Look. It’s late, I’m tired, and I’m probably not able to form much in the way of a coherent idea, but since a few of your have flipped your lids about today’s earlier Tapwave Zodiac post, I’m going to ignore my usual policy of calling you all retarded and having another beer and respond.
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/pdas/palm/index.php#tapwave-gives-up-on-zodiac-102171
Dear Zodiac purchasers: I’m sorry that your device, while pretty great, is doomed. It’s not that it’s a bad piece of hardware from an evil company—as #gizmodo irc regular Ami B pointed out, it’s a fantastic platform for emulator games—but it’s going up against not only Nintendo, the grandaddy of portable gaming, but Sony, whose PSP has redefined what portable gaming can be. I don’t know the Tapwave people from Adam; I bet they’re great guys with a lot of interesting ideas. But if they’re talking about “starting to transition from offering Tapwave branded retail products to developing new co-branded products for OEM partners,” that doesn’t say to me that the Zodiac has a ton of life left in it. It’s not that it’s a bad device; really. But in a market where two titans of videogaming are slugging it out, niche players are going to have to adapt and respond. That doesn’t mean Tapwave is out of the gaming game—but it’s pretty clear to everyone except die-hard Zodiac fans that their first (two?) generation(s) of hardware are down for the count. It happens—don’t take it so personally.
