Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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Half-Berry
Designed specifically for the avid Halfbaker
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I was driving to work this morning and had a few ideas along the way, but no safe way to write them down while driving, and I didn't have time to pull over. So I found myself thinking, "why, in this modern age of technology, should I have to pull over to take down an idea while on the road?" I wished I had a Blackberry, or some other PDA, just for Halfbaking. But I also thought, "why not a custom-designed Halfbaker's PDA?"

My idea is for a special Blackberry-style PDA made for the Halfbakery. Ideally, in addition to the normal functions of a PDA, it would have these features:

1) Speech-to-Text (for handsfree Halfbaking on the road)

2) Stylus & pressure-sensitive screen for actual writing (for brainstorming) and easy menu-navigation (I know some PDA's come with this already)

3) Sounding Board (a new, 21 Quest Special): This is a unique feature that uses an integrated AI that you actually talk to, and it provides constructive feedback and suggestions on your ideas

4) Standby Screen is the "Add an Idea" screen, so you can type in or Speech-to-Text a new idea as soon as it comes to you, without connecting to the internet. To actually post the idea, simply connect and click "ok".

The device is not limited to the features listed above, those are simply the primary features that it comes with, and Halfbakers can customize if further to suit their own personal styles and needs.

Comes with the Half-Croissant Halfbakery logo on the back


21 Quest, Oct 20 2006

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       21 Quest, would this not be the difinitive end of the website? If you had a device that told you your idea was good or bad, why would you bother to post it? Aside from that option, my cell phone does just about everything else you listed.

Chefboyrbored, Oct 20 2006
  

       Hm.... that is a good point, and one I had not thought of...

21 Quest, Oct 20 2006
  

       3) strikes me as distinctly magical, but I sympathize with your pain so no [-] from me.

hidden truths, Oct 20 2006
  

       Hey Chef, does yours have the spiffy Halfbaked logo? Hmmm....?

21 Quest, Oct 20 2006
  

       //integrated AI//   

       I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that.

DesertFox, Oct 21 2006
  

       Can you make me bake good?

Zimmy, Oct 22 2006
  

       Not yet, I have yet to formulate (post) a half decent idea. I don't think my cell phone nor myself deserve the logo....yet....

Chefboyrbored, Oct 23 2006
  

       sorry, my last comment had to do with the fact that I mis-read this as Halle Berry at first.

Zimmy, Oct 23 2006
  
      
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