With 50% of the market share, the iPod Touch has become the must have handheld gaming device.
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In announcing a new iPod Touch (with HD Retina screen, dual cameras, and the iPad A4 proccessor) Steve Jobs confidently proclaimed the iPod Touch as the world’s most popular handheld gaming device, outselling both Sony’s Playstation and the Nintendo DS combined. And there’s more.
Jobs also said that the iPod Touch enjoys a full 50% of handheld gaming marketshare with over 1.5 billion handheld and entertainment downloads. In addition to beefing up the iPod Touch with Apple’s blazing A4 processor, the new iPod will also enjoy increased quality of the video image with its HD Retina display with four times more pixels and an ultra sharp 326 ppi and 24-bit color. Gamers will also love the iPod’s 3-axis gyro control and Apple also announced GAME CENTER, a social networking vehicle which will allow players to take on each other via WiFi in cyberspace playing a wide variety of games including a new game from Epic Games called Project Sword, and action packed RPG adventure with action happening in real time.
The new iPod Touch goes on sale next week, just in time for Christmas for $229 / 8GB, $299/32GB and $399/64GB. With gaming, music, and HD movies, this is a seriously cool toy.