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New Handheld Console Coming

24th December 2003, 1:04pm
No, not just the PSP. Seems the N-gage has started a trend to start a little competition for handheld giants Nintaendo [whose new gameboy consistently outsells PS2s]and it hs been announced Gametrac will debut a new handheld at CES. In addition to a 400Mhz ARM9 processor and 64-bit graphics accelerator, the Gametrac features MPEG4 movie playback, MP3 audio playback, SMS and MMS text messaging, a high-resolution JPEG digital camera, plus Bluetooth 2 and GPRS wireless networking for short-range and long-distance multiplayer games. The Gametrac supports wireless connections via tri-band GSM, like certain varieties of cellular phone, but it doesn't use them for voice communication, only multiplayer gaming. On the interface side of things, it resembles a Super Nintendo controller -- two triggers, four face buttons, and an eight-way digital pad -- while its 2.8" QVGA (quarter VGA, 320 x 240 pixels) screen offers a little more viewing room than the Game Boy Advance.
by Vasu Chetty