Archive for the ‘Gaming Gear’ Category

Parrot AR.Drone Brings Augmented Reality one Step Further

January 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Parrot, the company known for developing countless numbers of Bluetooth headsets, today announced their AR.Drone. The AR.Drone is a wifi helicopter that connects with the iPhone over WiFi.

Read the rest of this entry »

BlueMaemo Turns N900 into PS3 Controller

January 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

Ever had any problems locating your PS3 controller? Probably not, but still you can use your Nokia N900 as a replacement controller with the help of an application called BlueMaemo.

Read the rest of this entry »

Zeemote Acquired by Aplix

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Gaming Gear | No Comments »

Good news for the good old Zeemote as the device has been saved from going extinct by Aplix last week. Aplix decided to acquire the company that went into problems earlier this November.

Read the rest of this entry »

Odroid Devkit Available World-Wide

December 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

A few months ago, we announced that the Odroid (Android based handheld console) was only available in it's home market; Korea. Starting this week, developers all over the world can order an Odroid Devkit.

Read the rest of this entry »

Nokia’s N900, Playing with Fire

November 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Gaming Gear | 2 Comments »

Nokia’s N900 is the new flagship device of the company and one of it’s gaming features is a set of emulators. The company demonstrated the emulators with games from companies like Nintendo

Zeemote Closes Down!?

November 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Gaming Gear | 2 Comments »

Zeemote, the industry’s only thumbstick peripheral, is closing down or at least offering the business for sale. Though many doubted the success when it started, we didn’t expect it to fail after signing deals with most big handset vendors.

Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo Announces DSi XL

October 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: DSiWare | 1 Comment »

We have barely gotten used to our Nintendo DSi and already the company announced a followup; The DSi XL (or LL for Asia). It will bring a bigger screen amongst other features.

Read the rest of this entry »

Zeemote Goes Solo

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

This holiday season, the good old Zeemote will finally be sold in the high streets. To celebrate, the company behind the thumbstick will also provide consumers with free mobile games.

Read the rest of this entry »

Elonex Takes the iPhone into the Living Room

September 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With the iGame Family, a company called Elonex has created an iPhone dock that will allow consumers to play iPhone games in a console style with wireless controllers.

Read the rest of this entry »

Hardkernel Develops Android Console

September 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

It was to be expected. Chinese hardware developers Hardkernel has announced a handheld console based on the Android OS and equipped with a bunch of iPhone like hardware.