In a denial that should come as a surprise to no one (what, like they were really gonna tip their hand this early?), Microsoft's Xbox chief for Northern and Eastern Europe told UK tech site T3 "that we're not even thinking about handhelds at the moment." Neil Thompson's remarks came just days after the Internet was buzzing about a claim made by author Dean Takahashi in his new book, Xbox 360 Uncloaked, that said half of the 360 development team
immediately began working on a portable 'box right after the next-gen console was launched last November. Thompson went on to say that although the big M has no plans to release a PSP-like device, the huge mobile phone market offers the company a "really good opportunity" to connect people with "other entertainment experiences." You heard it here first, folks: instead of wasting all that money on hardware development, Microsoft is simply going to develop an Xbox emulator for cellphones that lets you pull content directly from the Live service (either that, or Thompson was just toeing the party line in order to keep the wraps on this supposed Xbox2Go -- you be the judge).
posted May 12th 2006 8:30AM
anyone else think that this could just be the whole Xbox Live interconnection thing they were talking about at E3. You know the one that linked Xbox and PC and CELLPHONES??
Actually, it sounds like he got his wires a bit crossed, but was basically right, since Microsoft IS working on extending the XBox Live experience to Windows Vista, Cellphones and other portable devices. They're just not making an actual portable console.
I suspect the half of the team that got pulled off to work on the "Portable", is in fact working on the Live Extension Microsoft just unveiled at E3.
It's "Tip their hat" not "Tip their hand".
Just a FYI...
English - Verb
to tip one's hand:
1. In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.
2. (idiomatic) To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.
great minds, trojan ;)
That's just ridiculous.
I know for a fact that a leading graphics chip maker is working on the chipset that will be used in Microsoft's portable gaming device.
yeah thats ugly ever since the Razr came out every ones tried to do that thin keys things and it sucks
Why not spill the beans then Tony and tell us all you know?! We're listening...
The screen wouldn't close on the thumbsticks...
That has to be the worste piece-o-sh*t ph@ke mock up ever?
Oh yeah, I so agree! OMG! I could have created that mockup in 20 seconds! Why everyone knows it's so fake and so 'shopped! I mean, look at those buttons! Look at that screen! It's horrible! It sucks! It...
*ahem*
Just how much crack are you on there, bro?
Its a fake!!!
http://ds9itsafake.ytmnd.com/
"Its a fake!!!"
Ha Ha
Now link me to where it says the image is genuine.
AdamX : "It's "Tip their hat" not "Tip their hand."
Actually, it's "tip their hand" not "tip their hat"--the author was correct.
To "tip their hat" is to acknowledge their respect or appreciation for something. To "tip theirn hand" is to accidentally reveal something that was meant to be secret.
#3 - Don't correct people unless you know what you are talking about. "Tipping your hand" is a *well known* poker reference, as in "Showing your cards"
Uncle Walt at the Wall Street Journal in yesterday's issue said that the Xbox staff was preparing an MP3 player... He doesn't say where his info comes from, but see for yourself...
http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html
I don't think I can imagine a worse looking machine.
who said the picture was real? It's just some image that a fanboy created on what it could look like, you can find pictures like this all over the place.
Microsoft has never came out and denied something unless it was true.
well what's interesting about all this is Microsoft's recent press release regarding their intention to increase mobile gaming options... *shrug*
No-Go voor Xbox2Go :D
Why doesn?t someone in Taiwan create an Xbox2Go clone, and sell it on 42nd Street?
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It doesn't have to be fake, this could be one of the many possible prototypes., what's wrong with you all, don't you remember the many Xbox 360 prototypes surfing on the web before it's official presentation???
You know how it goes with product leaks, the company is confronted, they denied everything, then a year later the so-called "denial" turns to be an actual product.
#19" Because somewhere in China someone is already cooking one to be sold in the streets of Hon kong next to thouse fancy fake Prada and D&G handbags and NEC's diverse inventory of knock offs electronics.
"It's "Tip their hat" not "Tip their hand"."
To tip one's hand refers to card games (mainly poker) when somebody reveals their 'hand' of cards. Tipping your hat is a sign of greeting.
haha look how fake that is. Nice photoshopping! Its a handheld running G.R.A.W (I don't think so! 360 can play it just about and thats a fecking triple core high-end computer)