Panasonic Invite Gamers To the Jungle

[wraggster]

In a move that will instantly conjure up memories of the infamous 3DO failure, Panasonic has once again decided to throw its hat into the gaming ring, unveiling an online-focused handheld called the Jungle. It features a high-resolution display, a D-pad, a touch pad, and a full mini-keyboard in addition to standard gaming shoulder buttons. Wireless support is a given, as Panasonic is talking heavily about the console's online features, but whether that's Wi-Fi or 3G remains unclear. M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon said, 'The Jungle is a highly specialized dedicated portable for a non-existent market. This is an unprecedented hardware strategy, and probably for good reason. If MMO players want to go more portable than a laptop, I guess this would be the way to go. Frankly, this looks like a non-starter.'"
An anonymous reader notes comments from NetDevil's Ryan Seabury, who thinks the decision to have the device run Linux is a mistake

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/10/06/0421212/Panasonic-Invite-Gamers-To-the-Jungle

[rajtakhar]

3d0 was great seriously
the compression stuff mpeg2 for its time was great
they just could not get enough software companies behind
it was to the 1990's what
msx was to the 1980's
cpm to the 1970's

[nyder]

3DO might of been great, but it's $700 launch price sealed it's fate.

While the Jungle might seem like a good idea to Panasonic, not sure exactly what their target gamer is here.

[kojiro7]

lets see how it will do in homebrew,maybe we have a gem here