As of my friends and even me myself, has compared which one's better- PSP 3000 or iPod Touch 3rd Gen 32GB.
The reason why I'm comparing 32GB is, well, the price is similar to PSP 3000.
First, I will list down the pros and cons of PSP and iPod Touch. (This is just my personal experience. So don't tackle too much.)

PSP 3000
Pros:
Bigger Screen. (duh!)
Better graphics.
Better quality of movies. (depends. but those UMD ones are certainly better)
Very useful to spend hours when bored.
Large number of fast-paced games compared to iPod.
Can change batteries.
Support UMD.
Speaker volume is bigger.

Cons:
Need to buy memory sticks. (PSP Go excluded.)
Bigger in size, meaning it doesn't fit some pockets.
Price of the game. (Some people DO buy originals.)
Poorer at playing musics. (meaning menus and those stuff that iPod has)
Supports only little number of video formats.

iPod Touch 3rd Gen 32GB
Pros:
Has Touch Screen. (if it doesn't, then why is it iPod TOUCH?)
No need to carry memory stick.
Better at playing music.
Can use sport strap to use it while exercising (I do, at least)
Has Nike + iPod (I do trainings quite a lot.)
Have many games that can be bought for cheap prices or via cracked file. (Jailbreak, duh)
Has the voice command thinggy
Easier to carry it around.
Specially design for playing musics more easy.
Easier to convert and put videos inside iPod compared to PSP 3000.
Has gravity sensors, which make a lot of difference in gaming compared to PSP 3000.
Has a lot more accessories compared to PSP. (I think)

Cons:
Graphic is poorer than PSP 3000.
Cannot expand memory more than 32GB.
Smaller screen.
Speaker volume is smaller.
Does not support UMD or anything similar.

Well, that's about the Pros and Cons of those two awesome devices, which I own both.
And one common con that they share- you might break it if you play a game due to stress. (my friend did.)

Anyway, some people might say that PSP games are far better than iPod Touch games, but I don't really think so.
As I have mentioned, iPod Touch has gravity sensors, which can make a lot of difference in racing games.
And, others also might say that PSP has MORE games than iPod, but I'm not so sure about that fact.
iPod Touch game industry is getting bigger and bigger, that the number of games is nearly catching up the number of PSP games. Anyway.

You are welcome to share your opinions, but please don't offend others.

But iPods are quite bad at doing what they're supposed to do in the first place.

Play music.

The SQ of music from an iPod (good earphones help, but the awful SQ is still there, although it doesn't help that so many people use the garbage Apple ones) is absolutely horrible.

Yup, I completely agree that iPod touch's sound quality is horrible. But still, since i have a free ear, it doesn't matter so much o.o but psp is horrible as well.. same or worse than ipod touch

Don't forget, iPod primary purpose is media player, while PSP primary purpose is games.

You can compare and contrast all you want, but ultimately, they should be judged by their main functions, and the iPod fails at audio, while the PSP, on the other hand, does well playing games.

do u really like the idea of touching the screen and rotating the device as the main input of gaming?

if yes, then ipod touch lo

for me, i would rather get a PSP Go, it can fit in your pocket,

the downside is that the games (original download form) are more expensive, but most PSP games are more lengthy than iPod touch game, PSP games are meant for true gaming, iPod touch games are meant for killing time

gravity sensor? hahhaa, have u tried? is soooo UNRESPONSIVE compared to racing car games on psp.

tehre is no brake, handbrake, its like rolling a ball, but the ball is a car.

whats so nice rolling a ball??

i buy ipod for music, psp for game.
'nuff said.

pointless thread

hurm.can u compare psp with iphone.
i wanted to know which are better.

even for music purpose, PSP Go/3000 can do equally well job
what's even better is that u can use drag and drop mp3 in PSP, while iPod cannot

IPOd is expensive because of its good marketing and design.

the sound is crap.

the only reason why it sounds good in apple shop cause of its good earphone.

wait, u are comparing God of War, Final Fantasy Crisis Core to rolling a ball

everything the ipod can do, the psp can do.(other than rolling a ball)

want to roll a ball? then get a PS3 and download the Duckling game lol
6 axis technology definitely can roll better than built in accelerometer in iPod touch

I bought a PSP to play games, listen to music, watch TV shows, play games, read ebooks, find out the time, act unsociable, play games, fap to some pr0n goodness that the 4" LCD provides, play games, go on the internet, watch some FLVs, (I know that is hitting below the belt, but wait, there's more), listen to music (including WMA and AAC!), play games....

In short, it's PSP for me all the way. If you enjoy gaming on the iPod or iPhone... Well, I feel sorry for you.

unless you're playing simple puzzle games or shooting games(tap screen to shoot) the ipod touch is a pathetic games machine.

a virtual joystick just doesnt cut it as far as gaming is concerned.
it's downright ridiculous

Well,imo,psp is much better than ipod touch on every pov.expandable memory,check.great game,check.emulator,check.movie+music playing,check.in d end,no point listing it all.do some research n u'll find it out.to sum it all,there's much more u can do with psp

iPod+good earphone=bad sound

the sound from an iPod is bad, even with Sennheisers

O.o everyone attacking me -.T just doing this since PSP and iPod costs nearly similar... And because of my dumb school i can only bring iPod to school so i kinda posted it o.o

you are like saying Proton than Honda cause its the same price of course kena kao kao when ur facts aren't even right

do ur school allow students to bring in handphone?

hmm... cant say much as I own this 2 product and iphone...

but both has their advantage and disadvantage,

PSP is great for gaming.. seriously screen and graphics is AWESOME...

iPod Touch in another hand has a great mobility... for example the wifi browser is great compared to PSP... sometime iPod Touch replace my netbook when I go out... I treat my iPod Touch like my ultra mini computer... cause carrying a netbook sometime can be a hustle...

haha, ya, ipod has its good stuff

but TS open in Console Counch, Where the main focus is gaming of course the psp wins

The PSP is more of a thoroughbred then the iPod Touch. On a personal level, the PSP will serves for mobility gaming while the iPod Touch will be used for web browsing on the go.

Regards, Joey

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Feb 5 2010, 01:23 PM

rather than that iPod crap, I rather top up a lil bit to get N97-mini
by that u combine the best of many worlds - web surfing, S60 based mini computer, and gaming and mobile entertainment

I prefer PSP for gaming even if the iPod does have more titles. Not saying that I'm a purist but a gadget created to play music should stick to music. Yeah I've tried the motion-sensor games on the iPod and yeah its pretty amazing, but you can't beat the good old 40 hours of gameplay a solid title in PSP can provide. So, PSP all the way and I don't even own a PSP.

@belowaverage
i started this in an iPod forum but the moderator moved it to here

lol! that's sad

I thought u did this intentionally, as ur thread was more ipod oriented, and i guess it was more for ipod thread than here

sorry for being so fierce

Don't forget that another reason why your SQ may not be so good from iPod is because you people like to download shit from Limewire with such low bitrate and quality haha! MP3 quality was never good. Use flac or aac, m4a is good as well.

Using FLAC also iPod got quite bad SQ.

Even some iPod fanboys agree with this.

I know some iPod users who think that the SQ is fantastic, but they use the iPod earphones, so, yeah

if so, what is the best mp3 player out there? imma planning to buy a new mp3 player

The Walkman iTouch rip-off has really good SQ.

In general, you buy a Walkman for SQ and iPod for everything else.

iPod has excellent UI, design and has a lot of good parts, but the SQ is really a let down

which walkman? i want one that has lots of memory, like iPod Classic 160gig

iPod has the edge on HDD space, but for SQ, the Walkman lineup is actually (generally) a better bet.

Shame that the iPod has such intuitive controls though

dude buy psp.. can play game what !! woot woot !
anywayz Forest Gump has some shares in apple.

nono, he only invested in a fruit company

buy psp...i got ipod touch 64gb and psp...psp for hard rock gaming...u wont be nice if touch...screen psp...ipod touch is ntg...

One very recent development, can now play Street Fighter 4 on iPod Touch!

I think PSP is much better.
Ipod games are not as fun as Psp games . .

instead of ipod. . get an iphone ( more functionality + convenient )
and 32gb is more than enough . . if you just use it to watch movies, games, songs. .

obviously console games is better than hp. psp ftw ;D

i would say best mp3 player out there i tried is iRiver, i might be wrong though

ipod, it really depend wad kind of games you r looking for. I played games on ipod touch before i find the game are innovative but take times to learn how to use the controlling.

size comparison, ipod touch definitely have a smaller size hence it's easy to just slide into ur pocket. bout the SQ, for me, i doubt i care so much about it. bring it outside, with all the noise, I hardly can hear clearly unless i wanna hurt my ear by maximize the volume.

just my 2 cent

i agree on this... i own an ipod touch 2nd gen & a psp.... but most if the time spend on psp...

because i am a retro gaming freak... and psp is really strong as an emulator.... haha... and in my psp now has more than 100 sega genesis rom!!

If you want games go for PSP and if you want music...IPOD however...if you want something worth the money...PSP - practically we dont care about pouches or straps...I think we prefer what we pay for...

since it is in console couch..of course the choice would be OBVIOUS