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	News - Ex-Gizmondo executive's mafia convictions revealed // Gizmondo /// Eurogamer
		Stefan Eriksson was an executive officer of Gizmondo Europe, and earned over $3 million in salary and bonuses from the company (along with a generous $100,000 vehicle allowance) before his resignation on October 20th.
		Two other Gizmondo staff members - who are also believed to have resigned last week - also had convictions for their involvement in this group, including Johan Enander, described as the Uppsala Mafia's "Torpedo", who was a debt collector for the group and was convicted of flmail and assault.
		Eriksson's connections to Gizmondo don't stop at his own employment for the firm, however; he is also a co-owner of Northern Lights, a development company which was paid $3.5 million by Gizmondo for its assistance in developing software titles Chicane and Colours - titles which were officially developed by Indie Studios and Warthog.
	www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=61428 (539 words)

	Gizmondo Bizarro!
		Gizmondo's parent company, Tiger Telematics, was getting hammered to the tune of $321 million in losses between Septembers '04 and '05, as shown by this income statement.
		Eriksson, as you may recall, is the Gizmondo executive who crashed the Ferrari, while "The Torpedo" was most recently employed as Gizmondo's head of security after serving six years in a Swedish prison on a flmail and assault conviction.
		Much like Gizmondo, the SGVTA has an impressive front, including this flashy.gov website, but in reality their only base of operations is a garage in Monrovia called Homer's Auto Service.
	www.gamerevolution.com /static/index.php?section=feature&sub=gizmondo&page=index (1449 words)

	GamersInfo.net - Portable Devices - E3 - Gizmondo
		With the current war going on between the PSP and the Nintendo DS, it would be hard to think of someone jumping into the fray alongside the gaming giants known as Sony and Nintendo.
		The Gizmondo, produced by the company of the same name, is a new entrant into the world of handheld gaming.
		Gizmondo shatters those expectations by having a unit that is incredibly light (it weighs less than my wallet), has well placed buttons and still pushes some high quality games.
	www.gamersinfo.net /index.php?art/id:498 (924 words)

	Gizmondo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gizmondo is a handheld gaming console with GPRS and GPS technology, which was manufactured by Tiger Telematics.
		In the United States the Gizmondo launched on October 22, 2005.
		The Gizmondo competed for marketshare with handheld consoles by Nintendo (the DS and Game Boy Advance), Sony (the PlayStation Portable), and Tapwave (the Zodiac).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gizmondo (1972 words)

	Windows CE powered "Gizmondo" entertains, tracks kids
		But one of the most interesting features is the Gizmondo's built-in GPS function, which is designed to enable parents to monitor the location of their kids.
		A sequence of screen images from a flash Gizmondo presentation on Gizmondo's website is available here, and you can access preliminary information about the new Windows CE handheld gaming device on the company's website.
		Gizmondo says it chose Windows CE as the gaming device's embedded OS based on "its easy-to-use, rapid development tools, including device emulation, board support packages, and the Platform Wizard; for its leading-edge multimedia technologies; and for the ability to combine that rich functionality into a small footprint.
	www.windowsfordevices.com /news/NS7698869181.html (858 words)

	PGNx Media: Gizmondo: Gizmondo Games, Gizmondo Reviews, Gizmondo Previews, Gizmondo News
		Gizmondo Europe indicated today that it is on track with its move into the USA market.
		Gizmondo Europe is pleased to announce the street date for North America for Gizmondo.
		Gizmondo Europe is delighted to confirm that E3 2005 was an enormous success for the company.
	www.pgnx.net /gizmondo (636 words)

	News - Huge losses for Gizmondo // Gizmondo /// Eurogamer
		Costs have included a $5.9m contract Gizmondo Europe signed with Electronic Arts to develop FIFA and SSX games for the handheld, and the operating costs of the company's global network of offices.
		The report goes on to state that Tamela Sainsbury, the corporate secretary of Gizmondo Europe, was paid nearly $150,000 in base compensation during 2004, plus $83,000 in bonuses.
		As if Gizmondo wasn't in enough trouble as it is, it seems that companies are queuing up around the globe to sue the beggars.
	www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=61067 (808 words)

	Wired News: Give Up, Gizmondo
		Much like the PSP, N-Gage and Zodiac, Gizmondo is pursuing the ever-elusive convergence market, looking to give the tech-savvy an all-in-one device that not only plays games, music and video but can also take pictures, send e-mail, surf the web and calculate a 15 percent tip.
		Then there's the feature that Tiger apparently hopes will be its trump card: built-in GPS capability, which will let Gizmondo users map their current location, find local restaurants and even navigate city streets (although the latter will require an additional $249 software package that's not yet available).
		For all its functionality, however, the layout of the Gizmondo hardware -- it basically resembles a PlayStation control pad with a screen in the middle -- suggests strongly that it's being positioned as a game device first and foremost.
	www.wired.com /news/games/0,2101,69324,00.html (745 words)

	GPS/GPRS-enabled game for Windows CE powered gaming gadget
		Gizmondo Europe announced the second in a series of games for its Windows CE based Gizmondo "multi-entertainment" gaming device.
		"The Gizmondo is a constant companion mobile device, so it is important that we have content that engages the user even if he or she is simply taking a short bus ride or just waiting for a friend," explained Mikael Astrom, Acquisition Manager for Indie Studios.
		The Gizmondo and "City" are expected to be available in Q4 of 2004 through consumer electronics and toy retailers worldwide.
	www.windowsfordevices.com /news/NS9804130412.html (533 words)

	Gizmondo launches in the UK; Vodafone signs up to provide SIM cards // GamesIndustry.biz
		The card will enable consumers to use their Gizmondo for sending and receiving texts and emails and utilise the handheld's GPRS functions.
		The Gizmondo itself is a powerful unit which runs the Windows CE.NET operating system, and as well as playing games, can play back movies and music, take photographs, use the GPS system to provide location information and communicate over SMS, picture messaging and email using GPRS network capabilities.
		The Gizmondo launched in the UK on Saturday, with the opening of a flagship store on Regent Street.
	www.gamesindustry.biz /content_page.php?aid=7511 (324 words)

	Gizmondo Electronic Gaming Monthly - Find Articles
		And that land you’re occupying is real, thanks to the Gizmondo’s built-in GPS: You mark off your area with a GPS geo-fence, so if anyone intrudes, you’ll be summoned to protect your piece of the city.
		Ostensibly the Gizmondo’s killer app, this ambitious title uses the handheld’s GPS features to place you within a virtual city modeled after the one you’re already occupying in real life.
		That part’s a bit vague—you’ll apparently be given small missions that encourage you to explore your urban environs and interact with fellow Gizmondo users afoot in your general vicinity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdegm/is_200502/ai_n8594850 (373 words)

	GameSetWatch - Exclusive: 'Halo: Spartan' For Gizmondo Details
		According to a source close to the former development arm of the company, the Gizmondo Manchester (formerly Warthog) development studio in the UK was working on pre-production for a 3D, FPS Halo title for the Gizmondo in 2005 called 'Halo: Spartan', before the company declared bankruptcy.
		Yet the fact remains - there's video on the web of the 'Gizmondo Augmented Reality' prototype, which was to use the camera as an integral part of gameplay, as you looked at the Gizmondo screen and the handheld placed 'virtual items' on top of the photo output - a really neat idea.
		It's possible that Gizmondo never even mentioned to Microsoft that they were working on this tech and pitch, and it was simply to tell investors about - we wouldn't put it past the insanity of the company to just start pre-production anyhow.
	www.gamesetwatch.com /2006/05/exclusive_halo_spartan_for_giz.php (858 words)

	GizmoSpain.com - Gizmondo - Tu portal para la Gizmondo en Español
		Gizmondo : Análisis en detalle de la consola.
		Gizmondo USA Inc., una subsidiaria de Tiger Telematics Inc (otra OTC, TGTL) con sede en Jacksonville, Florida, confirmó la versión para Estados Unidos del dispositivo manual de multientretenimiento Gizmondo, que se lanzará en América del Norte el próximo 22 de octubre.
		Steve Carroll, director de tecnología de Gizmondo, expresó: "Esta mejora en la batería permitirá al usuario disfrutar de hasta seis horas ininterrumpidas de juegos, 150 horas en standby, y tiempos de funcionamiento similarmente superiores para las funciones de cine, música y GPS".
	www.gizmospain.com (2079 words)

	Gizmondo at MobHappy
		The LA Times has a comprehensive profile of Stefan Eriksson and Carl Freer, with a dateline of the infamous Uppsala, Sweden, that gave birth to the “Uppsala Mafia”; these guys used to run with.
		I missed the news last week that another Ex-Gizmondo executive, Carl Freer, had been arrested in LA for trying to buy a handgun, showing a badge showing him as a deputy commissioner of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority’s police department — the same strange organization to which Stefan Eriksson is tied.
		You are currently browsing the MobHappy weblog archives for the 'Gizmondo' category.
	mobhappy.com /blog1/category/gizmondo (363 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Gizmondo gadget hits the shelves
		Priced at £229, the handheld device is debuting in the UK and goes on sale in the US and mainland Europe in the next few weeks.
		The Gizmondo device packs a lot of functions inside its fl cover and is aimed at gamers and those that want more from their game-playing gadgets.
		The gadget will be available from the Gizmondo store on London's Regent Street and from several other retail partners.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/4361847.stm (452 words)

	MAVROMATIC - Gizmondo, not to be confused with Gizmodo
		Gizmondo Europe Ltd., formerly known as Gametrac Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc. announced today that its much-anticipated handheld mobile entertainment device will be marketed under the brand name of Gizmondo.
		Their Gizmondo device is best described as a futuristic multi-entertainer.
		The Gizmondo is due to be launched later this year… I have a feeling by Christmas 2004 we’ll be seeing some very cool gadgets on shelves.
	www.mavromatic.com /archives/000136 (232 words)

	Tiger Telematics Confirms Gizmondo(TM) Street Date for North America : ArriveNet Press Releases : Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The announcement follows recently press released detail of hit content from major games publishers (06/05/05: "Gizmondo Lines Up Four Ubisoft Blockbusters", and 17/05/05: "EA Backs Gizmondo With Blockbuster Titles And Co-Publishing Deal"), and a declaration that 89 games will be launching on Gizmondo this year.
		As well as demonstrating the six core functions of games, music, movies, messaging, digital camera, and onboard GPS, Gizmondo has used this globally-renowned industry event to unveil two brand new awesome gaming features, Augmented Reality and Gyroscopic Camera Technology, as well as the line up of GPS- enabled games exclusive to the format.
		The Gizmondo is powered by Microsoft Windows CE advanced real-time operating system, boasting a 2.8-inch TFT colour screen with a Samsung ARM9 400Mhz processor and incorporates the GoForce 3D 4500 NVIDIA graphics accelerator.
	press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/640601.html (726 words)

	Gizmondo Central - Homebrew
		The Reaper has done it again, though a lot less work was required by himself to get it working on the Gizmondo, it's still was out there to be done and we thank him for doing a good job of mapping the controls as well.
		released a Gizmondo port of the Sega Megadrive/Genesis emulator Picodrive.
		Dedicated site for the Gizmondo Handheld, featuring all the Latest Gizmondo News along every Gizmondo game Previewed or Reviewed, or even discuss it all in the dedicated Gizmondo Forum, every new Gizmondo game announced here first.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /justincastle (755 words)

	Wired 14.10: Gizmondo's Spectacular Crack-up
		In the early 2000s, Gizmondo rose to prominence as the maker of a handheld gaming device designed to compete with Nintendo's DS and Sony's PlayStation Portable.
		The company touted its gadget as the next big thing in pocket electronics and, at one point, talked of moving half a million units in just a few months.
		A month before Eriksson went off the road, Gizmondo declared bankruptcy, having hemorrhaged nearly $400 million in less than four years.
	wired.com /wired/archive/14.10/gizmondo.html (1156 words)

	Court hands Gizmondo Europe to liquidators \| Reg Hardware
		Gizmondo Europe has gone into liquidation after parent company Tiger Telematics' attempt to persuade the English High Court to put the subdsidiary into administration failed last week,
		The court ordered Gizmondo Europe to be wound up and placed the remains in the hands of joint liquidators David Rubin and Associates and Bigbee and Traynor.
		Today, Gizmondo Europe was still offering consoles and related products for sale via the company's web site.
	www.reghardware.co.uk /2006/02/07/gizmondo_europe_wound_up (510 words)

	Engadget
		Far be it from us to enjoy a bit of schadenfreude at a dying company's calamity (unless that company were to be Xero Mobile, perhaps, or Gizmondo), but for those interested in a sweet deal on a Prismiq device, seize the moment while they're online for cheap as they liquidate final stock.
		Just another stark reminder of what a long way it is to the top of the consumer electronics food chain, and what a short trip it is to packing up and going home, even when you won Best of CES 2003 and were one of Time's Gadgets of the Week....
		We also scored a coup of sorts in getting our hands on a hush-hush prototype of the Motorola ROKR E3, with the full deets and pics over at Engadget Mobile (and also a chance to win a SLVR while you're there).
	www.engadget.com /search/?q=gizmondo (2270 words)

	EETimes.com - Upstart game box connects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Gizmondo uses an Nvidia 3-D graphics processor, the GoForce E 4500, to supply rendered images to the display and to manipulate input from the mediocre-quality VGA-resolution camera, which is based on an Omnivision CMOS sensor.
		The rich peripheral set to the processor-memory complex takes up much of the second side of the only pc-board assembly found in the Gizmondo, where plenty of silicon implements the design's audio and RF spectrum capabilities.
		The Gizmondo design elected not to implement voice communication, despite the ability to do so with only minimal additional components.
	www.eetimes.com /news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171203690 (883 words)

	Gizmondo creator touts smart phone scheme \| The Register
		It's only just started shipping its Gizmondo handheld games console but Tiger Telematics has already said it plans to challenge the likes of Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HTC, PalmOne and Research in Motion with a smart phone product.
		Dubbed 'Bizmondo', the unit is essentially an enterprise-oriented version of the Gizmondo, incorporating that machine's GPS support, GSM/GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity, along with its MP3 audio and MPEG 4 video playback features.
		Gizmondo fishes for game coders with cash fund fly
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/11/05/tiger_smart_phone (469 words)

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