01-06-2006, 10:00 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Move Over PSP: iRiver's G10 is Coming.....
"We finally got a pic and a few more specs on iRiver's G10 WiBro game console we told you about a few months back. . . . [I]t appears like iRiver's "PSP killer" will sport an 800 x 480 pixel 260k color display, pack in 4 or 8GB of storage, and run Windows CE 5.0. . . . [T]hat WiBro connection will not only be used for online gaming and game downloads, but also provide access to a new iRiver music and movie service allowing subscribers to purchase content, store it in provided webspace, and then stream it to their G10."
It certainly looking like a very nice bit of kit. Other places have reported that the G10 will be running WM5, but CE 5.0 is much more likely. The WiBro support suggests that the G10 will be targeted mainly at Asia (as Korea will be the first country to have a WiBro (Wireless Broadband) network toward the middle of the year, running at 30 to 50 Mbit/s with a radius up to 5km. Seems like the cool devices and technologies always come out in another country, wherever you live. :wink:
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01-06-2006, 10:34 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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It might well beat the PSP on paper, but it needs the market penetration and the publicity before it'll get anywhere. Nice toy otherwise.
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01-06-2006, 01:32 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 450
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My thoughts exactly. It looks like a nice little unit, but I seriously doubt it will hardly be a PSP killer.
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01-06-2006, 02:21 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 87
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Wi-Bro is a Korea only. the US dosnt need another wireless standard - and everyone knows it. SURE, its based on WiFi, but are t hey really going to either deply such a thing in the US or make a G10 with just plain ole WiFi... doubtful.
You never know, but dont count on it.
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01-06-2006, 06:53 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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I hope there's some ability to flip that screen downwards (though looking at the other Engadget screenshot, it appears to be strictly a slide-out design).
It would be a shame that a device like this, with its moving/sliding parts, leave a screen of that resolution exposed at all times.
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01-06-2006, 08:48 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 376
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this thing is soo cool but i wonder how advanced the games can be on CE 5.0 :?
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01-06-2006, 10:02 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 794
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So basically it is a PDA? Anyone know where I can see the specifications?
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01-07-2006, 03:36 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by saru83
this thing is soo cool but i wonder how advanced the games can be on CE 5.0 :?
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I think it'd be wiser to question the availability of games. They can already get quite advanced, but the range is lacking. Look at how many awesome games are available for the PSP, but not for Windows Mobile or CE.
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01-07-2006, 04:03 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Typhoon
So basically it is a PDA? Anyone know where I can see the specifications?
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Unfortunately, nothing more is known other than what has already been mentioned at Engadget.
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01-07-2006, 04:13 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 376
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
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Originally Posted by saru83
this thing is soo cool but i wonder how advanced the games can be on CE 5.0 :?
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I think it'd be wiser to question the availability of games. They can already get quite advanced, but the range is lacking. Look at how many awesome games are available for the PSP, but not for Windows Mobile or CE. |
Ya Darius, i was wondering if this platform would support games as advanced as the ones available for the PSP, any thoughts :?:
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