{"id":641804,"date":"2013-02-07T11:04:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T16:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=753173"},"modified":"2013-02-07T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T16:04:22","slug":"wikipad-keeps-the-dream-alive-with-a-7-inch-249-gaming-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/641804","title":{"rendered":"Wikipad Keeps The Dream Alive With A 7-inch, $249 Gaming Tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/miniwikipad620_620x340.jpg?w=100&amp;h=70&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"miniwikipad620_620x340\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipad.com\/\">Wikipad<\/a> lives! After several delays, the company is ready to bring its gaming contraption to the market. The final model is different from the concepts, but it&#8217;s more portable, cheaper and much more slick. I want it.<\/p>\n<p>The Wikipad&#8217;s messages is still the same. With controls wrapping around a 7-inch screen, the Wikipad attempts to be Android&#8217;s Game Boy &#8212; it looks more like a Sega Game Gear. The company hasn&#8217;t announced an exact ship date but <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013\/02\/07\/7-inch-wikipad\/\">it&#8217;s coming this Spring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The original Wikipad used a 10.1-inch, 1280 x 800 screen and a Tegra 3 chip. It was to cost $500 and would probably have failed. Hard.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013\/02\/07\/wikipad-redesign\/\">As Engadget explains<\/a>, the company delayed the 10.1-inch model for refinement, but as it was approaching launch, the screen manufacturer discounted the Wikipad&#8217;s panel. So Wikipad charged forward towards making a smaller model, which was apparently already on the roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>The 7-inch Wikipad still rocks a 1280 x 800 screen, just in a 7-inch form. The gaming controls still backpack onto the tablet, which, still uses a Tegra 3 chip. And now at $249, the tablet actually has a chance to make it in the market. The Wikipad has a chance to be what the PS Vita should have been.<\/p>\n<p>The portable gaming world is missing a device like the $249 Wikipad: A serious, but still affordable gaming platform that can multitask. Sony missed a big opportunity with the PS Vita. The hardware on Sony&#8217;s latest portable is fantastic. It&#8217;s a powerhouse of computing, but the user experience, and reliance on physical media, stifles its ability to be something other than a gaming machine. And at $249, the PS Vita should be able to browse the web with ease and support a rich, even if it&#8217;s limited, ecosystem of apps.<\/p>\n<p>Android gaming could be the next big thing. With dedicated gaming devices like the OUYA, Game Stick and the Wikipad, there will suddenly, almost overnight, be a whole batch of devices craving new games.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-inch Wattpad is still coming, per the company&#8217;s president of sales. Look for it by Christmas 2013 and expect Tegra 4 power.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/753173\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=oojqzhwExGE:Z9b2oqrXKQY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=oojqzhwExGE:Z9b2oqrXKQY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=oojqzhwExGE:Z9b2oqrXKQY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=oojqzhwExGE:Z9b2oqrXKQY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=oojqzhwExGE:Z9b2oqrXKQY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wikipad lives! After several delays, the company is ready to bring its gaming contraption to the market. The final model is different from the concepts, but it&#8217;s more portable, cheaper and much more slick. I want it. The Wikipad&#8217;s messages is still the same. With controls wrapping around a 7-inch screen, the Wikipad attempts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}