Comments on: Why For Art Though Lite? http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Psousa http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1830 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:28:40 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1830 Brilliant article. Personally, I can't wait to get my hands on a DS Lite, I just wish they release the following to make it a dream machine: A) Play-yan for DS In europe and US please. :P Play mpg4 and mp3. B) headphones with remote control so you don't have to open your DS to change music. :) C) Opera browser Surf the web. D) some "productivity" tools calendar, notes, etc. Integration with outlook and such. I know, it's more "adult" oriented but It would be great to support the stylus. those were my two cents. :) Brilliant article. Personally, I can’t wait to get my hands on a DS Lite, I just wish they release the following to make it a dream machine:

A) Play-yan for DS
In europe and US please. :P
Play mpg4 and mp3.

B) headphones with remote control
so you don’t have to open your DS to change music. :)

C) Opera browser
Surf the web.

D) some “productivity” tools
calendar, notes, etc. Integration with outlook and such.
I know, it’s more “adult” oriented but It would be great to support the stylus.

those were my two cents. :)

]]> by: Sonymnms http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1808 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:08:31 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1808 I own a psp and think it is WAYYY better than the nintendo DS. But I don't hate the ds. I know i want a ds lite because i love mario. I think that the ps3 will kill nintendo and microsoft sales though. I would buy the old ds, but when i heard of the new one i decided to wait. if u want to contact me email me at sonymnms@yahoo.com I own a psp and think it is WAYYY better than the nintendo DS. But I don’t hate the ds. I know i want a ds lite because i love mario. I think that the ps3 will kill nintendo and microsoft sales though. I would buy the old ds, but when i heard of the new one i decided to wait. if u want to contact me email me at sonymnms@yahoo.com

]]> by: Otis http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1803 Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:15:28 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1803 Actually, there's one design aspect of the DS that I hope the lite desperately addresses, and that's the nasty ergonomics of holding it in the "Mario Kart position" (thumbs on the face buttons, fingers on the shoulder buttons, classic handheld holding style). I know some people don't have a problem with it, but the stupidly built sides of the old DS, with it's sticking out edges, cut into my hands, and the weight of the console makes it slightly tiresome to hold for me. Hopefully, with it being lighter, and having rounded edges, the lite will be much nicer for me to hold. I never bothered getting a GBA SP, but I'm seriously considering the DS lite. One thing the GBA had over the SP was its ergonomics. Actually, there’s one design aspect of the DS that I hope the lite desperately addresses, and that’s the nasty ergonomics of holding it in the “Mario Kart position” (thumbs on the face buttons, fingers on the shoulder buttons, classic handheld holding style). I know some people don’t have a problem with it, but the stupidly built sides of the old DS, with it’s sticking out edges, cut into my hands, and the weight of the console makes it slightly tiresome to hold for me. Hopefully, with it being lighter, and having rounded edges, the lite will be much nicer for me to hold.

I never bothered getting a GBA SP, but I’m seriously considering the DS lite. One thing the GBA had over the SP was its ergonomics.

]]> by: Kelmon http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1799 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:49:53 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1799 In Reply to <a href="#comment-1796" rel="nofollow">#4</a>: In regards to UMD movies, I think this is where Apple got it right and Sony sailed wide of the mark. Portable movies sounds like a great idea but when you are on the move, unless you are stuck in an airport lounge with delayed flight or something, you most likely want to watch something that's relatively short. 30-minute television shows, such as those made available on the iTunes Music Store (not yet for me, mind, stuck in Belgium) and video podcasts (Tiki Bar TV rocks) fits this very nicely and has the benefit of a convenient delivery system to your iPod. UMD films never struck me as being a great idea and it looks as though the sales are going someway to confirming that I wasn't the only one. One suspects that if Sony managed to deliver videos online to download to your PSP and offered stuff like Futurama (for example) that they'd make a killing. In regards to the idea mentioned in the linked article that Sony was thinking of offering a cable to connect the PSP to a television to get around the perceived problem of needing to buy both DVD and UMD versions of a film (assuming that you want to watch it at home and on your PSP), wouldn't it suffer from the same low-resolution problem that the iPod does? Maybe a better idea would be to allow purchasers of the DVD version claim a UMD version for free or reduced price. Ripping the DVD to PSP format is probably the best method (aside from bundling a UMD disc with the DVD) but I guess that is frowned on. In Reply to #4: In regards to UMD movies, I think this is where Apple got it right and Sony sailed wide of the mark. Portable movies sounds like a great idea but when you are on the move, unless you are stuck in an airport lounge with delayed flight or something, you most likely want to watch something that’s relatively short. 30-minute television shows, such as those made available on the iTunes Music Store (not yet for me, mind, stuck in Belgium) and video podcasts (Tiki Bar TV rocks) fits this very nicely and has the benefit of a convenient delivery system to your iPod. UMD films never struck me as being a great idea and it looks as though the sales are going someway to confirming that I wasn’t the only one. One suspects that if Sony managed to deliver videos online to download to your PSP and offered stuff like Futurama (for example) that they’d make a killing.

In regards to the idea mentioned in the linked article that Sony was thinking of offering a cable to connect the PSP to a television to get around the perceived problem of needing to buy both DVD and UMD versions of a film (assuming that you want to watch it at home and on your PSP), wouldn’t it suffer from the same low-resolution problem that the iPod does? Maybe a better idea would be to allow purchasers of the DVD version claim a UMD version for free or reduced price. Ripping the DVD to PSP format is probably the best method (aside from bundling a UMD disc with the DVD) but I guess that is frowned on.

]]> by: Plagiarize http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1798 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:20:49 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/02/why-for-art-though-lite/#comment-1798 Well, all that happened after I wrote the article. I think the Browser and TV tuner show that Nintendo are going for the kill in japan, considering they're already streets ahead. The browser looks better than the PSP one that's for sure. No pseudo mobile phone text entry (why sony don't just copy what the mod community does with the analogue nub i'll never know). The TV tuner is probably going to be japan only, without a major redesign anyway, as i don't think anywhere else uses that kind of digital over the air TV signal. The RAM cartridge is meant to come bundled with the browser and it's meant to set you back some $20 or so... it comes in two different sizes for the old DS and DSlite so DS lite owners won't need to have it sticking out that centimeter. some have frowned at it, but given that the PSP has 8 megs of system memory and often runs out of memory while browsing, it makes sense that the DS (which has 4 megs of memory) would need a little help. with 10 megs, hopefully it won't run into the same kind of problems as sony's browser does. Well, all that happened after I wrote the article. I think the Browser and TV tuner show that Nintendo are going for the kill in japan, considering they’re already streets ahead. The browser looks better than the PSP one that’s for sure. No pseudo mobile phone text entry (why sony don’t just copy what the mod community does with the analogue nub i’ll never know). The TV tuner is probably going to be japan only, without a major redesign anyway, as i don’t think anywhere else uses that kind of digital over the air TV signal.

The RAM cartridge is meant to come bundled with the browser and it’s meant to set you back some $20 or so… it comes in two different sizes for the old DS and DSlite so DS lite owners won’t need to have it sticking out that centimeter.

some have frowned at it, but given that the PSP has 8 megs of system memory and often runs out of memory while browsing, it makes sense that the DS (which has 4 megs of memory) would need a little help. with 10 megs, hopefully it won’t run into the same kind of problems as sony’s browser does.

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