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DoCoMo Eggy: Phone/Video/Email Cuteness
Scott_Marks writes: "In the fine tradition of the previously-reported finger-phone, DoCoMo has brought out their Eggy! The Babelfish translation is, as usual, a total hoot." I'm a little confused about what this thing will do to your poor "knitting machine," but imagine a baby-blue Nintendo controller with a built in camera, a small LCD and a nice chunk of RAM, equipped with a Web browser. And for anyone who laughs at the fingerphone, I had a chance to use one of these in October courtesy of a DoCoMo representative in Atlanta, and called home with surprizing clarity. So maybe this little thing isn't so crazy ...
I don't know how Babelfish got "knitting machine" out of 'this machine'. "serial radiography" is really 'continuous photography'. "can tongue" is apparently a mistake for the word kantan 'simple/ easy' written in katakana--I guess Babelfish mistook it for a foreign loanword, but couldn't make any coherent sense out of it. "cruciform" is really a reference to the cross-like arrangement of the keys.
It looks like a lot of words were not in the machine translator's vocabulary, so it started coming up with erroneous meanings based on the roots.
it looks to be WinCE powered !
but what CPU is it useing and can you overwrite the Boot ROM ?
oh well I surpose it'll be an ARM maybe even StrongARM2 ex Xscale (-;
who did the production work ?
anyone with the details ?
regards
john jones
If you find it entertaining, go to www.engrish.com. THe site is very happy good, and will nourish the spirits!
Thanks for the link! My quote was from memory. Nice to see someone documenting these "engrishisms!"
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Finger phone, eh? According to the Babelfish translation, I can supposedly "enjoy the beautiful pictures..." I imagine the porn industry's just salivating over this one ;)
As for the still picture and the animated picture which you take with the eggy transmission possibility. As for the photograph and the animated picture which are sent even with the personal computer simplicity playback.
Makes sense to me!
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Great, now I finally have something to add to my ( furby | cabbage patch doll | tickle-me elmo | beanie baby | pokemon card ) collection!
It sure sounds like MojoJojo from "Powerpuff Girls" !
Forget about all that knitting machine talk, I'm worried about:
Serial radiography
Plus,
POP mail can tongue.
The touch pen and the can tongue by the cruciform key operation
reminds me of a NIN video I saw once...
*shudder*
There's something slightly hypnotic about seeing all those clean, tiny japanese characters (chalk one up for internet explorer). Can someone on here who knows japanese give a real translation??
-the wunderhorn
Karma: Bored. (Thinking about resurrecting the "Anyone else is an imposter" joke.)
to the wristband by tapping their fingers in various rhythms.
How am I gonna explain this to the FBI when I start
playing air guitar to Limp Bizkit and I accidentally break into the Pentagon.
Penguin phone home. The Linux Pimp
--It's Pimptastic!--
Now my knitting machine has a 32/64k connection!
Image and the snap photograph in the can tongue they take Canned tounge? Awesome! I AM a bit hungry.
It's powered by a Private lithium ion charge pond
"HONEY?! WE'RE OUT OF POWER, IM GOING TO GRAB A BUCKETFUL FROM THE POND!"
http://www.elingo.com/browse/browse.php3
Obviously, better than Babelfish, but not as funny:
oe When communicating with this machine (1)P-in Comp@ct or (*paldio*) 611S/341S (2)32K/64K (*paldioshirez*) and (*paldio*) connection cable (3)Either (optional) is needed among (*dottemoshirez*) and cellular phone/(*dottemo*) portable cable. It is not possible to use it with the cellular phone. It is likely to become a connection by 32K according to the system requirements. When 32K (*paldio*) is used, [it] becomes a connection by 32K. The enjoyment of M-stage visual, and smooth, beautiful screen Variegated reflection information on M-stage visual is smoothly seen in 64K high-speed communication. Equipped with 2.0 type TFT low temperature polysilicon color liquid crystal monitor by which [it] can enjoy clear, beautiful image The inspection of the Internet is also possible equipped with a simple browser. - When the page which does not correspond to the browser function of this machine is seen, neither a correct display nor operation might be done. A reflection and a snap photograph can be taken. With built-in progressive CCD digital camera which to be able to be real taking a picture (350,000 stroke source) to compact body it. [It] equips it with the rotation lens of which oneself can also take a picture. (270 rotation) It is also possible to see the taken image with TV by using the AV cable of the attachment. The image of correspondence and 192MB or less can be recorded on the compact flash memory card (optional). Animation: In the adoption of MPEG4, the reproduction of the reflection of which [it] takes a picture is very smooth. Still picture: A hand-written character can be input to the image with the touch pen. The image is processed to easy with nine kinds of frame and stamps. ¦ Please see the table of the commodity this bale about the compact flash memory card which can be used with eggy. The taken image is transmitted by mail at once. Taken still picture and animation can be transmitted with eggy. The personal computer easy reproduces sent photograph and animation. - Character mail function which can be sent up to 3000 characters or less (em-size). Happy mail address book with photograph of face. -Windows Media Player ver7.0 is necessary for reproducing animation with the personal computer. Function of various variegated convenience The mail address which has already been had can be used. It is mopera quick start function correspondence, and setting the mopera POP mail is easy. f^fbf`fyf"â\ZsfL[ÉæéfJf"f^f"È'ìB Digital media integrated soft gPixLab for eggy" attachments to be able to edit image of which [it] takes a picture with personal computer. Commodity specification Externals size 131(W)~81(H)~39(D)mmProjection department oe ) Mass About 225g(The lithium ion chargeable battery contains it. ) Input method Touch panel (software keyboard) and ten character operation key and operation button Display part Low temperature of TFT polysilicon color liquid crystal)(with 557~234 dots and backlights Camera/lens Equipped with 350,000 stroke source progressive CCD Application line NTT DoCoMo PHS line(64kbps/32kbps) Transmission rate 64kbps 32kbps (maximum effective speed 58.4kbps)(maximum effective speed 29.2kbps) Installing function Simple browser function and (*paldio*) E mail for M-stage visual service¦1EThe mopera POP mail Internet mail function, address book function, animation, still picture taking a picture function, animation, still picture album function, and animation and still picture edit function Record medium Compact main body memory (about 6MB)/flash¦2(memory card and goods on the market) Card insertion part Compact flash card slot Type/Typei3.3Vj Connected cable connector PHS connection connector Power supply Special lithium ion chargeable battery (attachment) and exclusive use AC adaptor(attachment) Use time/number of sheets Continuous display time:About 70 minutes of about 70 minutes Continuous taking a picture time:About 65 minutes The number of sheets of continuous taking a picture¦3:About 140 still pictures Continuous communication time:About 70 minutes(When 32K/64K (*paldio*) and the exclusive use and the connection cables are used. ) About 60 minutes(When you use (*paldio*) 611S/341S P-in Comp@ct. ) Charging time For about 2.5 hours(The special lithium ion is charged, and exclusive use AC adaptor is used. ) ¦1 The following models do not correspond to (*paldio*) E mail with this machine. 311S A311N A311T A311M A311P A311Y A312S A312D A313S A313P A411P ¦2 Please refer to the table in which [it] has confirmed the operation as packed up together. ¦3 Taking a picture condition:16MB compact flashTMWhen the memory is deleted and all [it] continues when becoming one piece taking a picture and "Full the memory" by using ð every 30 seconds.
Classic excerpt from a 1968 Honda motorcycle operation manual:
"Beware the oil spot, for there in lie the skid demon."
In a funny way it really makes the point.
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