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- From: bgilbert@cs.washington.edu (Ben Gilbert)
- Subject: Re: Next generation handhelds
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- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 02:39:53 GMT
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- In article <1i78qhINNphg@transfer.stratus.com> savoia@sw.stratus.com (Rick Savoia) writes:
- > 4. The size and battery life of the Gameboy is much better than
- > that of the other units. One person I talked to had a Lynx
- > and told me that he could only get about 2 hours of solid
- > playing time before his batteries were too weak to play anymore.
- > On the same flight from Boston to Florida, he could only play
- > his Lynx for 45 minutes while I played with my Gameboy for
- > 3 solid hours (2 months later, I'm still using the same
- > batteries). Also, the Lynx was HUGE (not exactly my
- > definition of handheld. The Gamegear is at least about
- > the same size as a Gameboy. Regardless, my Gameboy fits
- > into any of my coat pockets for play anywhere.
-
- I must disagree strongly on this point. When I've tried playing the Game
- Boy, it seems to be made for 3-year old hands or something. Admittedly,
- I have big hands but to me the Game Boy seems as bad or worse as the cheesy
- Original Nintendo controllers. I've got to hold my hands in a little ball to
- grip the thing and trying to press those miniature buttons is nearly
- impossible with my hands in this contorted position. In addition, holding
- a system in this way for very long makes for nice aches and pains in the
- joints.
-
- Personally, I think one of the Lynx's greatest advantages is its extremely
- well thought-out design. I can play the Lynx for hours and not have any
- sign of hands/fingers falling asleep or getting cramped. Plus, the joypad
- and buttons are large enough to play comfortably, unlike the GB and GG,
- where I seem to be able to cover the whole joypad with my thumb. The Lynx
- IMHO represents the absolute _best_ design I can imagine for a hand held,
- as far as ergonomics go.
-
- >
- >Rick
- >--
- >==========================================================
- >Rick Savoia | "I'm just very selective
- >savoia@watts.sqa.stratus.com | about the reality
- >Rick_Savoia@vos.stratus.com | I accept" - Calvin
- >==========================================================
-
- Regards,
-
- --
- Ben Gilbert e-mail : bgilbert@cs.washington.edu
- Department of Computer Science
- University of Washington
-