Archive for the 'Gaming' Category

CES 2009: CXC Motion Pro II Racing Simulator

CXC Simulations announced on December 22, 2008 that it will be joining Intel at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show to help promote Intel’s Core i7 CPU. There will be two Motion Pro II Racing Simulators that will be featured at CES. The simulators incorporate Core i7 CPUs and the base model includes a 46″ 1080p [...]

Nintendo DS: Ebook Reader

Nintendo DS Specifications
Display: 3″ Resistive Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 256 x 192
CPU: 67MHz ARM946E-S (main), 33MHz ARM7TDMI (sub)
RAM: 4MB
Storage: 256KB Serial Flash
Connectivity: WiFi (802.11b, WEP)

Nintendo and HarperCollins are selling a £20 game cartride called 100 Classic Book Collection for the Nintendo DS. The 100 Classic Book Collection includes, like the name suggests, 100 classics from [...]

Sanyo 46″ LCD TV for $898 at Wal-Mart on Nov.

Wal-Mart will be holding a special in-store sale on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The sale will begin at 8AM and will include a Sanyo 46″ LCD TV for just $898. There will be a minimum of 2 per store with a per customer limit of just one. There is also a Compaq CQ50-139WM 15.4″ notebook [...]

Sony PSP-3000 LCD Much Improved

The PSP-2000 is on top and the PSP-3000 is on the bottom. There are a couple of improvements of the LCD on the PSP-3000 that I can see from this picture:

Improved contrast ratio: Just look at the black levels (dark areas in the strawberry) and you can easily see the improvements.
Glare: There is very little [...]

Sony PSP-3000

Sony PSP-3000 Specifications
Display: 4.3″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 480 x 272
Availability: October 15, 2008 in Europe
Price: €199

Update 2008.08.21 10:28PM PST
According to engadget Japanese, the PSP-3000 will have a vastly improved LCD. First off, the color gamut will be 2x, contrast ratio 5x, response time 1/2 compared to the PSP-2000. Looks like the new LCD [...]

Sony Ericsson F305: Motion Gaming Phone

Sony Ericcson F305 Specifications
Display: 2.0″ TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 176 x 220
Color: 262K
Connectivity: GSM, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
Storage: 10MB internal, MS Micro
Camera: 2MP fixed focus, flash
Audio Support: eAAC+
Dimension: 96 x 46 x 14.6mm
Weight: 97.5g
Availability: Q3′08

Sony Ericsson’s F305 is a normal mobile phone but with a special talent for games. The F305 has an accelerometer that [...]

Acme Portable GTS370: Triple Monitor Portable PC at Computex 2008

Acme Portable GTS370 Specifications
LCD: 17″ 1280 x 1024 Anti-glare Glass Protected LCD Monitor (3)
Motherboard: Standard ATX
Slot: 7 Expansion Slots
HDD: 3.5″ Hot Swappable SATA (3)
Optical: Slim DVD-ROM
Dimension: 14.3 x 15.5 x 11.5″

Acme Portable’s GTS370 is a unique portable PC. It’s not a notebook PC since you’ll need to lug around a tower case. But it’s not [...]

Sony PSP Outsells Nintendo DS 2-to-1 in Japan in April

According to Enterbrain, a Japan game magazine publisher, in April Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) outsold Nintendo’s DS by more than 2-to-1 in Japan. The PSP sold 380,867 units while the DS sold just 169,911. Capcom’s “Monster Hunter Freedom 2G” was the hottest game for the PSP for the second consecutive month according to Enterbrain.

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