Camera-wise, we composed the shots of the politicians clinically; but we used handheld for the community, creating more of a visceral feel.
If we consider handheld devices (e.g., smartphones) that are available today, we can notice a wide choice of applications, some of which have started to take context into account.
Many of us, especially if we have handheld e-mail devices, routinely process e-mail while engaging in other activities such as walking, talking, eating and even (you know who you are) driving.
"We view handheld devices as a very, very important market segment and intend to provide robust solutions for those customers," says Row 44 Chief Operating Officer John LaValle.
In complete darkness, we shined handheld blue lights on each of the tanks, slowly drifting from coral to coral.
For this study, we used handheld computers (Hewlett-Packard iPaqs, 212) running Windows Mobile (version 5) and Questionnaire Development Studio QDSsoftwareare (version 2.6, Nova Research, Bethesda, Maryland, USA).The handheld computer featured handwriting recognition software which allows direct input of Chinese characters by interviewers.
If humans need to see while walking in the dark we invent a handheld light, and if we need a good way to take pictures of ourselves we put a camera on a stick it all seems like a natural progression.
If we were to come up with a PlayStation handheld, we would have to question whether we could come up with software that provides the kind of compelling experience that PlayStation users have come to expect on the console.
Lead Designer Paul Simon – tellingly, he previously worked for Jagex – explains its appeal: "What sets Celtic Heroes apart from other MMOs is the fact that we are on a handheld platform – we have a fully 3D, open-world MMORPG custom-designed for handheld devices.
"Every game we develop — whether it's for the home console or handheld — we ask ourselves what's the right value for the offering," he explains.
