WiMAX for gaming

Darius Chang | Jun 17, 2008

When you hop onto public transport nowadays, you'll be hardpressed to spot a teen without a PlayStation Portable or Nintendo DS stuck in his hands. Portable gaming has certainly taken root, and Flyvo intends to ride the waves with its WiMAX gaming device.

The Flyvo G100 has a 4-inch touchscreen and sits on the Windows CE Professional 5.0 platform. However, the operating system has been customized such that you can't install any Windows Mobile applications. It uses WiMAX, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios for interactive gaming, with a built-in 4GB flash storage to hold software. As it also doubles as an audio/video playback device, there is a microSDHC slot for extending the memory.

The unit will be available in Korea from December, with US markets receiving theirs in Q2 2009. There are plans to bring this machine to the rest of Asia, though a specific launch date is not available at this time.

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