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  • #1

    "In to the shadows"... erm, I mean, Nokia invests to Bitboys (buys 14% of it.)

    Gurm, my old friend, I bet I got your attention (again) now.

    The Press release:
    http://press.nokia.com/PR/200602/1033871_5.html


    I wonder if my guessing about nGage 2 platform and "big customer" that 'boys mentioned during Assembly 04 and 05 are one and same thing... as timing, it's not 100% match, but this sure does confirm that Seing G34 and/or G40 in Nokia phones in near future ain't far fetched. G12 will be in Nokia's implementation list from top to bottom. that's pretty sure. Nokia has been biggest driving force for SVG in phones and now they have access to tech that makes it much cheaper to implement than software implementation.
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  • #2
    LOL. I've never questioned that BitBoys have SOMETHING to offer the world, it's just not a PC graphics accelerator. ROFLMAO!
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Gurm
      LOL. I've never questioned that BitBoys have SOMETHING to offer the world, it's just not a PC graphics accelerator. ROFLMAO!
      yeah, I know that. it is just that your mix up with that game demo is like water marked on my memory, so I just couldn't resist.

      to all murcers: anyways, I am leaving to Lappland for a week, so feel free to bash. I am not here to yanking my point of view.
      "Dippadai"

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Nappe1
        yeah, I know that. it is just that your mix up with that game demo is like water marked on my memory, so I just couldn't resist.

        to all murcers: anyways, I am leaving to Lappland for a week, so feel free to bash. I am not here to yanking my point of view.
        Mix-up?
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        • #5
          So how much did the acquisition cost? $5? $20?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
            So how much did the acquisition cost? $5? $20?
            No no, Nokia just had to agree to continue to fuel their LANparty addiction.
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            If only life were as easy as you
            I would still get screwed

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            • #7
              4M EUR. At least that's what Nokia pays, how much of this is used for acquisition I don't know.
              There's an Opera in my macbook.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by az
                4M EUR. At least that's what Nokia pays, how much of this is used for acquisition I don't know.
                That almost covers the debt Bitboys incurred to their venture capitalists for not ever bringing a single product to market.
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                If only life were as easy as you
                I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                If only life were as easy as you
                I would still get screwed

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                • #9
                  This reminds me of the "Bah, we'll do it tommorow" bitboys pic
                  If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Gurm
                    That almost covers the debt Bitboys incurred to their venture capitalists for not ever bringing a single product to market.
                    Venture capitalists don't issue debt. They take stakes and there is no debt involved at all.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Umfriend
                      Venture capitalists don't issue debt. They take stakes and there is no debt involved at all.
                      Shh! Don't tell BitBoys!
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                      If only life were as easy as you
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                      If only life were as easy as you
                      I would still get screwed

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Gurm
                        Mix-up?
                        and you still have it.

                        unbelievable. I have corrected that at least 3 times.

                        and no, I am not going to do that again... we have thing called search here to find out...
                        "Dippadai"

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Nappe1
                          and you still have it.

                          unbelievable. I have corrected that at least 3 times.

                          and no, I am not going to do that again... we have thing called search here to find out...
                          I'm beginning to think that you've got some kind of learning disability or something.

                          Because the bulk of our "discussion" was, in fact, FIVE YEARS AGO, I had to go dredging all the way back to 2001 to find out what you seem to be so smug about.

                          Ok folks, wait for it...

                          He's smug because...

                          I said that the TriTech Pyramid 3D never made it to production.

                          And wait for it...

                          IT DIDN'T!

                          He's also smug because I said that BitBoys is comprised of former members of Future Crew and/or Triton.

                          And wait for it...

                          IT IS!

                          W00t!

                          So I'm SERIOUSLY doubting that Nappe1 at this point is anything but a BB shill.

                          Mind you, I wouldn't go around referring to MYSELF as a "Nappy One". LOL!
                          Last edited by Gurm; 21 February 2006, 15:17.
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                          I'm the least you could do
                          If only life were as easy as you
                          I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                          If only life were as easy as you
                          I would still get screwed

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                          • #14
                            @Nappe1: If you're a shill, hook me up man! I need some swag! Take notice any word of mouth advertisers... I can be bought! But only good stuff. A 30" Dell LCD panel would do nicely.

                            @Gurm: You could be missing out on a golden opportunity here! What's more important, being realistic about bitboys being a bunch of losers or getting in on some of that sweet, sweet payola!
                            P.S. You've been Spanked!

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                            • #15
                              Allow me to demonstrate the depth of my depravity...

                              nGage is a good platform that people should buy because the games are really good and it's really good.

                              See? I can't do it!

                              (I was in an EB store a few months ago and they had this huge nGage display and I casually asked the manager if he'd actually ever sold one and he said that he had sold one and that for a while nokia was giving one away as a gift to every sales person who sold one so he had one too. He was up beat about it for a few moments but after I asked him a bunch of questions he admitted that it was really lame.)
                              P.S. You've been Spanked!

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