id software, the devlopers of Doom and Quake, have expressed an interest in developing games for the iPhone. While Carmack has already expressed his displeasure with the iPhone development tools, he’s very excited about the iTunes distribution channel.

While I love the overall concept of the iPhone, I think the lack of buttons will really hurt it as games start to be released. The lack of tactile feedback when gaming could post some real problems. We’ll see how it all shakes out soon enough.