Re: OT: VOIP via Pokemon

On May 29, 4:36 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Astrobiochemist <CCSBey...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I then read about how the new DS Pokemon games (yes, the use of
Pokemon DS and the fact that the boyfriend is in Japan is the cross-
over of topics that I mentioned. Yes, it's pretty weak) have VOIP
capabilities and that it is actually pretty easy to use (which is very
attractive as that means that any instructions to my friend and her
boyfriend would consist almost entirely of "Buy a DS, a copy of
Pokemon for DS and a headset for a DS.").

I don't think this would work very well...

Your friend and her boyfriend should use Skype, which lets you make
international VOIP calls for free, and is no harder to use than an IM
client.

Skype is apparently beyond them. Considering he is a doctor and she
is a grad student in chemistry, I find that to be greatly disturbing.
(Even more disturbing, it means that even if the Pokemone VOIP was
very simple, they might still have difficulty with it).

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