IGN reports that Majesco has a new device to be debuted at E3 that will allow Game Boy Advance users to text message each other from three miles away. Text is entered via a virtual keyboard, and real-time chat is also possible. If a user isn’t online, the messages are queued and delivered when the user comes back online. Majesco’s device (not the GBA wirless shown above) will also have a built-in rechargeable battery and AC adapter, and will work for one week on a single charge. There are no fees for the text messaging “service” – you only have to buy the hardware.
Turn your handheld gaming system into a handheld, wireless text messenger? May you live in interesting times!
Pre-E3 2004: GBA Messenger from IGN.com
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same person as befor two player (wirless)
cool but it neads a two-player
I always wondered about the scars on your forehead. Now I know!
I’m all for the quirky, unnecessary gadget, but there’s nothing more like a root canal than using a directional pad to type on a “virtual keyboard”. Text messaging with a phone keypad is bad enough, but instead of going left-left-left-left-down-a, right-right-down-a, oops, b, right-a, etc, I’d rather carve the message into my forehead with a butter knife and walk it over to the person I’m trying to send it to. They’re not going to be farther than 3 miles way, so I should get to them before the loss of blood makes me too lightheaded.
But maybe that’s just me.
3 Mile Wireless Game Boy Instant Messaging
Majesco has announced the GBA Messenger, an add-on for the Game Boy Advance that will let users send text messages over RF from up to three miles away (at least in rural areas). Users type to each other with a virtual keypad, and the GBA Messenger can …