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My Racer, a Korean handheld gaming console
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... One of these days, we'll do a colossal roundup of budget gaming consoles like Korea's MPGIO My Racer, which has a 320x240 pixel display and plays Adobe Flash lite files. It comes with a subway map, MP3 player and personal info basics. It's 90,000 Won, about $70.
Something like this, able to play real Flash without sputtering, would have a lot of potential in the U.S. if served by a solid application store and sold at a similarly throwaway price.
MYRACER [Aving]
MYRACER, Cheap Mobile Gaming & Media Player From Korea
Technology - Channel Feed —
Almost every few days, a new gaming portable will pop out to match the near-invincible Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. So far, no one comes close in dominating the portable gaming market, not in the near future.
The new contender from Korea is this MF101 or MYRACER that was debuted at the Gstar 2008, the E3 of Korea. With ARM 922T 192Mhz, 2.4 inch QVGA LCD and 1GB built-in memory, it can store around 1000 mobile and flash games. Besides fulfilling its role as a mobile gaming machine, it is also a media player armed with a Korean subway route map.
Priced at 98 000 won ($66).
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iCEphone, A Lot Of Icing On The Phone
Technology - Channel Feed —
This Windows Mobile 3G Icephone allows multiple input devices to control it. Besides having a touch display, you can also use a QWERTY keyboard, specialized game pad and a mouse to work and play on it. The micro notebook comes with a 3.1-megapixel camera, WiFi, bluetooth, HSDPA, supports dual SIM and is GPS-enabled. Also, there’s a bundled medical software package that will guide you during an emergency. Available in May 2009.
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iCEphone
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Reigncom Mintpad, el bloc de notas para geeks
Gizmología —
Reigncom (una filial de iriver) ha presentad un curioso dispositivo, el Reigncom Mintpad, es este que podéis ver en las imágenes, una especie de PMP o reproductor con una pantalla táctil de 2.86 pulgadas y una resolución de pantalla QVGA.
Sí, es un reproductor, puede reproducir tanto arhcivos de audio como archivos de vídeo, incluso tiene capacidades WiFi para poder navegar por internet. Pero parece que no es precisamente el uso de reproductor lo que Reigncom intenta con este Mintpad, si no una especie de bloc de notas digital. ...
Mintpad WiFi touchscreen internet tablet taunts us from afar
SlashGear —
Color us jealous. Seeing as our last call for a Korean gadget to cross over to the West worked so well, can we now please have the Mintpad? Mintpass have been showing off the 2.86-inch touchscreen PMP/internet tablet, currently on sale in Korea for 199,000 KRW ($132), complete with WiFi b/g, camera and IM functionality.
The brainchild of the founder and former CEO of Reigncom (iRiver’s parent company), the Mintpad measures just 3.08 x 2.51 x 0.60 inches and weighs 3.2oz. It has a 1.3-megapixel camera and 4GB of SSD storage; the display is QVGA resolution.
Battery life of up to 30hrs music playback or 5hrs video playback ...
iCEPhone - the Swiss army knife of mobile phones?
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia —
Icephone The iCEPhone is being marketed as a versatile four in one device. First it s a quadband, 3G, touchscreen enabled cell phone, next it s a QWERTY keyboard mini-PDA, then comes the games console with full function controller pad and joystick and finally it s a GPS satellite navigation system. Icephone2 The thing comes with twin SIM slots and a MicroSD memory card slot as well as WiFi, Bluetooth and a 3.1 megapixel camera. The really unusual thing about it though is the on-board first aid software, medical history storage and a caller collect international emergency helpline. It s a nice spec (apart from the fact that it runs Windows Mobile) but we suspect that all those ...
Mintpass Minipad the super-mini all in one gadget
Newlaunches.com —
mintpad_1.jpg We had the UMPC, OLPC, Netbook and now taking the trend of miniaturization further is the Minipad from a Korean startup Minipass. The company is the brainchild of founder and former CEO of Reigncom which is iRiver's parent company. The wireless handheld device has a 2.86 inch OLED touchscreen display supporting QVGA resolution, Wi-Fi, 4GB of internal memory, camera and stylus. It easily fits into your packet and you can browse the Internet, watch movies, play music, chat and blog. The battery is good for 30 hours of music and 5 hours of video playback. Nothing great except or the compact size as the iPod touch can do all of this. The Minipad is available in ...
Mintpad, A Wireless Mini Notepad With Stylus
Technology - Channel Feed —
Mintpad is a wireless handheld portable from Mintpass, Korea. The 2.85-inch gadget is capable of web browsing, music and video playback, taking pictures and handwriting recognition. It comes with a 4GB internal storage, 802.11b/g WiFi, camera, chat and blog functions. The kawaii stylus does remind me of the DS Lite. Debuts in Korea for 199 000 won ($133).
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AVING (A new concept of wireless handheld device ‘Mintpad’}
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