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Hasn't been a decent successor to the TapWave device yet - maybe this is it.
Archos threw its hat into the videogames domain at IFA this week, introducing a 7in slate with dual thumbsticks and dedicated gaming buttons. The Archos GamePad packs a 7in capacitive touchscreen, is powered by a 1.5GHz processor and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which unlike predecessor platforms now supports game …
I love the look of this tablet, but would avoid since Archos support is terrible.
I have an Xperia Play which I love but it is started to get long in the tooth (wear and tear and low memory issues). I'd love to get a phone like this, heck even a bluetooth case like this would do.
Any idea's?
Too many buttons :-) for Apple (not too many for gamers)
[Lack of] Availability of compelling games is the issue with all new handheld gaming platform.
How General purpose is it too? Has it got decent resolution or the same dots as a 4" approx screen?
It would want to be more open than the Archos 605 WiFi was.
I own a Vita (actually, my son), and it is a sorry excuse for a gaming device. Games are downloadable, like the iPad or other tablets, but instead of costing $1 to $5, they cost up to $40. Absurd! Proprietary flash storage costs $100 for 32GB!
At least with $40 UMD games, you could loan it to a friend or trade the game in when you're done playing it. And you can only play downloaded games on up to 2 Vitas (not that anyone would own that many), while iOS games can be played on every iPod, iPad and iPhone you own.
if you want $5 shovelware like angry turds then you have the option to use PSN. Games are still available in highstreet stores for the main releases and tend to cost $40 as they last more than 5 mins and you don't need to buy in game 'cash' to progress.
You also seem to have negated the fact that iOS devices are superceeded every other month, what iPad is knocking about now iPad 3...4?
>Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which unlike predecessor platforms now supports game controllers.
Android has supported the PC dongle and wireless Xbox 360 controllers since Honeycomb....loads of other HCI gaming devices too. Selected earlier devices also supported HCI, at the whim of their OEM - typically it was pre-Honeycomb tablets...