NY Times Touch-Screen Crossword Puzzle

by Excalibur

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 7.6 x 8.4 inches ; 10.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
• ASIN: B00008DWSK
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,979 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

Treat your brain to a crossword-puzzle workout, wherever you go. New touch-screen technology puts 1,000 challenging New York Times crossword puzzles at your fingertips. If you're stumped, the solution is only a touch away, too. Hand-held unit measures approximately 3.75" x 5" x.7.5". Requires 2 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, November 30, 2003

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Just ask me! "bronxgal" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NY Times Touch-Screen Crossword Puzzle (Toy)

As a rabid Times crossword fan, I looked forward to getting this, but returned it. The screen is hard to see, and one must keep switching back and forth from clues to grid, making it more frustrating than fun to use.
My alternative recommendation is, if you have a handheld, to get the Stand Alone crossword software. I've since downloaded it and like it much better than this thing. Or you could just buy a crossword puzzle book or five, considering what this device costs.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ensures you'll never enjoy a crossword puzzle, August 13, 2005

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C. D. Stack (NYC) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NY Times Touch-Screen Crossword Puzzle (Toy)

This is perhaps the most ill-advised, poorly designed, cumbersome and irritating gadget I've ever used. Navigating the crossword grid is torture. Making out the characters on the screen gave me a headache. Discerning which squares on the grid were blank and which were filled in was stupefying. On top of that, the puzzles are uninteresting. My first attempt, at what this machine considered a "difficult" puzzle, took me 42 minutes to complete a puzzle that I would do in 7 or 8 minutes by hand simply because the interface is so difficult. For someone with aging vision or arthritic fingers, it would be impossible to use.

I had this useless, infuriating piece of junk in the return mail less than three hours after I opened it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, October 25, 2006

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MJames - See all my reviews

This review is from: NY Times Touch-Screen Crossword Puzzle (Toy)

This game was origianlly $99 when it came out -- they obviously lowered the price because it's awful. You cannot see the puzzle. Even in good light there is too much glare on the screen. I love the NYT crosswords but this was a shameful rendition of the classic puzzle. Forget about it.