Gizmondo incoming

I played with a prototype at E3 last year and feared it may never appear, but now it looks like the Gizmondo is finally coming out. The UK launch date is the 19th March and will coincide with the remarkably brave/foolish opening of a "flagship store" on Regents Street in London. The Gizmondo is an odd-looking, but feature-packed handheld that includes a decent 3D graphics chip for gaming, plus MP3 and Mpeg4 music and video capabilities. But the real appeal is in the addition of a GPS chip which throws up some interesting gaming avenues. At £229 it is almost certainly going to cost more than the PSP, but the Gizmondo has the spec to be a contender and I predict cult status by next year.