Is the new Nintendo 3DS all that? Does Rockmelt
have a chance? Will mobile wallets ever be adopted by real people in
real stores? CrunchGear editor John Biggs and I tackle these questions
in this week’s edition of Fly or Die. Watch the video to find out who our surprise guest is this time after we give our verdicts on his company’s product.
The Nintendo 3DS uses simple stereoscopic 3D graphics that really pop
out and combined with a gyroscope effect creates an incredibly
immersive experience. You might look like an idiot playing it because
you move your whole body around unnecessarily, but it is very addictive.
Biggs wrote up his initial impressions here.
Remember Rockmelt, the Chromium-based browser startup backed by Marc
Andreessen? When it launched in private invite-only beta last November,
the press it received was deafening. But by the time it opened up publicly
about a week ago with only a few hundred thousand active users, fewer
people noticed. Meanwhile, the team has been working away and the
social browser is pretty solid. Biggs and I argue whether it can make a
comeback.
And finally, there’s all the recent hubbub about mobile
wallets and how NFC chips in phones will make them a reality. Some
Android phones already have NFC chips. Some people think the iPhone 5
will come with an NFC chip and some people don’t. But they should find
their way into an iPhone at some point in the future. Does that make
NFC-powered mobile wallets the next great feature? I don’t think so and
have laid out my thinking on this topic elsewhere. Biggs is ready to toss his fat wallet for wave-and-pay freedom.
Fly or Die: The Nintendo 3DS, Rockmelt, And Mobile Wallets
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Filed Under: body, company, Does Rockmelt, iphone, John Biggs, Marc Andreessen, NFC, Remember Rockmelt, technology
Filed Under: body, company, Does Rockmelt, iphone, John Biggs, Marc Andreessen, NFC, Remember Rockmelt, technology
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