CES Tidbits

Various newsbits from the Consumer Electronics Show: Verizon promises cell phone TV; USB flash drives get more useful; Transmeta promises a fanless media center device, sometime; things you can stick on your iPod; and a tech site offers a photographic overview of day 0 of the convention.

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Re:Nyko's iPod movie player

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, I don't want to second guess you and I really don't mean to be a dick here but I honestly believe that you should consider making some changes when you comes to your parenting.

You are - in all seriousness - suggesting that your five-year-old needs an iPod with a video attachement. I do concurr with you that it's a cool gadget (and it attests to the expandability of the iPod). But for a five-year-old kid? Come on.

A small child doesn't need ~$600 or so worth of electronic equipment. All a child of that age needs is it's imagination. Motivate your kids to do something besides watching DVDs and playing games. You need to show them that there's cool stuff out there, that there's an alternative to just staring at a screen.

Trust me, it's harder than using a DVD player as a fallback babysitter but it pays off over time. Twenty years later, your kids will be very thankful for showing them an alternative to watching DVDs for hours on end (not flaming, just saying).

Besides, should you choose that watching DVDs is right for your kids (hey, who am I to tell you what to do with your offspring), do yourself a favor and buy a cheap DVD viewer. You can get them at Walmart for at lot less than this device (let alone, an iPod plus this device) and they play DVD+/-Rs.