Nintendo DS, Sony PSP will get Instant Messaging: AIM, ICQ..

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This makes a lot of sense for the DS and I will prob pick this up
when/if it comes out, but I have to wonder how you will IM with a
PSP?? use the d-pad to select letters like you are entering a high
score in an old arcade game? sounds impractical, sure you could plug
in a keyboard but then you may as well just use your desktop/laptop...
It will be interesting how this is worked out for the PSP.








On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:41:18 -0500, <Highlander> wrote:

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>http://nintendoinsider.com/site/EEkuFAyluAHuhWnZnZ.php
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>Meetro Announced for Nintendo DS, PSP!
>A Chicago based Meetroduction, LLC has created the ultimate "breaking the
>ice" instant messenger program. This new instant messaging application is
>called Meetro (www.meetro.com) and is created by the team of CEO Paul
>Bragiel (current CEO of Paragon 5) and President Wendell Davis III
>(ex-producer of Cave Barn Studios). What makes Meetro a unique instant
>messenger is that it shows the proximity in miles how far away each user is
>from your location. Paul Bragiel explains, "Meetro is the new dynamic way to
>meet people local to you." Wendell Davis III states, "Meetro makes finding
>people within walking distance a breeze -- perhaps even a summer breeze." It
>will cater to people wanting to make friends in their new town and
>especially targeting college students who are dying to meet new friends
>(also a great way to procrastinate on that English paper). It allows users
>to have their picture and taglines, and also allows users to message people
>on AOL AIM and ICQ (MSN, Yahoo and Jabber are coming soon).
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>Features of Meetro include:
> a.. Instant Messenger program telling how far users are away from each
>other in miles.
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> b.. Includes taglines, user pictures and an extensive customizable user
>profile.
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> c.. The program has AIM, ICQ support. Yahoo support will come out later
>this month and MSN will be around the corner. Jabber support coming later.
>As I mention before, Meetro was created by GBA developers. Paragon 5 created
>the top-down racer, Karnaaj Rally GBA, while Davis' experience includes
>Urban Yeti GBA by Cave Barn Studios (a very weird and off-beat game to say
>the least). What makes Meetro video game oriented is that it is now being
>developed for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable! Davis says, "We've
>entered an early stage of development for handheld console support, which
>includes both Sony PSP and Nintendo DS." Bragiel states, "We see the DS and
>PSP as platforms that were designed to be used for applications besides
>games. We want to bring social software to these machines." However, we won't
>see this technology implanted until summer 2006.
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>There is a lot of potential with this new Meetro IM program; however, there
>is still improvement to be made by Meetro staff to make it a must-used IM
>program. The team needs to improve their multi-functional IM support to make
>it to near the level of the Trillian program, and also needs a face-lift
>with new features like history page, more smilies, and other generic IM
>features. But the biggest improvement needs to be getting more people to use
>this program, especially business laptop users and university students - and
>hopefully the DS and PSP versions will help.
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>Final Thoughts:
>There is a whole a lot to be agitated and excited about with the Meetro
>program. The obvious worry is that there is a whole competition in the IM
>industry and this program must find its market niche. Meetro is not up to
>par to their competitors with users and technology compared to their
>competitors just yet, but more updates should help them. The Meetroduction
>team can find their market niche with the businessmen with their laptops and
>college students as both of those markets are filled with tech savvy
>netizens. And the realm of video games, particularly Nintendo DS, should
>hold very interesting possibilities. Meetro could become the ultimate way to
>meet local people via the Internet.
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>Special Thanks to Wendell Davis III and Paul Bragiel of the Meetro team.
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