Game Gadgets: TNG
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, May 13th, 2004 at
9:31 am
The next generation of handheld game gadgets promises the ability to let you to watch movies, listen to music, make phone calls, take pictures, browse the Net and send wireless messages. Sounds cool but I never bought in to the all-in-one gadget concept. The ability to play games on my phone goes unappreciated – it’s just a phone to me. Maybe the right gadget has yet to come along…
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The real problem is that one or more of those functions will go obsolete faster than the rest – leaving you with a convergence device that no longer converges.
Also, I think usability suffers from the combination. Do I really want to hold up a gameboy to my head? Or talk into my camera?
Of course you would, John. That’s what geeks do!
You should be side talkin’!
I am going to stick with good old fashioned snail mail and talking to real people dammit….
When did Daniel have time to post for this?
Side talkin’ – no to be confused with Side Hackin’
Side Hackin’, according to the link, was also known as Five the Hard Way. You post that in the same thread that Dan is mentioned? Puh-lease! You make it too easy.
Only in my case it’s more like Nine and a half the Hard Way just ask your mom.