So I'm in the process of trying to expand into mobile gaming and need some help figuring out what the best route is.
Currently I've got a desktop (which might as well be from the stone age), and a cell phone with limited functionality, and so I'm looking to upgrade. The options seem to be as follows:
Netbook
Tablet
Smartphone
I know very little about tech and computing so you'll have to bear with me and correct me where you can. As far as I can tell the types and quantity of gaming I could do on a netbook would be limited. So while it would be the most practical for trying to blog and stay up-to-date, I'm assuming my options as far as playing indie PC games and free to play stuff would be next to nil.
The tablet would be awesome, and about the same price as a netbook, but I'm also leery that because it's still such a new technology there will be a lot of quick advances, and that anything I purchase now won't just be obsolete in a year, but be clunky and obnoxious by comparison.
Still, if I were to go that route, iPad or other? iOS or Android? I'm really particular about my controls, and after seeing the sweet joystick add-ons for the iPad I was thinking that might be the best way to enjoy mobile gaming. Also, which system has the best apps? Which do you think will have them in the future? iOS seems to have the best right now, but with Google pushing Android to open source, maybe that will be the platform of choice in the coming years?
Finally phones. A small and sleek iPhone seems like the best way to go, even if the voice/text/data usage plans would come out to a hefty monthly fee. Are the controls manageable? I've not gotten the chance to try them out yet. If I went the Android route, do smartphones have alright playability? Or are they just not made for gaming?
Thanks for any help or insight you guys can offer.