Apart from all the Ultrabooks, HD TVs and tablets Project Fiona
attracted a lot of attention at CES this year. Termed as “The Future of
Gaming” this handheld device is a tablet with the guts of a powerful PC.
At first it looks like a fat iPad with handles!
It is packed with a core-i7 processor under a 10.1″ multitouch display at 1280×800 and supports Dolby 7.1 surround sound. It has 3-axis gyro, magnetometer and accelerator. It even has wifi and bluetooth. Many mobile gamers would be overjoyed over this mobile and powerful console. It is still a prototype and the version displayed at CES is just the version 0.2 and they have already made version 0.8. The GPU and battery are still unknown. The officials have set the price at about $1000 for the final device though no date has been given for its release.
Considering the excellent hardware underneath, the build quality is quite impressive too! The tablet is aimed to run Windows 8 though Razer will add some of their own custom software to enhance the gaming experience. It could run Warhammer 40K: Space Marine quite easily. Its controls are no different than the standard buttons of an Xbox or PS3 controller. Any gamer would be up and running on it in no time.
According to Razer’s website the tablet is certified by THX and its force feedback will give you the feel of gaming you always wanted. Though it is still just a prototype it gives a taste of what lies ahead in the world of gaming. It is also obvious, given the level of penetration of tablets into mainstream computing. We wait along with thousands of gamers for the ‘future of gaming’ to be delivered onto our hands. Till then, we return to our old chunky PCs for another round of Plants vs Zombies!
It is packed with a core-i7 processor under a 10.1″ multitouch display at 1280×800 and supports Dolby 7.1 surround sound. It has 3-axis gyro, magnetometer and accelerator. It even has wifi and bluetooth. Many mobile gamers would be overjoyed over this mobile and powerful console. It is still a prototype and the version displayed at CES is just the version 0.2 and they have already made version 0.8. The GPU and battery are still unknown. The officials have set the price at about $1000 for the final device though no date has been given for its release.
Considering the excellent hardware underneath, the build quality is quite impressive too! The tablet is aimed to run Windows 8 though Razer will add some of their own custom software to enhance the gaming experience. It could run Warhammer 40K: Space Marine quite easily. Its controls are no different than the standard buttons of an Xbox or PS3 controller. Any gamer would be up and running on it in no time.
According to Razer’s website the tablet is certified by THX and its force feedback will give you the feel of gaming you always wanted. Though it is still just a prototype it gives a taste of what lies ahead in the world of gaming. It is also obvious, given the level of penetration of tablets into mainstream computing. We wait along with thousands of gamers for the ‘future of gaming’ to be delivered onto our hands. Till then, we return to our old chunky PCs for another round of Plants vs Zombies!
