Gizmondo handheld to launch in UK October 29
Tiger Telematics will release their handheld gaming competitor to the Sony PSP in the UK first (for once, the Brits get something before the Yanks). This one has a few more tricks up its sleeve than the average portable console, like the ability to make phone calls on tri-band GSM, play MP3s, Windows Media Player, GPS navigation, digital camera, onboard Bluetooth, and GRPS capability (a mobile network that allows data to be transferred at just faster than dialup speeds). The 400MHz ARM processor runs on Windows CE and has a 2.8-inch TFT screen. While the features are plentiful, if they are positioning this as a gaming device first, they need to work on having more than four announced games. The rest of the world will be hit by Gizmondo madness sometime in 2005.
[Thanks, Tony]
