November 3rd, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »
Entrepreneur’s latest startup offers video entertainment for cell phones
Video game industry veteran Trip Hawkins was at an airport when he spotted a toddler crying and throwing a tantrum. He walked over, pulled out his mobile phone, turned on a game called Baby Sitter and gave it to the child.
The child immediately turned his attention to the changing animated figures on the color screen and the different sounds that were emitted as he randomly pushed buttons on the keypad.
“It did the trick,” he said. “For the child, it’s a digital pacifier, but for the parent, it’s digital aspirin.” More …
