21st March 2004, 7:27 PM
There it is, the thing that puts it in it's own market! Never bought the company line that it's a "totally different kind of product", but "totally different price range" certainly wouldn't have set well with consumers :D.
Indeed, something that expensive is certainly not a direct GB competitor. After hearing this, I'm almost certain this device IS being made to counter the PSP. They say it's just a niche audience device right now because they doubt the PSP's selling potential, but at the same time are making the DS as a failsafe should it happen to take off.
Touch sensitive screens? Are both touch sensitive or just one? I'm leaning towards one. Honestly, I can't stand the concept of IM via cell phone. I mean, it's a PHONE, try actually TALKING to them instead of spending an hour trying to get the right letters out of a NUMBER PAD. However, with a touch screen a keyboard setup could be made. Honestly I won't be typing nearly as fast because it'll be single finger speed, so it'll be very annoying, but it's a LOT better than the cell phone solution (which I must again say is COMPLETELY worthless on a device that can actually transfer one's actual voice rather than just text, I mean unless you are a spy sneaking around a hostile environment).
What on EARTH is a "flipper control" anyway?
Anyway, since it's very apparent this device IS intended to be the direct competition to the PSP as a sort of precaution measure in case it does succeed, I certainly hope it's more powerful than that one spec guide (validity of which is unknown) would lead one to believe. Isn't the PSP almost as powerful as a PS2 itself?
Indeed, something that expensive is certainly not a direct GB competitor. After hearing this, I'm almost certain this device IS being made to counter the PSP. They say it's just a niche audience device right now because they doubt the PSP's selling potential, but at the same time are making the DS as a failsafe should it happen to take off.
Touch sensitive screens? Are both touch sensitive or just one? I'm leaning towards one. Honestly, I can't stand the concept of IM via cell phone. I mean, it's a PHONE, try actually TALKING to them instead of spending an hour trying to get the right letters out of a NUMBER PAD. However, with a touch screen a keyboard setup could be made. Honestly I won't be typing nearly as fast because it'll be single finger speed, so it'll be very annoying, but it's a LOT better than the cell phone solution (which I must again say is COMPLETELY worthless on a device that can actually transfer one's actual voice rather than just text, I mean unless you are a spy sneaking around a hostile environment).
What on EARTH is a "flipper control" anyway?
Anyway, since it's very apparent this device IS intended to be the direct competition to the PSP as a sort of precaution measure in case it does succeed, I certainly hope it's more powerful than that one spec guide (validity of which is unknown) would lead one to believe. Isn't the PSP almost as powerful as a PS2 itself?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)