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ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2011-10-24 09:44 pm
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Possibly the most misguided computer accessory I have ever seen...

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/11797/Targus-Notebook-mouse-internet-phone/

Someone must have thought this was a good idea. What they didn't think about is how you use your computer and talk simultaneously...
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[identity profile] johnreiher.livejournal.com 2011-10-24 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hello computer!"

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'd forgotten that one!

[identity profile] history-monk.livejournal.com 2011-10-24 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
... which is why it's being remaindered at Morgan.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
A lot of the stuff Morgan used to sell was like that, I did think that to an extent they'd got over it under the new ownership but apparently not.

[identity profile] doc-mystery.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Like your first comment said, didn't we see prior art for this demonstrated by Scotty in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home?

::B::

[identity profile] keristor.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
That was my initial thought. "Spock Saves the Whales" is my favourite of the ST movies...

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ditto - I'd just completely forgotten that little bit! Despite the current FF project having a metal that is basically transparent aluminium...

[identity profile] keristor.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
I more often quote his following line: "Ah, a keyboard, how quaint!" There's so much quotable stuff in that movie...

[identity profile] thermalsatsuma.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 07:33 am (UTC)(link)

On the other hand, I often try to use my phone as a mouse so maybe there is some merit in it ... :-)

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't it get covered with crud from your desk?

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2011-10-26 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
I actually do. I have a remote app for my phone which is useful when watching videos on the TV (which is my secondary monitor) so I can sit back and don't have to walk to the desk to pick the next video/fast forward/skip chapters etc.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2011-10-26 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice idea - Bluetooth? Wonder if I could do something like that with the computer I have hooked up to the TV.

[identity profile] uk-lemming.livejournal.com 2011-10-27 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds very useful, what's the app called?

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2011-10-27 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
Unified Remote. Just follow the link in my comment.
Ah, I just noticed that the style on this page doesn't mark up links at all.
Edited 2011-10-27 08:29 (UTC)

[identity profile] armb.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Same way you use a smartphone as a phone and a computer simultaneously - very awkwardly (at least without a Bluetooth headpiece or similar).

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2011-10-25 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
Absolutely - VERY awkwardly.
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