Mobile industry analyst Forrester has released a report hailing the death of the smartphone. Which, given the buzz around iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and the like, could be seen as somewhat puzzling.

However, it's the category smartphone whose grave Forrester is dancing on: the analyst is making the point that even mid-range mobile phones are 'smart' nowadays, with internet access and multimedia features.

The report suggests that the term 'smartphone' should be replaced by three categories: openness and extensibility; consumption and creation; utility and entertainment. Which would be a right bugger to fit onto tabs on the main Pocket Gamer site, if we're honest...

Anyway, Forrester also thinks that the new generation of smart phones (note the space) will cannibalise sales of MP3 players, satnav gadgets and handheld games consoles.

We wonder if in the latter case that's entirely true. Rather than people abandoning their DS or PSP for iPhone, isn't Apple's handset persuading people to buy games who've never owned one of those handhelds?