Dragon Grip handheld toy delivers kung fu fighting sound effects

Have you ever watched those gripping kung fu movies, with screen legends like Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, Jet Li and Jackie Chan moving swiftly and agilely, don’t you wish that you too, could be a Johnny Cage? Enter the Dragon Grip handheld toy which is said to deliver kung fu fighting sound effects to go alongside your imagination. This is yet another crowdfunding project on Kickstarter, so assuming enough dough is collected to get the project started, it ought to be ...
iCade Core and iCade Mobile Hitting U.K. in June, Roughly Priced at $81

ION Audio, the brilliant makers of the iCade arcade cabinet, announced early this year at the CES that it will be launching a new set of flagship gizmos for the year 2012. One of them is the iCade Core, which is a cool iPad dock with a set of buttons and an arcade stick. Contrary to ION’s previous accessory, the arcade cabinet, the iCade Core has a better feel as far as gameplay is concerned. (more…)
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Synaptics announces ClearPad 2200 touchscreen controller for smartphones

That's smartphones, guys. Not superphones, and certainly not phablets (sorry, we hate that word too). After showing off its slate-friendly ClearPad 7300 multitouch display at CES, Synaptics is back with a smaller 2200 series controller designed for phones. Specifically, modest little handsets with screens measuring four inches or less. And, it'll be among the company's first capacitive panels to make use of the outfit's SignalClarity technology, which promises to boost the signal-to-noise ratio for improved ...
PlayStation Vita gets updated 3G data plan, offers an extra gigabyte for a Lincoln

We can't say we were overly concerned about busting through the Vita's 2GB monthly data threshold when the handheld's 3G variant hits AT&T next month, but the network, it seems, isn't taking any chances. According to the Vita's AT&T page, Ma Bell's making sure you'll never be blocked from nabbing those download-capped PlayStation Minis by upping the previously announced 2GB for $25 plan to 3GB for $30. Surprised? Don't be -- this change just ...
Sony racks up over 6.5 million in PlayStation sales over holiday season

Looks like Sony is reaping the benefits of strong holiday sales for its range of consoles coming under the PlayStation umbrella. After introducing the PS Vita early in December, the company managed to shift about 500,000 units in its own backyard, while ageing predecessor, the PSP, continued to sell 1.6 million units worldwide. Not to be outdone, the PS3 nearly broached the 4 million mark, bringing Sony closer to its fiscal year-end ...
Gallery: PlayStation Vita ripped wide open for all to see

We've already given you a visual tour of the PS Vita stacked up against a bunch of other gadgets, but what does the inside of Sony's newly launched handheld (in Japan) look like? As you'd expect, like a lot of green circuit boards.
Handheld projector looks at portable gaming next

We’ve seen our fair share of pico projectors that work decently enough for what they were created to do, but somehow they never really took off and entered mainstream consciousness since it never had a “killer app” or a “killer purpose” apart from being a novelty. Hopefully this handheld projector system that was developed by Karl Willis and colleagues at the Disney Research labs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will fare differently. Their multiplayer gaming system is known as SideBySide, where it relies ...
Daily Crunch: Believe

Here are some of yesterday’s Gadgets stories: Japan Gets 8 New Cell Phones: KDDI’s Entire Winter Line-Up Amazon, Fox Streaming Deal Brings 11k Movies And TV Shows To Prime Instant Video Bose Announces Two Soundbar Systems Handheld Console Compresses Super Mario Brothers Down To 64 Pixels TC Gadgets Webcast Episode 3: Phones, TVs, and Muscles
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Sony announces bucketload of PlayStation Vita launch games, teases PSP downloads for UMD lovers

Wondering how many games the PlayStation Vita will be launched with on December 17th? 26 is the answer, with 100 games in total to be released. Launch titles include Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Power Smash 4, Fish On, Project N.O.E.L.S and more in the photo above. These will be followed by Metal Gear Solid HD Edition, Rayman Origins, FIFA, etc. If new titles aren't enough to whet your appetite, Sony announced that as many as 500 to 600 PSP titles will ...