So the CES (Consumer Electronic Show) is happening at the moment in Las Vegas, which means there's no shortage of interesting, expensive, and sometimes pretty damn weird gizmos and gadgets flooding tech news sites at the moment. Here's one of them.
It's called 'Project Fiona,' and it's a tablet made solely for gaming, with two analogue joysticks built into the design, and specs to rival an (admittedly cheap) desktop pc. Built by Razer (a company that until recently, made only peripherals), it's a proof-of-concept prototype; however Razer is taking it seriously - what we see here is version 0.2, but Razer have already finished a version 0.8 at their labs, and expect to have a 1.0 by the end of the year.
As a result, what we see here isn't what the final product will look like, says Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan. "It will be thinner (it currently has the thickness of 3 iPads), lighter, and cheaper than $1000."
While made for gaming, it'll run on Windows 8, giving it full PC powers, with internet browsing and the like, with Razers specialised gaming software added in.
It's also pretty specced out, considering it's a tablet. It ran Warhammer 40k: Space Marine with ease, which has the minimum requirements of a 2GHz dual-core CPU, 2GB RAM, and 256MB video card. Not bad.
No word on other details, like battery life and release date, but I think it's fair to expect it in the first quarter of next year. Could be worth watching!
via Gizmodo
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