Carl Freer updates Gizmondo's status: delayed already

Brace yourself Gizmondo fans, for it seems that not all of Carl Freer's recent prognostications about the resurrection of the ill-fated handheld are exactly coming to pass. While he apparently is still intent on bringing the handheld back from the dead, he now tells Swedish journalist Hans Sandberg that he was being "too optimistic" with the stated May 2008 launch date, and that it should now be available "by the end of 2008." That deal with Plextek to build the new device apparently is still in place, however, and Freer's "co-pilot" in this latest endeavor, Mikael Ljungman, is reportedly on his way to China this week to check out the manufacturing operations. Needless to say, we'll be keeping you posted on any future developments, or future delays.

[ClaMs @ Feb 19th 2008 10:57AM]

Nail in the coffin?

[yoshi @ Feb 19th 2008 1:58PM]

All nails are still in place in that coffin. The coffin is still six feet under. There are weeds over the grave-site obscuring the tombstone that no one ever visits. It's just that Mr. Freer is firmly under the impression that yes, people (and investors) really are stupid enough to believe him a second time.

[Maurik @ Feb 19th 2008 2:56PM]

They actually got the corpse from the coffin, and set it on fire as one last good-bye

[Ellianth @ Feb 19th 2008 3:05PM]

let's not forget how some 'old crazy' drove through the grave yard in a stolen Farrari and knocked over the tombstone.

[yelohbird @ Feb 19th 2008 11:00AM]

At least the Optimus keyboard was waiting for. With N-Gage officially supporting homebrew (and PSP/NDS UNofficially supporting it), the most exciting thing left about Gizmondo is its their $66 teaser site: http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/23/gizmondo-to-rise-again-in-2008/

[paragraph @ Feb 19th 2008 11:03AM]

You heard it here first: the launch title for the Gizmondo is, Duke Nukem Forever...


-_-

But relly...

I hope this thing atlest gets out there...

[Skeptic @ Feb 19th 2008 11:06AM]

And time to start the Gizmondo death watch......now.

[Chebwa @ Feb 19th 2008 11:11AM]

You mean I'm going to have to wait to... um... wait to... uh... what the fuck exactly does the Gizmondo do again?

[w @ Feb 19th 2008 12:25PM]

it's the babel of electronics.

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 19th 2008 12:32PM]

posts the same things as engadget about an hour late..

oohh, gizMONdo... my bad.

[w @ Feb 19th 2008 4:29PM]

you are very funny, dont you, tom oliveri?

[PugRallye @ Feb 19th 2008 11:34AM]

That's not Carl, that's Gary Busey!

[Darkroom @ Feb 19th 2008 11:34AM]

is that John Tesh?

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 19th 2008 12:31PM]

Gizmondo fans?

are there any?

please reply if you're a gizmondo fan..

[Josh92176 @ Mar 14th 2008 1:35PM]

yeah, check out gizmondoforums.com

[Casey R Williams @ Mar 10th 2008 6:54AM]

I always wanted one and would still buy one for the right price. Does that count?

[threefingeredlord @ Mar 21st 2008 8:41PM]

I am...I've not used my gizmondo in ages, but then I've not used my DS either.

[Esat @ Feb 19th 2008 12:48PM]

Something smells...

... and it don't smell good.

[Jason @ Feb 19th 2008 1:06PM]

Can someone please shed light on how garbage like this gets two go-rounds, or rounds of funding and there are other seemingly much better ideas that go undeveloped?

[tony B @ Feb 19th 2008 1:57PM]

Dontcha love it when people say that something is "garbage" when they obviously have never owned or used one (bet this generates responses along the lines of:
1. I have owned one and it was **** (and you can't have or you would know better)
2. My mate had one and it was "various expletive"
3. **** you or something as intelligent.
Check out the gizmondoforum.com website and see what it can do and what the forum members have made of this amazing little machine. Have a go with one if you can find one and then comment (you won't). The only thing this unbrickable little treasure can be accused of was no support by Tiger Telematics who owned Gizmondo. Also check out the numerous insights/comments on the forum site made by member "GSP" (Gizmondo's former games studio president).

[Jason @ Feb 19th 2008 2:02PM]

I actually played with one at an electronic store. And the comment was more around there are better ideas than this one out there that should receive funding. Are you that bored that you need to start quarrels in forums? Did you have stock in this and took a bath so now you will flame anyone that has an opinion on this.

[phanbouy @ Feb 19th 2008 2:12PM]

tony, the real conundrum is: is the device really "unbrickable" when its ideal function is as a brick-like paperweight?

[tony B @ Feb 19th 2008 2:47PM]

Glad to hear you "once played with one in a games store" - that is indeed justification for your comments. I do however apologise if I hit a nerve with my comments, I did not intend to personally attack you or start a quarrel (although with such provocative comments made in your initial post did you genuinely expect not to receive such a response ?). I was attacking the sort of negative, uneducated, inane comment that you made and that you always see in threads like this. I was pretty bored to be honest, you have kept me busy for a few minutes - thanks. Hwoever, to reiterate my point (at the risk of escalating this further) by your own admission you clearly did not have sufficient knowledge or experience of the Gizmondo (and what it can do now or the features that are yet to be opened up but are inbuilt or what can still be improved upon) to describe it as "garbage". Please don't try and smokescreen this with your joust back at me. Moving on to what your post perhaps should have been estricted to - doesn't the fact that the machine is going to be (possibly) relaunched, kind of suggest that it is a platform with a future, has more in built features than anything else around, even some two years further down the line ? Having owned a few of these from the original launch date (and still have three examples) and am thus very familar with the platform, I like to think that I am able to make a judgement as to whether it is "garbage" unlike your goodself. Sorry if this winds you up further.

[phanbouy @ Feb 19th 2008 3:00PM]

tony, you're clearly doing a great job of winning converts what with your pleasant tone and physically and grammatically difficult-to-read run-on posts.

[hagisbasheruk @ Feb 19th 2008 1:30PM]

Well if you have a hacked Gizmondo you can do anything any other wince pda can do and more
You folks should look at www.gizmondoforums.com where the real Gizmondo world is at.

Emulators: 31 (Available: 30, In Progress: 1)

Amiga: Uae4all
Arcade: Final Burn Alpha and Mame4all
Atari 2600: PocketStella
Atari 7800: Atari7800 ProSystem
Atari 800: Atari800 and PocketAtari
Atari Lynx: GizHandy
Commodore 64: Grodo
Msx, Msx2 and Msx2+: Fmsx
NeoGeo Pocket / Color: GizRace!
Nintendo Entertainment System: GizNester
Nintendo Gameboy / Color: GizBoy and GizVBA
Nintendo Gameboy Advance: GizVBA and PocketGBA
PC Engine: SquidgeNgine and Xpce
Sega Game Gear: DrMD
Sega Master System: DrMD and GizSMS
Sega Mega CD: PicoDrive
Sega Mega Drive: DrMD, Generator, GizDrive, PicoDrive and SegaEmulPatcher
Sony Playstation: Fpsece and Psx4giz
Super Nintendo Entertainment System: DrPocketSnes, GizSNES, MegaGiz and Snes9xj4u
Wonderswan: PocketWS
ZX Spectrum: Fuse (coming soon, in aplha stage)

GPS section http://www.gizmondoforums.com/forums/index.php?showforum=35

CoPilot,Igo,MioMap,Route66,Navigon,Smart2Go,TomTom,plus others

WindowsCE section http://www.gizmondoforums.com/forums/index.php?showforum=32

Progects/ports http://www.gizmondoforums.com/forums/index.php?showforum=30

I think more people should give the Gizmondo another chance,people just shun it because of the bad press when it is actually a really cool device that has great potential if in the right Marketing hands.

Great things are in the pipeline from the hombrew community even if the Gizmondo is not a success mthe second time around

[Markus @ Feb 19th 2008 1:59PM]

I wonder if the carpet matches the drapes.

[Harry Wagstaff @ Feb 19th 2008 2:01PM]

To be honest, I'd rather have a Pandora but judging by the still-not-finished website they're gonna be delayed as well.

[Karl Hackswell @ Feb 19th 2008 2:03PM]

What the hell's Gizmondo?

[phanbouy @ Feb 19th 2008 2:29PM]

i think its something that the teenage mutant ninja turtles said

[wootman @ Feb 19th 2008 2:03PM]

if i wanted crappy games at a low price, i would buy a onestation mini.

[DT @ Feb 19th 2008 2:23PM]

They just need enough money for a couple more Ferrar....uh, a couple rounds of development. Yeah, development, that's it!

[Jason @ Feb 19th 2008 2:55PM]

Doesn't wind me up further. And you maybe right that I haven't played with one sufficiently enough. I just didn't see the initial draw, benefit, value to the general population. And if they do launch it again I hope they are planning to evolve it some. Can't expect that same technology to be "new" any more.

Maybe I am not the audience and it is more geared towards hackers.

[DssTrainer @ Feb 19th 2008 3:37PM]

GP2X handheld FTW!

[JACOB @ Feb 19th 2008 7:35PM]

give giz the witch test tie a anvill up and drop it in a lake if it floats Burn it if it sinks walk away

[601210 @ May 10th 2008 2:23AM]

As much as that was a funny post, reading it made my head hurt.

[CELLGUY030 @ Feb 20th 2008 12:35PM]

is that Gary Busey?