Forget Apple It's The Mario-Phone

How on earth could a crap-looking phone with a built-in Game Boy be a "worthy challenger to Apple's iPhone"?

havent nintendo mentioned this before? im sure there was talk of it, and for a japanese company it makes sense - those nihonjin love games and mobiles, theyd surely go apeshit for anything like that

a fully fledge dsphone released over the next year or two, say given an even smaller form factor and numpad, receiver etc on the top of the thing, would surely sell like hotcakes

now i would buy that ^. not so sure about the 'mariophone', it sounds more like wed be playing Super Mario Advance than NSMB :P

ive already hammered the gba

the only thing iphone did that is inovative, is making a cell operational without having buttons.

Apple is one of the worst companies on earth because of their approach to customizablillity and functionallity of their products. The iphoney will be the end of many if it becomes popular, which im guessing it will bomb.

if the phone is as reliable as the ipods they can stick it!....sideways.......dry

If the iPhone is as reliable as my iPods have been, it will be the most reliable phone I've ever owned.

iPods, like phones, are disposable items, the more you use them, the more likely the are to break. Every phone I have ever had had died in less than a year. Throw it away, and buy another one.

That said, my original 5Gig iPod is going strong, as is my 3G. My Nano I dropped on a Ski slope in Chamonix, though I bet the person who found it is still using it. I only just got a clip Shuffle - but it is everythign I want from an MP3 player....

you must be one of the lucky people, everyone i know who has had an ipod has had trouble with it, maybe we were unlucky but i thought they were pretty notorious for being a bit iffy.

C'mon, be realistic. If there were really problems with most iPods, how would they have come to not just lead the market, but to absolutely dominate it. Most buyers are happy with their iPods.

If you and all your mates have problems, you represent a statistical anomaly. Almost everyone at SPOnG has an iPod. Except for Andy, everyone has been happy with them - and even Andy still uses his...

If the battery technology in them is anything like the original Shuffle, you've got about 11 months useage left out of it. Providing you don't use it that much.

just because something is the market leader, that doesn't automatically make it the best product. The ipod became a phenomenon, people don't say, "do u have an mp3 player?", they say "have u got an ipod?" there are probably plenty of other mp3 players out there that are more reliable & with better functions but apple have massive product power with the ipod.

It was £46. If it last 10 months I'll be happy. If I don't lose it before then, I'll be exstatic.

Amanda's Mk1 Shuffle is still going strong, I got her it on the day of release.

I agree entirely. But if, as you are suggesting, it's a s**t product that always breaks down... it doesn't get to number 1.

Most users means most word of mouth. If that word of mouth is bad... you sink like a lead thing in aerated water.

i think we'll have to agree to disagree here, sorry.

If this happened to me I would be expecting a replacement from whoever I bought it from. I expect a phone to last 2 years.

You have a point



That's not bad at all really. I swear the battery in mine died about 2 days after the year's warranty ran out. Keep meaning to have a whinge to Apple but I'd probably be wasting my time.

BTW, on a completely different note, did you have fun at the weekend? :)

I agreet hat they should from an ecological point of view - but in reality, everyone gets a free upgrade every year, so who needs a phone to last longer.

Mine generally have to endure getting dropped, getting fallen on, getting dropped in beer, being used as a makeshift hammer, getting used as a makeshift bottle opener. etc.