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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Tiger Telematics Announces Gizmondo Fund to Promote Gaming Innovation And Creativity
LONDON, England, August 5 -- Gizmondo Europe Ltd,
subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based, Tiger Telematics Inc (OTC:
TGTL.PK), announced today a new game innovation fund, seeking to support
emerging developers who want to take gaming to the next level by leveraging
the outstanding range of features of the Gizmondo mobile gaming device.
"Gizmondo stands for leading-edge innovation and genuine gaming
excitement," says Carl Freer, Managing Director, Gizmondo. "And that's
exactly what we are looking for in the next generation of game developers."
Mikael Astrom, Acquisition Manager, Gizmondo says: "We are a great choice
for developers and publishers that strive to change the gamer's perception of
what gaming is about."
One feature unique to Gizmondo game play is the GPS function that
incorporates a player's physical location into the game itself, creating a
unique virtual gaming world. "The GPS will do to games what 3D did, really
adding that edge to what is possible. It's not all about great graphics
anymore!"
Mikael Astrom adds: "At the same time, Gizmondo strives to be as easy as
possible to develop games for, both through our hardware as well as the
technology solutions we're bringing along to enable all these great ideas.
"We're seeing that the industry is suffering from stagnation in
innovative titles. So at an early stage, we've decided to make incremental
support money available to our publisher partners in bringing new, innovative
titles to our platform."
One developer already creating games for the Gizmondo is Stockholm-based
Indie Studios that was recently acquired by Gizmondo. Indie Studios has two
games in the pipeline; 'Colors', a gang warfare game enabling players to
battle for supremacy of their designated environment, and 'City', a
short-time game providing first-class entertainment for Gizmondo gamers in
limited time situations. Both utilize Gizmondo's GPS-capabilities and
messaging over GPRS.
The Gizmondo, powered by a Microsoft Windows CE.net platform, boasts a
2.8-inch TFT color screen with a Samsung ARM9 400Mhz processor and
incorporates 64-bit graphics accelerator. It provides cutting-edge gaming,
multimedia messaging, an MP3 music player, Mpeg4 movie playing capability, a
digital camera, and a GPRS network link to allow wide-area network gaming.
Additionally, it contains a GPS chip for location based services, is equipped
with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming and accepts SD card accessories.
The Gizmondo device and its games are due for launch in the UK in the
fourth quarter 2004 and in North American markets from the first quarter 2005.
About Tiger Telematics and Gizmondo
Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc (OTC:
TGTL.PK) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment
device. Set to launch in 2004, the gaming device includes built-in music,
video, messaging and picture functions and GPS.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
Tiger is a designer, developer and marketer of mobile telematics systems
and services that combine global GPS functions and voice recognition
technology to locate and track vehicles and people down to street level in
countries throughout the world. The systems are designed to operate on GPS
and are currently being marketed to GSM current and potential subscribers,
primarily by the company's United Kingdom based subsidiaries.
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