The most expensive Scrabble set ever…
August 17th, 2010 at 7:22 pm ET… consists of 3 iPhones, 1 iPad, 1 copy of the official Scrabble iPad app ($9.99), and 3 copies of the official “Scrabble Tile Rack” iPhone app (free). Actual retail value approximately $2,400, not counting 3 iPhone data service plans. If you’re really cheap, just buy 3 iPod Touches instead (bringing the total cost down to about $1,000).
Or just buy a Scrabble set at your local drugstore ($14.99). But what fun is that? There’s nothing to click or push or slide, it doesn’t beep, and you have to rotate the board yourself.
Below are a couple of photos demonstrating that, yes, this complicated Bluetooth-enabled setup does in fact work. The game even keeps track of where you’re sitting, and rotates the board to face you when it’s your turn. (The first few times, this is really creepy.) Photos are reversed, because they were already uploaded that way and I’m lazy.
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