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Title: Gotta see this thing...
Post by: Spaced Invader on May 19, 2004, 04:38:18 am: VIA just announced a new handheld console (x86). Here's the specs...

533MHz Eden-N Processor on a 133MHz front-side bus
128MB DDR266 SDRAM
20GB hard drive
VIA CN400 chipset
S3 UniChrome Pro graphics with 200MHz core clock
VIA Vinyl six-channel audio with EAX support
4" 640x480 LCD display
two USB 2.0 ports
802.11b Wi-Fi

It's kinda ugly...but plays PC games and even has MPEG/DIVX acceleration built in. Price point at release is expacted to be around $500. Hmm...was gonna get a PSP but...

Link...

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/345/C2842/ (http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/345/C2842/)

Another...

http://www.ferrago.com/story/3765 (http://www.ferrago.com/story/3765)

VIA...

http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/eve.jsp (http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/eve.jsp)
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: menace on May 19, 2004, 06:46:15 am: I hope thats the prototype--a 10lb laptop would be easier to move around than that ugly thing since it appears that you can't fold it up??? It's "portability" reminds me of those 80's era cell phones ;D
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: Thenasty on May 19, 2004, 08:42:43 am: you call those portable.....Take a look at this portable back i n the 80's.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=17421
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: Minwah on May 19, 2004, 09:11:44 am: One of the links mentioned a removable screen, tho I think this is to protect the screen in transit rather than to reduce the size of the thing...

I think it looks OK, nice to see some analog sticks anyway :)
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: Stingray on May 19, 2004, 02:48:43 pm: How about this guy who's form factor has been compared on the Atariage forum to a Hostess fruit pie.

(http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/gizDSC06667_1084502583.jpg)

http://wireless.ign.com/articles/515/515418p1.html

-S
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: GGKoul on May 20, 2004, 03:19:02 am: Quote from: menace on May 19, 2004, 06:46:15 am
It's "portability" reminds me of those 80's era cell phones ;D

Dont laugh.. I have a good friend of mine that still used one of those old style Motorola flip phones....
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: crashwg on May 20, 2004, 01:27:27 pm: Does he have cancer yet? You may want to inform him that cell technology has come a long way in the past 10 years and that new phones leak far less harmful radiation.
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: MadEditor on May 27, 2004, 12:13:17 pm: Quote from: Minwah on May 19, 2004, 09:11:44 am
One of the links mentioned a removable screen, tho I think this is to protect the screen in transit rather than to reduce the size of the thing...

I think it looks OK, nice to see some analog sticks anyway :)

apparently the screen part contains it all... the rest is just the controller (swappable controllers ??? :) )

Modular -- Screen unit detaches from the controller. Carry just the screen unit around for media on the go. Swap controllers for a customized gaming experience.

http://www.ministrymobile.com/ (http://www.ministrymobile.com/)
Title: Re:Gotta see this thing...
Post by: Yander on May 29, 2004, 09:46:07 am: I remember those Compaq portables. The screen was tiny. We use to call it the compaq luggable