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"Which is better a tooth pick or a Stylus?"

Just thought this might be an interesting one.

Have a bit of a session with your mates and get to some food stuck inbetween your teeth do you try and find a tooth pick or just use the stylus?

Is there some safety concerns here?

It comes with a spare one and you can attach it to the DS anyway.

Perhaps Nintendo should include a homing device on the Stylus so if anyone loses it they can find it again.

No don't be stupid, Ninty fanboys will just go out a buy another one and pay 4.99 for a glorified pencil more profit in that.

Macintosh wrote:
> I have used a stylus on a PDA before. Like I said, the people in
> large computer firms have, for years, been messing around with new
> input systems like the Stylus, but they always return to keys, and a
> mouse.

OK let me get this straight. The fact that PDAs (those are HANDHELD, PORTABLE computers) use touchscreens as standard means that touchscreens are not good input devices? Run that one by me again?

And don't tell me you were trying to say that because DESKTOP PCs use keyboards and mice and not touchscreens, the touschreen on the DS is not a good input device.

You've pretty much shot your whole argument in the head here, by pointing out that touschscreens are the best input for handheld devices such as PDAs.

And you still haven't explained how you know that the touschreen on the DS is no good for games when you've never used one.

Too right. You gotta have something smooth for jap-eye insertion.

Tooth picks hurt, the stylus is nice and smooth.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Ahaha, yes, I'd like to trade my DS for a PDA please.
> No, I do want game thankyou - I want to play backgammon and
> minesweeper, please. And then I can makes notes in my diary and look
> at the calender.
>
> PDA DS
>
> ugh
As i didnt hear your tone of voice, was this sarcastic, if not i sugest you grab a car and ride it into the nearest tree (^.^)

Ahaha, yes, I'd like to trade my DS for a PDA please.
No, I do want game thankyou - I want to play backgammon and minesweeper, please. And then I can makes notes in my diary and look at the calender.

PDA > DS

ugh

Ever heard of a PDA that too has a touch screen and a stylus and you can play games with it sound very familiar, then again it must be revolutionary.

Macintosh wrote:
> gerrid wrote:
> HAVE YOU PLAYED A GAME ON THE DS USING THE TOUCHSCREEN?
>
> No need to shout. The answer is no, but my points still stand.

So you haven't used one, so how do you know that it's no good for playing games? And why does it matter if I've played a PSP?

Way i see is both companies are likely to sells lots and make profit down the line. I also dont see that i am likely to see people around the streets with them. I also dont see which ever one sells the most will make the blindist bit of difference to the people actually playing on them.

But as i said, im seemingly in the only part of UK that has not experienced the massive popularity of computer games.