The touch screen interface and motion-sensitive features of Apple's iPhone
could wrestle dominance of the handheld gaming market away from the Nintendo DS,
Forbes writer Brian Caulfield suggested in a recent editorial. "Apple is
the first to master a pair of tricks that have made Nintendo's latest products
so compelling-a touch-screen interface and the ability to pick up on motion,"
Caulfield wrote. "Apple has crammed both capabilities into its iPhone and iPod
Touch." The editorial goes on to suggest that the ability to wirelessly
purchase and download software for the iPhone via its App Store interface,
coming in a software update next week, will further strengthen the device as a
handheld.