Gaming Device
Amkette all set to launch a gaming device priced below Rs10,000
Homegrown technology firm Amkette is planning to launch a gaming product, priced below Rs.10,000 by the end of the year to tap the burgeoning multi-crore gaming industry in the country. Amkette expects to sell over 20,000 units of the Android-based device, which will compete with the likes of Microsoft Corp.’s XBox and Sony Corp.’s Playstation, in this fiscal year alone. “We are exploring newer variations (to Evo TV), particularly in the gaming segment. The new product will be employing high-end processors with 3D graphics capability to provide a powerful gaming platform on TV,” Amkette director Rajiv K. Bapna told PTI. Once known for its floppy disks, Amkette currently focuses on entertainment and audio products for mobile phone, televisions and computers. Its flagship product “Evo TV” al...
Mitashi GameIn ThunderBolt
Mitashi have for a while now been coming out with, fairly low priced, handheld gaming devices like- Smarty, Chotu and Touch Series. And only last year came out with an Android (2.3) version in the form of portable devices which are now available in a different hardware and Android 4.0.4 (ICS) system update. Their most recent device in this category is the Mitashi GameIn Thunderbolt, which is the successor of the Mitashi GameIn Thunder. The thing Mitashi brags a lot about this product is the fact that this deice gives you Android openness. But is that really enough to get a gamer to buy this device, let’s find out. Mitashi still isn’t a company that gives serious competition to companies like Sony and all. There is a very simple explanation to this: quality. This is a major turn off and isn...