Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Gizmondo - Here It Comes
Posted by Jon Westfall in "THOUGHT" @ 03:32 PM
"Gizmondo Europe Ltd has confirmed the street date for North America of its multi-entertainment handheld as the 11 August 2005. The device comes with a 2.8-inch TFT color screen with a Samsung ARM900 400MHz processor and incorporates GoForce 3D 4500 NVIDIA graphics accelerator. It provides gaming, multimedia messaging, a MP3 music player, Mpeg4 movie playing capability, a digital camera, and a GRPS network link to allow wide-area network gaming. It also contains a GPS chip for location based services and it is equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming."
While its a Windows CE device, not a Pocket PC, This does look like a fun toy for anyone out there interested in a multimedia handheld. I particularly think the Smart Ads idea mentioned in the article is interesting. Buy a device for less money, but receive targeted ads on it through GPRS. I don't know if I want my Tetris game interrupted with ads, but if they aren't intrusive and I can save some $$$, Why not?
While its a Windows CE device, not a Pocket PC, This does look like a fun toy for anyone out there interested in a multimedia handheld. I particularly think the Smart Ads idea mentioned in the article is interesting. Buy a device for less money, but receive targeted ads on it through GPRS. I don't know if I want my Tetris game interrupted with ads, but if they aren't intrusive and I can save some $$$, Why not?
