New Handheld: Gizmondo

[Scoots]

ANOTHER game system/mp3 player/messaging/toaster/vaccuum cleaner/etc combo.... Anyway, picture included if you're interested:

http://www.fatmangames.com/News/News...sp?newsid=1224

[gamegirl79]

That is an odd looking system....I wonder what the squiggle button does?

[Flack]

It makes me dance.

Don't those four buttons all look like hairstyles? There's the afro, the wavy, the moussed straight up and the chin stubble.

[ManekiNeko]

Looks like the first game system for psychics.

"I predict this console will die a horrible, fiery death!"
"Well, DUH."

JR

[Scoots]

Looks like the first game system for psychics.

"I predict this console will die a horrible, fiery death!"
"Well, DUH."

JR

Haha...N-Gage 2: Electric Boogaloo

The real shitty part is if you check out the official website it is full of stuff about how they are going to use the GPS and mobile technology to send all kind of "targeted" advertising and bullshit your way.... No thanks.

[ManekiNeko]

It's the world's first handheld with built in spyware! What WILL they think of next? Oh wait, they'd have to have a first thought before they could have the next one.

So, is the Tiger company you mentioned any relation to Hasbro's electronics division? That would definitely explain a lot... after all, Tiger Electronics once "graced" us with the game.com.

JR

[Scoots]

That was my first thought too, ManekiNeko... It appears to be a different group though. Tiger Telematics is apparently mainly in the GPS business.

www.tigertelematics.com is the official website, but it's pretty sparse on details.

[tholly]

hahaha...that thing is pretty goofy looking....that will go nowhere...just like the NGage

[Ed Oscuro]

I'd rather have an N-Gage, all things considered.

OR A LEAPSTER :/

But really, it looks like...like crap. Flack's comment about the buttons = priceless; I think it's obvious most folks are just going to talk about the buttons and the GPS

[Arcturius]

not as new as folks might think it was announced a few months ago as the 'GameTrac' but they found the name was already taken and changed it to 'Gizmundo' it's been mentions on Gamer TV here in the UK a few times (TV Show on Bravo in the UK for those with cable)

[Aussie2B]

Looks like the bastard child of Game Gear and PlayStation. o_O

[ManekiNeko]

But really, it looks like...like crap. Flack's comment about the buttons = priceless; I think it's obvious most folks are just going to talk about the buttons and the GPS

I can just see it now...

YOU ARE HERE. (red dot blinks in the center of the screen)
YOUR POORLY INVESTED MONEY IS HERE. (blue dot in the corner representing the Gizmundo creators races toward the nearest airport)

On the positive side, it could make for a fun game of Pac-Manhattan. It's about the only game that'll be fun on the system, but I digress.

JR

[Daria]

Nooo! Not a Tiger handheld! It burns... it-

Wait Tiger Telematics? o.O

Any relation to Tiger Electronics?

Edit: Nevermind. Someday I may learn to read an entire thread before posting.
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[DigitalSpace]

Those have to be the oddest looking buttons I've ever seen.

And advertising? Ack. I'll pass.

[esquire]

It makes me dance.

Don't those four buttons all look like hairstyles? There's the afro, the wavy, the moussed straight up and the chin stubble.

They look like the markings on the four stones from the movie Fifth Element.

Maybe they represent earth, air, water & fire.

Circle = earth
Waves = water
Dots = air
Lines = fire

[Cmosfm]

I see the worst thing about this is the damn name.

GIZMONDO!

The hell...who wants a GIZMONDO! It's worse than N-Gage...it's worse than LEAPSTER! It's pretty awful

[sisko]

Apparantly the corporate giants think they have found the key to success.

1) Ignore the horrible horrible failures of extremely similar products with in the past five years.
2) Launch the product near other mega giants.
3) Ignore the fact that the market is flooded already

Now really, why didnt I think of that?!

[spoon]

It makes me dance.

Don't those four buttons all look like hairstyles? There's the afro, the wavy, the moussed straight up and the chin stubble.

I think the dots are the "Dennis Rodman" I am sure he will help with the ads for this sure fire hit.

[Ed Oscuro]

Circle = earth
Waves = water
Dots = air
Lines = fire

Of course you had to go and take all the mystery out of it. :(

[Rev. Link]

Great, another obscure handheld my collection will demand.

Let's hope it's vaporware.