone be manufacturing mp3 players or phones with sealed batteries (and thinking about it, does anyone else do this now?). Who would have the most talked about cell phone right now, and would it have a touch screen? Would Sony have remained the dominant name in portable music? Would minidiscs become the next big format?
Just some food for thought to start your Wednesday.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 3:36PM With the official App store launch presumably little more than two weeks away at most, many iPhone owners are content to wait for the Apple-sanctioned App store to start adding new software functionality to their devices. From day one though, there's been an unclear number of people who have chosen to "jailbreak" their phones, allowing them to try a variety of programs and features, some of which won't be available to the masses even with Apple's software store.
However, with what's expected to be a wide range of software, much of it free, available in the App store, will there still be a reason beyond just for fun tech exploration, to jailbreak the iPhone? It's one thing to go through the steps and risk "bricking" the phone to use a wide array of programs, but if most of those same programs are available through the App store without fear of damaging the phone, can the jailbreak scene survive/thrive after the App store?
Let us know what you think.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 11:00AM Soon, Apple stores around the world will be swamped by people looking to buy the new iPhone. What kind of preparation goes into that kind of launch by the people who have to troubleshoot the devices as they're potentially seeing them in person for the first time? Find out in this segment of Root Access:
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