disolitude said:
loves2splooge said:
disolitude, I have been dreaming up the idea of the ultimate portable device myself as well. If I was rich, I'd totally be interested in making something like this a reality.
Btw are you talking $600 without a plan or with a plan? Big difference. (unless by phone functionality you mean VoIP like Skype and what not)
Here are some features I was also thinking about...
- 2 triggers to each side (like a Dualshock controller). It sucks how the PSP only has 1 on each side because there are lots of PS1 games that make use of all four triggers. It'll make the thing thicker to accomodate the extra triggers but it should still be able to fit in your pocket.
- Full QWERTY thumb keyboard add-on attachment (sold seperately of course). The on-screen keyboards on iPod Touch/iPhone can't beat Blackberry. Since the thing will be a slider design, you can make the "gamepad" portion removeable so that you can replace it with the QWERTY keyboard if you want
- native XviD and MKV support
- native OGG, FLAC and support for other free audio codecs.
- PDA-like functions and basically all these minor features that are standard with iPod Touch/Zune HD/Archos/etc.
- Make sure the memory card expansion uses cheap media. Magic Stick is expensive (though I know they sell microSD/SD to Memory Stick Adapters on the cheap in China). microSD/SD is more consumer friendly.
- Allow linux install to encourage homebrew. I want pr0n games on this thing. I hate how these console dictators (Nintendo, MS, Sony) won't let third-parties develop Ao games on their platforms. Screw that. I want eroge on the go. I want eroge on home consoles too (Why call it a Xbox if there is no X-rated content?). Not just on my PC.
- That motion tilt technology that Zune HD has (ie. you can tilt your Zune HD to make turns with your car in PGR. I thought that was pretty neat)
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hehe, some sweet ideas you got there.
Id be hoping to be 600 dollars without a plan. I mean, IF MS can sell me a 16 GB Zune with touch screen, 720p output and other cool stuff for 200 bucks...having another 400 bucks to work with should take care of the rest
Keyboard attachment could be pushing it. I was all for keyboards until I tried Iphone. SMS messaging on that device is so easy. Keyboard is still better but not by much.
all those video and audio codecs would have to be up to 3rd party developers I think. a 3rd pary VLC app ported to this device should do the trick for video
Also homebrew is a must. This is why I commend Iphone over PSP. PSP can do emulators and some homebrew but is still rather limited. Iphone homebrew is just insane... I donèt know about porn games tho. Nude Raider...lol
All in all, looks like they would sell 2 of these devices on these forums alone. :)
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iPhone/iPod Touch is ace for homebrew (you have to jailbreak it though). I was thinking that this hypothetical device should have official homebrew support though (ie. allow the end-user to install Linux on it like the PS3 does). Thing is, I've never used Linux on the PS3 so I don't know how that works out. Is there a homebrew scene for PS3 Linux? I know the Game Park handhelds come with Linux installed out of the box and Pandora will too but these are for the most part purely homebrew devices. They aren't closed platforms like a console or handheld console.
As for QWERTY keyboard attachment, like I said that should be an add-on sold seperately. Because not everyone wants one (I do).
