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Must Nintendo Make a Mobile Phone?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-a-strange-question dept.

Hiroshi writes "Earlier this year Engadget uncovered a patent filed in 2001 for a Nintendo cell phone but as we all know, nothing came of it. Now CNET is highlighting the Nintenphone once more, stating that it must be built if cell phone gaming is ever going to get better. Interestingly, CNET Photoshopped a DS Lite with Android and a virtual keypad, and while this probably wouldn't be what a Nintenphone would look like, I can't help feeling like the DS would make an awesome phone."

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  1. Re:No by Torvaun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, how dare they take profits into account when deciding how to design their products? If not putting a DVD player in will cause minimal blowback, then it clearly doesn't need to have a DVD player. How does maximizing profits by not including extraneous crap translate into greedy bastards in your head?

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    I see your informative link, and raise you a pithy comment.