AlphaGrip Handheld Computer concept mimics Atari Jaguar controller
By Darren Murph 
posted May 2nd 2008 9:46AM
posted May 2nd 2008 9:46AM
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the unspeakable ugliness of this creation will haunt my dreams forever.
It seems...
...mechanically sexual.
In the not good way.
Word.
If I saw someone with this in public. I would karate chop the monitor right off.
Is that a micro-CRT display buried in the lid?
Somehow I pictured a computer handheld being more like a PSP with the keyboard add on.
"sophisticated PC Games?"
CAN IT PLAY CRYSIS????
Two words: UGLY AS POOP
Perhaps the ugliest device I've ever seen. Who the hell would want to carry a device this big with such a small crappy screen??
i wanna judo chop that thing.... either that or falcon punch it....
atari controller is exactly what i thought....this is eomthing out of a bad scifi movie
Reminds me of a toilet seat I've seen the other day.
Reminds me of what I put in the toilet seat not five minutes ago.
Size of device > than size of screen by such an unspeakable margin it borders on the insane.
But only on the border so its cool to laugh about it.
...F-in HUGE... I mean Size Matters, but cmon!
...and the screen is so small for the size.
Look at the "buttons" to the right of the screen. High quality design, guys.
It's called a concept for a reason.
@MW
IT IS? Awesome, thanks.
Seriously though, nice to see someone here standing up for this marvel of engineering.
That's awesome. I'm gonna buy one and then sell it in a month for gas money.
@Mischa G
If by "...sell it in a month for gas money." you mean "clobber some poor fool over the head with it and steal his car" then, yeah, that'll prolly work.
It IS a Microsoft design contest, after all, right?
It should be called: "The Camel is a Horse Designed by a Committee Contest."
I think it looks cool :/
you forgot to [/sarcasm] to your comment...some poor sap didn't understand you.
Hmm... I think it needs more buttons.
I say it NEEDS MORE COWBELL!!!
more buttons and it needs lots of STICKERS!!! lol
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if you thibk it looks cool then you my friend have absolutly no taste in style sorry
The funny thing is that it looks comfortable to hold, as long as you're not trying to reach A SINGLE BUTTON!
What a waste of 8 fingers. Call me when they figure out a way to use the more flexible digits than thumbs.
hmm.. most of the qwerty keys are actually on the underside, so those fingers are not really wasted.
the ldea is that you type in a more comfortable way because your hands are in thier natural position. but ... iits an abomination
now get some serious designer team and its on the stores! LOL
They could add dome audio playing capacities (WMA only, of course) and call it the "Zune 720º"!
Yeah, maybe in the 80's.
Looks like cargo pants are going to become popular again.
Great, we're now going to have a new category for this fugly contraption -- say hello to "crotch-top" computing
Wow, the ugliest thing i've seen for a while.
This actually makes a very small amount of sense - the original product is a handheld keyboard/pointer device. I guess they realised that they could do a handheld computer based on the device. After all, you don't need somewhere to rest the keyboard with this horrible, horrible design.
http://www.alphagrips.com/
The AlphaGrip keyboard is actually really comfortable to type on, once you get over the learning curve, but that's no worse that switching to a Dvorak or other alternate keyboard layout.
Let me guess. . .
"Can it play doom?"
The comments section was doing so nicely until you showed up.
:)
THERE IS NO GOD!
That is the most god awful ugly computer thingamajig .
It needs a phone built-in to become an iPhone killer and it's too thick to compete with the MacBook Air. Plus, it needs to have all those useless buttons removed. Let me know when I can fit it into my breast pocket. However, this concept device does make an excellent doorstop.
sooooooooooooo biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig ....... :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
If I had to do an interpretive dance to that thing, it would involve killing something.
No, seriously, I actually laughed out loud at that! "If I had to do an interpre..." - hahaha!!
Damn, the design really sucks...
That looks like an Atari Jaguar control pad..
That's what it says IN THE FRIGGIN' TITLE
My time machine works! I'm back in 1993!
Don't Knock It until You've Tried It. I currently own an alpha grip and this evolution seems like a natural progression. For ergonomics and ease-of-use you cannot beat it, once you've learnt it. Frag with this controller and you'll never go back to a regular controller or keyboard and mouse combo!