Basically Sony has made a break through with the processor, and has made the PS3 so adaptable, (We've installed Linux on it!!!), with auto bluetooth devices, memory card reader and downloadable upgrades for games. This means it should not be viewed as a GAMES console but more of a PC so to speak. i mean you can connect to Windows media player and play music from a wireless computer, download videos and store them on the hard drive. So in my mind the Xbox CANNOT be compared to the PS3 because the PS3 is out of it league.
Certainly the Xbox was a break through for windows but not for the gaming world. I wait with anticipation for the next xbox to be released to see how it compares with Sony's masterpiece.
This is IMVHO.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7118997.stm
Granted on paper and in practice for certain applications the cell engine thrives, however, how many WEP keys do you crack per day? None. You play games.
The 360 can connect to a pc and play music videos and watch photos.
You can also use this music IN GAMES unlike the PS3.
You can also connect an IPOD and play that,the same as above.
The 360 can stream XVID / DIVX also, which I think the PS3 cannot do yet.
360 can of course download game updates, which take seconds unlike the PS3
Of the things you have listed, sure the 360 doesnt do bluetooth, but it does support wireless devices, such as headsets, so thats a moot point.
also, installng another operating system? why? how does that help you play games? Im interested, and its a pro for the ps3 ill grant it that.
all the other stuff you have listed the 360 can do, and all with a much more user friendly interface.
Granted the ps3 has 7 processors, but that power is (as yet) untapped due to it being a developers nightmare. Many software houses have openly stated this, most recently Gabe newell of valve, who I beleive even outsourced the orange box to EA as the PS3 was so **** to program for. this is the reason that we see multiplatform games struggling on the PS3.
Again, my opnions, and Ive owned all of the current generation consoles.
If you want a pure games machine, that also doubles as a media centre, the 360 is leagues ahead.