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Why don't they just put a cell radio in the DS? Then parents can call their kids home right in the middle of their video game. I think the idea of "mobile phon
by drcube 14y ago
Why don't they just put a cell radio in the DS? Then parents can call their kids home right in the middle of their video game.
I think the idea of "mobile phones" as a thing is going to pass. They're all just computers that happen to be able to make calls. Put cell radios in laptops and portable gaming systems and no one needs to choose between bringing their phone or their DS, or their phone or their tablet. Almost every computing device should also be a phone, in my opinion.
- dragontamer 14y agoWhy? Because its not successful. See Neo Geo and Sony Xperia Play. Every few years, someone tries this exact idea and fails. Plus, I don't want someone interrupting me when I'm in the middle of a Megaman boss. Thats just stupid.
- drcube 14y agoFair enough. Seems easy to put an on/off switch on the side, though, like laptops have for wireless. Then you can just turn the phone off during your tough gaming moments.
- jiggy2011 14y agoThe Xperia play probably failed due to relatively weak games available compared to a 3DS. So you have a phone pretending to be a games console, you might do better by adding phone functionality to an already strong gaming system.
- ijk 14y agoNow I'm seeing the potential for the successor to the 3DS to be the (I assume) first 3D videophone device. I think this is unlikely, but I'm charmed by the idea.
- johnny22 14y agodon't forget the nokia n-gage
- dragontamer 14y agoActually... I mean the n-gage. The Neo-Geo was an older system. Just a similar name >_< (both have "n" and a hyphen in it...)