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Top 4 Gaming Mobiles (Hot Stuffs)

There has never been an official transition of the handheld gaming console over to the mobile phone segment. Of course you understand it was never necessary in the first place. Both devices are portable in nature and the purpose of using the handset for merely taking calls like a telephone quickly became obsolete. But I’ve said this before; mobile gaming is a big deal, ever since those Snake games on the old monochrome handsets of yore were followed by Java games that are still big time winners today.

The mobile phone market now even has a separate category of multimedia handsets for this specific purpose - gaming. Some gaming mobiles are more generic in nature but do still manage to offer superb capabilities to be used for handheld mobile gaming. In case you like to take your games everywhere and already have a Nintendo DS or PSP or other portable gaming devices that satisfy your fetish for gaming hardware, here're a few mobiles phones you might want to consider.

Spice X1 Rs. 8,000
Spice’s X1 gaming mobile may have taken mobile gaming to the next level by reviving an older SE idea of a joystick attachment accessory for a mobile phone. The X1 comes bundled with this attachable controller that makes game-play a great experience. The handset itself also comes with a set of ‘X’ and ‘O’ action keys and you don’t necessarily need to use the controller.Spice has preloaded a few JAVA games onto the handset and provides quite a few games in the NES ROM format. Nostalgic gamers will enjoy this. You can choose from a list of those oldies but good, 8 bit classics like Batman, Mario and even Kung Fu. It has a large 2.4-inch TFT LCD with a 240 x 320 Pixel Resolution that only helps while playing and also features a microSD card slot, Stereo Bluetooth, a 2MP camera and GPRS support among other things.


Sony Ericsson F305 - Rs. 9,000
The F305 could very well be SE’s flagship mobile for a possible range of new gaming handsets, since Sony is no stranger to the gaming market with their PSP rating quite high on the handheld gaming console segment of gadgetry.



The handset may have just one drawback and that’s its small 2-inch display that sports a 176 x 220 pixel resolution; but it makes up for that with plenty of other relevant features. The handset has been designed with two gaming styles in mind – motion sensor and full screen landscape games. The motion sensor games allow you to use the device like a Wii controller by swinging your arms for action. Since the handset also comes with ‘X’ and ‘O’ gaming keys on either side of the earpiece, games that can be played in landscape mode are much more entertaining. Other features include an audio player, FM Radio

and a 2MP camera plus Bluetooth with A2DP and GPRS/EDGE support. It supports JAVA games and M2 cards for external memory.

Nokia N85 - Rs. 23, 000
Nokia’s N-Series has always been a popular range of mobile handsets because of their multimedia capabilities. One of the successors to the N81 handset that was the first to host Nokia’s N-Gage gaming platform and was designed for gaming purposes, the N85, takes it up a notch with its dual-slider capabilities and 5MP AF camera.

The N85 is also being classified as a gaming handset because of its superb 2.5-inch, 240 x 320 pixel, 16 million color, OLED display. The once-dedicated-multimedia-keys that appear from the top double as gaming keys for the phone. The handset does seem a bit heavy though at 128g, but that only adds to the stability of the phone in your hand while gaming. It’s also equipped with a microSD card slot, Stereo Bluetooth, internal GPS (AGPS Support), TV out, and Wi-fi. It supports JAVA and .SIS game formats.

iPhone - Rs. 30, 000 (8GB) and 35,000 (16GB)

One of the truly better mobile gaming experiences can be provided by the iPhone with its 3.5-inch TFT touch screen that features multi-touch and a brilliantly smooth accelerometer. It’s because of these very reasons that plenty of developers and gaming companies have invested a lot into the development of some iPhone-centric games.

3D gaming on the iPhone and motion-based games are just another bullet in the handset’s arsenal of features that now also includes GPS with Google Maps. Popular titles like Crash Bandicoot and EA’s Spore have made it to the APP Store for the iPhone and there are quite a lot more to follow I’m sure. Although Apple may have not yet been able to fix some of the more obvious bugs that plague even the first and 2 Gen models, the handset is still extremely popular and with features like Wi-Fi, a 2MP camera, a well designed interface and sleek form factor, the iPhone’s gaming experience is by far the most fun.

PSP Phone Concept
Just for fun, I’ve included this particular bit of information that was making the rounds on the net a while back. It was rumored that Sony was planning to launch a new version of the PSP that would also double as a fully functional mobile phone complete with either a slide out keypad and gaming keys or a rotating display.

The images depicted were supposed to be concept schematics of what the handset could look like. One features a first of its kind triple-slider for gaming keys and a normal mobile keypad. The other had a swivel display that could be rotated for gameplay. Needless to say we’re only hoping this is still something Sony has on the drawing board and would become a reality sometime soon. Unfortunately though, nothing has been made official and the rumors don’t seem to be that popular anymore. Hey, I've got my fingers crossed.

Of course, virtually all other handsets support gaming with either preinstalled or downloadable games. Java games are quite easily available all over the net from sites like GetJar, Zedge, Mobile9 and plenty of other sites. I’m just happy that the gaming companies are developing more and more games for this segment of gadgetry and more handset manufacturers are designing more devices for a better mobile gaming experience.

If you have any more handsets you’d care to add to this list please do all us mobile maniacs a favor and leave your suggestions as a comment about handsets and other sites you may have found to downloadable games.

New Launch: PSP 3000

Sony launched the PSP 2000 last year, with a few significant improvements over their first model. It was slimmer and lighter (hence the name PSP slim), and it had some much needed extra functions like USB charging, TV out for videos and games, faster loading times, which made the console the best deal you can get in portable gaming.The question is — just a year later, was there really a need for a new PSP? And does it really offer enough for old PSP owners to upgrade to this one? We explore this and much more by first looking at the new features offered by the newly launched PSP, dubbed the PSP 3000.

Firstly, in case there is any misconception about it, this is not the sequel to the original PSP. It's simply the 3rd redesign of the same hardware, capable of doing the same core functions as the original two. You won't have any games or movies that would be exclusive to PSP 3000 and not compatible with the earlier two editions, simply because its not a successor to the original PSP.

With that out of the way, at first look, there isn't that much that makes the PSP 3000 stand out from the second generation PSP. It's exactly the same size and dimensions. But on a closer look you notice the subtle changes—

• The Home button is now the PlayStation button with the classic PlayStation logo.
• There's a mic placed right next to the volume control for the new Skype function in the PSP 3000.
• The D-pad is a lot better this time around, which I suspect would make playing fighting games a lot easier than its predecessors.
• It can now output games via Composite cable as well, unlike the PSP 2000, which requires a component cable to output games.

But you notice the biggest change from the previous PSP's only after you turn it on — It's spanking new screen.