Tapwave release more details on Palm OS based gaming device

The device was announced a few months ago, and only a little detail was unveiled each month. The full figure comes out now.

The new gaming device will be launched 17 September, during the Demo Mobile exhibtion in La Jolla, California.

The first device will be called Zodiac and will cost between US$299 and US$399. The US$299 version comes with 32MB of memory and the US$399 will receive 128MB.

Bluetooth will be builtin to allow multiplayer game, and the display is a 480/320 16bit colour high resolution. The new gaming consoles will use Palm OS 5.2 and include all the organizer functionality from this system.

It's a direct competitor to Nokia n-Gage and other portable gaming devices.