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ATI Touting 3D Gaming Chip For Cellphones

Posted by simoniker on from the can-i-fit-a-voodoo-3-in-there? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to their website, ATI have just announced a new 3D game-orientated chip specifically designed for cellphones. The Imageon 2300 'offers the first hardware 3D graphics implementation in the handheld space... [and] also represents the first OpenGL ES 1.0 compliant device on the handheld market'." The ATI release mentions "...that wireless gaming is on the rise and will generate USD $1 billion in wireless gaming revenue by 2006 for wireless carriers in the United States", and it's interesting to note the TapWave Zodiac Palm-based gaming device already has an earlier ATI Imageon chip in it.

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  1. Re:Why gaming? by danielpavel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sir, I'm afraid your sequence is incomplete:

    1. Loading..... loading...... Loading...... Loading.......
    2. ???
    3. *throws phone on the ground*

    I believe the correct sequence is:

    1. Loading..... loading...... Loading...... Loading.......
    2. (battery runs out)
    3. *throws phone on the ground*

    </sarcasm>

    Stupid crap. Can't wait for Seti@phone.

    -silent

  2. Oh come on now by aztektum · · Score: 2, Funny

    This stories been up for 2 hours now and no comments about the battery lasting for a few nanoseconds?

    Pls don't make me lower my viewing threshold it's scary down there.

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  3. Not so interesting. by irokitt · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't see how this will make the Nethack experience on a phone any better.

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  4. Stop the madness! by molafson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stop the madness. Does gaming have to drive up the mean price of every category of hardware in existence? Soon I won't be able to afford a fridge or a dishwasher because of kids and their damn games! :-)

  5. Impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Everything from your post to your sig is utterly and completely unintelligible. I salute you.