Gizmondo 2 set to launch during Christmas 2008
Media Power CEO Rich Jenkins has shown off the new Gizmondo 2 handheld to Swedish press. The system is finished and will go in production in China, so it will definitely be on sale in Europe by November or December 2008 with a price expected above $99. You’ll be able to order the system from an upcoming Gizmondo 2 website that will launch mid-October.
According to Hans Sandberg the Gizmondo 2 design is very similar to the first failed Gizmondo (it sold less than 25,000 units), but includes a newer version of nVidia’s graphics chip and a new battery*. It’s said to come with either Windows CE 6.0 or Google’s new Android operating system. The system will be open, so that you can run any Windows CE game or emulation on it. But you’ll have to choose between CE and Android, you can’t have both, or switch, at least not yet.
* Owners of the old Gizmondo can even send in their old battery and receive a new one for free. — Via MCVUK
I can not wait, but my 360 will have to itself and all it’s games will be put to the side this xmas cos i am getting a gizmondo 2! I loved the original so much and i literally wept for days when they stopped support so i am just dying to get one, xmas ‘08 come on!
Yeah mate, you got that right i cannot wait, i loved the first gizmondo and this should be even better i just hope that this xmas gives it the success at it’s launch that it deserved in the first place, i mean you cannot ask for a better handheld! This handheld will of coarse by way better than DS and PSP there is no competition but it should give the Pandorra a run for it’s money as well my 360 won’t be touched on Xmas day however many new games it gets! You got that right man.
