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Hello Kitty May Be Key to 3G Survival
wa4osh writes "It's scary to think that sophisticated 3G mobile systems may depend for their survival on Hello Kitty (a cutesy Japanese pink cat with whiskers but no mouth) according to the recent Commdesign article "Hello Kitty may be key to 3G success". The article suggests that 3G's main market is downloading ringtones and backgrounds. Reading between the lines, it also suggests that 3G did not find a killer application. For example, what happened to 3G Video phones, or using 3G to send video clips to each other? These are all things that can be done with today's 2.5G technologies - GPRS and 1XRTT. So what's 3G really for? Perhaps Wi-Fi / 802.11 is solving the real need for broadband data mobility." The Wall Street Journal has an article which suggests that cellular companies are turning to Wi-Fi to hedge their bets.
Hello Kitty cellphone/vibrator combo. Hey, it's definitely not out of the question when we're talking about all things Hello Kitty.
If you build it...
...nerds will come.
I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
A cat with no mouth?
How are those depraved Japanese sickos going to satisfy their pleasures? There had better be a hole in the rear.
Lisa Simpson: "Hey Look, it's the Hello Kitty Factory"
As you hear cats meowing and see smoke suddenly spout huge amounts of smoke and the meowing stops.
MicroSoft(tm) follows suit in the icon trend and replaces mr paperclip with an american ico, martha stewart, a microsoft p.r. was quoted,"People love martha's advice, and we feel this "could be a good thing".
"If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
G-spot success
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Whoa, wait a minute here. Hello Kitty? I'm sold!
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/09/kitty.html ;)
(Score:-1, Wrong)
Oh no! Do you people have any idea what this will lead to?!
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
Maybe if the admin tools at slashdot had a nice friendly 'Hello Kitty' interface, the editors would be more engaged (and miss fewer dupes).
The ability to use Hello Kitty 3G slashcode from *anywhere* would reduce time pressure. No longer would editors be forced to rush through articles so they can get to the bar sooner.
Now, with HK3GS, dupes can be posted *from the bar*. Woohoo!
... there is only war.
'nuff said.
http://www.talknerdy.org
Then some nerd would port Apache to it and sit in his room with his phone set on vibrate and tucked into his pants front pocket.
Some nerd like me, for example.
He's back!
He's mad!
And he's looking for a little pussy!
If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.