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NEWS: Verizon Offers Tokyopop Video Channel on V Cast Phones




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The Xenos



Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:16 pm Reply with quote
I must be an old fart. I don't get why anyone would want video media or manga / comics on their cell phone. It's a crappy little screen. I'd rather carry a damn book with me. If I want digital media, video or comics, on the go then I'd have a laptop.

Also, "first-time manga movies"? Wow. They really are twisting the term 'manga' now. Funny, I didn't think manga was animated. What are they doing? Manga slide shows, maybe with sound? That's pretty lame.

Then again this isn't the first time TokyoPop's forced a square peg into a round hole. They also had radio drama like adaptations they dubbed 'MangaCasts'. You know, I think their slogan should be, Manga is anything we can make a buck on.
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daxomni



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:59 am Reply with quote
My iPhone has a screen that's just large and clear enough to be useful for video, say if you're stuck in an airport or something, but the network it's tied to (AT&T's Edge) is too slow to carry anything remotely like video. You can't even download an iTunes song over Edge. Meanwhile, I have to make do with a poor quality speaker and below-average signal. Some day cell phones will be so advanced that....they'll work like an actual phone. Won't that be a grand day? A phone that works like a phone. Wow, what a marvelous age that will be.
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ZeetherKID77



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:04 pm Reply with quote
facepalm.jpg

Someone make this infernal company stop.
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