BRITISH PREMIERE OF TIGER TELEMATICS' MULTI-ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE, GIZMONDO, AT THE 2004 EUROPEAN GAMES NETWORK
In anticipation of the upcoming launch in the UK the Next Generation Handheld will be displayed at EGN
LONDON, 1 September, 2004 - Gizmondo, the eagerly anticipated, new handheld multi-entertainment device from Tiger Telematics (NASDAQ:TGTL) will be showcased this week at the 2004 European Games Network (EGN), September 1 - 3, at ExCeL in London. EGNExpo is the UK's premier trade show targeting computer/video games suppliers, publishers, developers, distributors and the gaming industry as a whole. The Gizmondo booth located at the Game Star Live stand C4, provide many attendees with the opportunity to experience the fully functioning gaming device for the first time.
The Gizmondo, powered by a Microsoft Windows CE.net platform, boasts a 2.8-inch TFT color screen with an ARM9 400Mhz processor and incorporates a 64-bit graphics accelerator. It provides cutting-edge gaming, multimedia messaging, an MP3 music player, MPEG 4 movie playing capability, a digital camera and a GPRS network link to allow wide-area network gaming. Additionally, it contains a GPS chip for location-based services, is equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming and accepts MMC card accessories.
"The Gizmondo represents something revolutionary, something completely new in the world of consoles and something next level in terms of gaming," said Carl Freer, Managing Director of Gizmondo Europe, Ltd. "In addition to the whole range of entertainment features, its unique GPS and GPRS technologies extend the reach of gamers to a new, virtual level never experienced before."
The Gizmondo will be launched together with a variety of content including games with GPS function that incorporates a player's physical location into the game itself and ability to receive personalised adverts. For more information on content, technical specifications etc, see www.gizmondo.com For more information on EGN visit www.europeangamesnetwork.co.uk
Gizmondo is scheduled for launch in the UK in the fourth quarter this year.
About Tiger Telematics and Gizmondo
Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc. (Other OTCBB: TGTL) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment device. Set to launch in late 2004, the gaming device, includes music, video, messaging and picture functions.
Tiger is a designer, developer and marketer of mobile telematics systems and services that combine global GPS functions and voice recognition technology to locate and track vehicles and people down to street level in countries throughout the world. The systems are designed to operate on GPS and are currently being marketed to GSM current and potential subscribers, primarily by the company's United Kingdom based subsidiaries.
For further information on Gizmondo please contact:
Patrik Wallgren, Head of Global Public Relations
+44 7813 64 77 52
Mike Carrender, CEO
Tiger Telematics, Inc.
+1 904-279-9240
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