{"id":1333,"date":"2005-11-25T21:07:09","date_gmt":"2005-11-26T04:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/25\/one-plus-one-might-be-less-than-one\/"},"modified":"2005-11-25T21:07:09","modified_gmt":"2005-11-26T04:07:09","slug":"one-plus-one-might-be-less-than-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/25\/one-plus-one-might-be-less-than-one\/","title":{"rendered":"one plus one might be less than one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ars Technica <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/news.ars\/post\/20051125-5627.html\"> took notice<\/a> that Nokia is stop selling their phone\/game combination &#8216;N-Gage&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Cellphones and gaming both have enjoyed huge growth rates since Nokia introduced the device in 2003.<br \/>\nSomehow Frankenstein concepts don&#8217;t seem to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ars Technica took notice that Nokia is stop selling their phone\/game combination &#8216;N-Gage&#8217;. 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