Zeebo: 360's main Competitor?

[Rosaudio]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/16/more-details-of-tectoys-zeebo-3g-gaming-console-emerge/

We recently caught wind of the Zeebo, a new 3G network-based gaming console that's supposedly launching soon in Brazil. Details were pretty hard to come by initially, but now we've gotten some more solid information on the upstart system. It turns out that manufacturer Tectoy is partnering up with cellular carrier Claro, whose 3G network will enable the system to have a constant, free-of-charge connection -- and Qualcomm, which holds a 43 percent ownership in the company. As far as specs are concerned, the Zeebo will apparently run on a BREW-based OS and house an ARM CPU running at 528MHz, with a Qualcomm Adreno 130 graphics core (?), 1GB NAND flash memory, 160MB RAM, 128MB DDR SDRAM and 32MB stacked DDR SDRAM. Marketed to the "growing middle class" of developing countries, the Zeebo will launch in Brazil, where its developers say the downloadable-content format should help combat rampant piracy. The cost of the system is expected to be 599BRL (about $264) with games costing between 7-30BRL (around $3-13).

Bring on the Zeebo fanboys!

 

[DarkWater]

ZzzZZzz ...another one of those digital content mobile games platform design thingies.

Maybe I'm just weird but I love media...this download games thing just does not do it for me and by looking at the specs you might get Gamecube style graphics/performance out of this thing nevermind HD and Dolby Digital.

I'll pass

 

[Syphonx]

Judging by those specs it should easily outperform the PS3

 

[Ewie]

What can you load in.

160MB RAM, 128MB DDR SDRAM and 32MB stacked DDR SDRAM.

given the ps3 have 256 MB * 2
and the xbox 512 MB

 

[Dohc-WP]

What can you load in.

160MB RAM, 128MB DDR SDRAM and 32MB stacked DDR SDRAM.

given the ps3 have 256 MB * 2
and the xbox 512 MB

Correction the Xbox has 512 + 10mb EDram attached to Xenos = 522 MB's

 

[EtienneK]

"the Zeebo will launch in Brazil, where its developers say the downloadable-content format should help combat rampant piracy"

Of course they pirate in Brazil! When I was there it was R1000+ for a game! That's insane! No one can pay that!

And it's probably worse now with all the developing nations' currency going to crap against the Dollar!

 

[doobiwan]

Scary.

The thing is basically a glorified, immobile Cell phone.

 

[DarkWater]

Scary.

The thing is basically a glorified, immobile Cell phone.

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