Im left handed and I use my mouse on the left hand side.
I use a simple, standard Logitech wheel mouse - no extraneous buttons on the side as its impossible to hold in your left hand.
At work, I use my mouse on the right, and it has extra buttons. Having the mouse on 2 different sides enables you to differentiate nicely between "work" and "home" - handy if you use a different OS too.
As for noone uses a mouse left handed, well Ive got several customers who would disagree with you. However, the market must be small as mouse manufacturers tend to ignore this segment.
Its the "Me too!" attitude. Someone sees a burgeoning market, hops onboard hoping to ride the original products coatails to success.
Sadly, its how industry mostly works these days. Witness feature 'borrowing' in Operating systems, 'innovations' in new cars and 'reality' television.
Nobody wants to be the person with their neck on the line creating something new and innovative. Everybody wants to invest in a known quantity. Let someone else prove the market and we'll profit from it.
MMOG's are just another example of this, as you have said. They were not the first and they will certainly not be the last.
Maybe the N-Gage is a heap of junk now, but the next model or the next model after that will be the one to benefit from this buyout.
Make no mistake - N-Gage wont be the last portable gaming device you see from Nokia.
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Also happened in Australia. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=677232&p=40#r783 Cant imagine these are 2 isolated cases when its such a popular movie either.
Im left handed and I use my mouse on the left hand side. I use a simple, standard Logitech wheel mouse - no extraneous buttons on the side as its impossible to hold in your left hand. At work, I use my mouse on the right, and it has extra buttons. Having the mouse on 2 different sides enables you to differentiate nicely between "work" and "home" - handy if you use a different OS too. As for noone uses a mouse left handed, well Ive got several customers who would disagree with you. However, the market must be small as mouse manufacturers tend to ignore this segment.
Its the "Me too!" attitude. Someone sees a burgeoning market, hops onboard hoping to ride the original products coatails to success. Sadly, its how industry mostly works these days. Witness feature 'borrowing' in Operating systems, 'innovations' in new cars and 'reality' television. Nobody wants to be the person with their neck on the line creating something new and innovative. Everybody wants to invest in a known quantity. Let someone else prove the market and we'll profit from it. MMOG's are just another example of this, as you have said. They were not the first and they will certainly not be the last.
Maybe the N-Gage is a heap of junk now, but the next model or the next model after that will be the one to benefit from this buyout. Make no mistake - N-Gage wont be the last portable gaming device you see from Nokia.