As far as handheld gaming devices go, wouldn't the PS Vita be the only handheld gaming device with youtube... given the 3DS does not...

It seems crazy that in a world when they're now trying to compete with smartphones in the mobile gaming space that Vita users have to wait for Sony to make their own interfaces for facebook and twitter and youtube.

Why not just open up application development so that these companies and the community can make these apps for you? More and more it is seeing that their tenacious clinging to the walled-garden approach is going to be their undoing.

so you don't consider iOS devices or Android devices as handheld gaming devices?

Yes and no, does it play games... yes, do I take the games on the devices seriously... no.

Even with big tittles like GTA on mobile devices, it still isn't nor will it ever be a substitute for a dedicated hand held gaming device. (for me at least)

And for the most part every time i play a game on an iOS or Android device I think to myself "oh wow this reminds me of (insert flash game I played in a web browser 5+ years ago).

Sure some mobile games are innovative and original, but for the most part most are quick money grabs that the masses are seeing for the first time and thinking they are genius.

In saying that, I'm all for anything that brings gaming to the masses and makes it more accessible, i'll support it, encourage it and even occasionally partake in the enjoyment of it.