WiMAX for gaming
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.
More CommunicAsia 2008 coverage here.
About the author
Tracking laptop and PC trends since 2005, Darius Chang may have been knee deep in bits and bytes but is certainly not a binary person. Under that big and soft exterior holds a marshmallow core which dotes on his god-daughters and nephew. Suspected of ADD, his interests span disparate fields such as sustainability studies, diving, sports, politics, etc. A true jack of all trades, but master of one (maybe two).
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