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Gametrac Handheld To Debut At CES

Posted by simoniker on from the gp-gage-diac-and-friends dept.

Thanks to 1UP for their story revealing that Gametrac's new portable gaming device will be publically shown at the CES show in early January. The portable, which runs on the Windows CE.NET operating system, has "...a 400Mhz ARM9 processor and 64-bit graphics accelerator... MPEG4 movie playback, MP3 audio playback, SMS and MMS text messaging, a high-resolution JPEG digital camera, plus Bluetooth 2 and GPRS wireless networking for short-range and long-distance multiplayer games." However, the article points out that "mention of any specific games" is a feature "conspicuously absent from Gametrac's announcement", but notes that at CES, the company promises "three titles on display, as well as the system's music player, text messaging system, and a new multimedia advertising system, 'Smart Ads'." We've previously mentioned early word of the Gametrac.

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  1. I don't know what that is by gasaraki · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But it sure doesn't sound much like a "gaming device" with that list of features, none of which apart from the processor/graphics processors have anything to do with gaming. I'd like to know what relevance a "multimedia advertising system" has to a gaming device, too. Are they planning to sell adware games? Or maybe the ads are the games, punch-the-monkey banner style. Of course, even if that was the case, it'd still probably outsell the N-Gage.

  2. Can you say vaporware? by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 3, Insightful
    From the pdf "Gametrac boasts and ARM8 400Mhz processor with a 64MB memory co-processor".

    What the hell is that?

    No games mentioned and the graphics all seem to me to be drawings. Then their is the mentioning of ads. Wtf?

    Sure there is a gaming market out there. Well sony seems to think so but they are huge and can certainly put together a software catalog. In korea you got the GP32 but it doesn't seem to be in any hurry to go west. Nintendo of course is king because they got a cheap reliable robuust toy that appeals to all. It ain't hot tech but it sure sells like it.

    No I think this is like all those other wannabe companies that release hope statements about the "next" console. Ain't gonna happen. Or in the case of nokia did happen but rather wish it didn't.

    Oh and I just realised, if it is CE then surely all the current Windows PDA games should run on it? Why not mention them?

    Now where is my pink gameboy (it was the only one left).

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    1. Re:Can you say vaporware? by aliens · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Just for curiousities sake, check out the Tapwave Zodiac. It seems to be picking up in the States where the GP32 left off.

      Perfect if you're in the need for a PDA, and seems to have a good community of homebrew starting up not to mention 100's of good Palm OS games, and some prilimanary support from Sega for some old Genesis classics.

      Here's a good place for more info

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  3. Excellent by The-Bus · · Score: 2, Funny

    No game software
    Forced "multi-media" ads
    All this for under $400?

    Sign-me up!

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  4. Spamming my game system by rwrife · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What's the deal with the advertisements on the system?? I bet all they're going to do is send MMS or SMS spam to the system....assuming you have it connected to a GSM/GPRS network.