Tapwave Zodiac Pros and cons

Tapwave Zodiac


Pros-3d games, modified palm os,mp3 player, video player, photo viewer, over 20,000 applications available, bluetooth connectivity so you can use a bluetooth cell phone to get online or send pictures to or form your phone( can go cross platform for instance you can play with some one who has an ngage),Has got a nice sleek design and tough metal casing, very thin and feels good in your hands, has a nice lite touchscreen lcd, is light,2 Sd sots for up to 2gbs of storage and one slot is sdio so you can add on a radio or digital cameraand soon a wi fi card(many other devices will come out soon because it is a relatively new format),2400 devs have signed on. Including:

Bethesda
Activision
Bioware
Midway (added)
Neversoft (added)
Atari (added)
Konami (i hear they're interested if Tapwave gets a Jap version)
EA
and i think Ubisoft.
(heard this info from a user on www.zodiacgamer.com and those 2400 devs are including developers who bought the zodiac,if you have programming experience you can sign up as a developer on the website www.tapwave.com ) no news if some of them are currently working on any titles for the zodiac though, There are also some big name titles coming out for a christmas release like Neverwinter Nights, Street Hoops, and MTX:motocross,Emulation is a very good on the zodiac you can currently emulate nes,gb,gbc,genesis,and many others that i cant remember and soon snes and gba after tapwave works out some legal issues; they will be realeased to the public instead of just being available to the developers,also psp will not be that much more powerful than the zodiac so ive heard, oh and i almost forgot you can play mp3s while playing games or just browsing through the device and you can customize your backround.

Cons- No internal hard drive (comes with 32mb or 128 mb), haven't been any real knockout games yet(besides stuntcar extreme ), Not that many zodiac exclusive titles yet,psp and nintendo ds will be definant competitors(although the zodiac is almost in a different category because its running palm os),cant really think of anything else

For product info go here
http://www.tapwave.com/zodiac_overview.html


The following are some pics of my zodiac and my lyra rd2780(sucks) just for size.

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/4510/Picture2Medium.jpg

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/2056/Picture3Medium.jpg

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/1341/Picture4Medium.jpg

any comments? anyone like the zodiac?

[Charlie]

Never seen one before....can it multi-task? I guess so if you can listen to MP3's whilst surfing?

it can do anything a stateof the art pda can do and more...i love mine. also if you are interested in getting one you can try it out in compusa.

[Charlie]

I don't think we have compusa in the UK. Palm OS can only do one task at a time...do you know which version of Palm OS has been modified for the Tapwave?

it is palm os 5.2
and the only place i think the zodiac is available int the uk is here http://www.gbax.com/new/zodiac.html

[Charlie]

Cool...bit pricey though

yeah , but it is definantly worth it if this is what your looking for

[Charlie]

I'll certainly keep an eye on how it stacks up when the PSP & DS are launched.

http://tapland.com/news_arc/?id=471
in this article it states that there will be an international release soon as well as many new accsories.This article is a good read if your interested int eh zodiac.
http://www.tapwave.com/company_events.html
here is a list of events. some of them will tak eplace in europe and i guess they will be prepping them for an international release.

I am very excited about the future of the zodiac and feel that in time for winter it will stand a chance against the big boys like the ds and psp.