Nintendo thought about going into the cell phone business?
We never would've thought Nintendo was looking to the mobile phone industry with any kind of plans for branching out, but according to the linked patent, which was filed in November 2001 and issued in June 2006, they were (and could still be). The patent, which reads as "Electronic apparatus having game and telephone functions," doesn't really paint a picture. Luckily though, we yanked some screens from Engadget, so check them out after the post break.
[Via Engadget]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Drew @ Feb 7th 2007 12:23PM
What a hideous design. Not only would your hand cramp after 5 minutes of play, but it reminds me of my old Qualcomm phone circa 1998.
JBGUY2K @ Feb 7th 2007 12:46PM
haha, the new gameboy! Actually, I wouldn't mind having a gameboy cellphone. Playing pokemon or metroid 2 on my cellphone... Only problem is that the battery might actually run out pretty fast.
knot_U @ Feb 7th 2007 1:01PM
Yeah, I heard a rumor about this before.
BTW add me, my Wii number is:
8272-6692-6378-5861
knot_U
paul haine @ Feb 7th 2007 1:56PM
So what's 'Metoroid' then?
hurt @ Feb 7th 2007 2:11PM
This wreaks of fake to me. I think since Nintendo does not even want to use the ds as a pda should let us all know they want to keep the stuff for fun and keep business and life issues off the platforms. Thats my 2 cents. :)
JBGUY2K @ Feb 7th 2007 2:28PM
haha, the new gameboy! Actually, I wouldn't mind having a gameboy cellphone. Playing pokemon or metroid 2 on my cellphone... Only problem is that the battery might actually run out pretty fast.
Dead_Prophet @ Feb 7th 2007 5:04PM
A poor conversion of the title from it's katakana spelling to english.
Kim Byung Suk Siegling @ Feb 11th 2007 12:43PM
Hey I remember this rumer. They were considering adding internet access to the GBC with a wire with your a cell phone. But I think it was only going to be done through Japan. We know that they didn't do it in America but they might of still done it in Japan.