Assuming they do everything else right... wIthout dual analog controls it will more than likely be another failure. I returned my PSP Go after realizing they didn't add dual analog controls from the older PSP generation. The gameboy franchise already has the touch screen with digital control scheme nailed down. Since the iPhone/iPad can do it now the bar has been raised. Sony needs to show some inovation to get people to switch to their mobile gaming platform. Anything less than dual analog controls will be a downgrade from an iPhone/iPad. Sony has a chance to get a big boost in sales if they do it.

This can work for smaller developers and even some bigger ones that have already priced their DLC and games properly. For companies like Microsoft though that already charge so much for everything they sell... nobody is going to give a second thought at getting a cheaper version instead of the more expensive. $50 is too much money for Windows 7 Ultimate IMHO. $30 is about right.

DIY laser enthusiasts are already doing this with very light smoke particles. This is using 100mw home built hobbyist lasers from used CD drives, etc.

http://laserpointerforums.com/f50/optical-trapping-real-laser-tractor-beams-45954.html

The PSP analog stick is way to small with movement so a better analog control is a great thing to hear about the 3DS. Not having a dual analog stick is a big mistake though. That is what hampered the PSP gameplay when converting FPV shooters(a long with the very small movement of the analog control on the PSP). Surprisingly this is where the iPhone and iPad work better with some practice getting used to not having tactile feedback of the analog controls. You develop muscle memory to know where your thumb and what amount/direction of movement it will create but you have dual analog control and you can even tweak the throw of those virtual analog controls to suite your preference. If PSP2 or 3DS had physical dual analog controls that would be one sweet setup. I honestly don't see how they could not add dual analog sticks in the year 2010. 1 analog stick is just not enough nowadays.

Or maybe another competitor might take him in since his name was published. It would be a bad idea for them to fire him :). I am willing to bet he will be better off in the long run with his name published.

I agree. I see trailers for movies just like demos. If free demos started becoming paid for demos it would just cause me to buy less games... which would be a good thing for my finances. I discover new games that I like on PSN because of the demos. Not everyone has the time to read every preview and be up on the latest games coming out. I depend on PSN demos to see what games I like. Without that I know for a fact I would buy less games. At this point I would question the quality of a game that required a paid for demo. Are they so sure they will loose a sale that they need money for the demo?

Funny you mention this. The anti-piracy intro has also started getting to me recently. I paid for the movie so I shouldn't have to spend an hour or two of my life total during a year watching them. It is always the real paying customers that get the short end of the stick. Pirates just rip that portion out.

That is all I want to know. When can we reduce our latency between WAN links half way around the world down to 0ms?

Most important reason is that my phone is free. The built in email app works great(much better than my previous phones) for the other features I need. It just doesn't have the body searching feature. The iGmail is launched just like the built-in app so it is not like it is harder to use iGmail when I need it. If the phone didn't have some decent Apps for it then it would be much more of an issue.

I downloaded the free iGmail specifically for the searching features. I use the regular iPhone mail app to read mail but it can not search in the body portion of the emails. If I need to do a search (For instance to see what I have bought through iTunes) I launch iGmail and us it's search feature. Apple really needs to think more seriously about their feature set. Full body searches is something that is very important for an email app.

I don't really care either because I won't be buying games no matter how good they are with that *subscription* model but I think gamers in general might care if it gets to the point that Sony starts making games 90% online and a very short single player component to try and curb even more pre-owned sales.