Wikipad specs get real: 10.1-inch 1,280 x 800 display, 1.4 GHz Tegra 3, Jelly Bean

[Cary Preston]

The Wikipad gaming tablet has been ticking off boxes on its way to becoming a real product, and after bedding down with Gaikai game streaming and settling in to a 10.1-inch form factor, the rest of the hardware is now set. The chunky handheld will brandish an IPS display with 1,280 x 800 resolution, NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 quad-core 1.4GHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, at least 16GB storage and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Other notable items include 8-megapixel rear / 2-megapixel front cameras, six hours continuous gaming battery life and a 2D-only screen instead of the 3D originally touted -- at least, for the first model. The controller remains the same with a pair of triggers, bumpers, joysticks and start/select buttons, and will cover the slate's speakers and route sound out the front. The rest of the story is yet to come, namely exactly what that price will be and when you'll actually be able to pew-pew with it, but the company has promised to 'fess up soon. Meanwhile, though airy for a tablet at 560 grams (1.2 pounds), it's not exactly PS Vita or Nintendo 3DS XL territory -- but then a heavyweight contender could be exactly what handheld gaming needs.

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[Luke Jaconetti]

Honestly, I don't think this is a real contender against the DS and 3DS.  Handheld gaming needs to have a small form factor, be pick-up-and-go, and be super simple to get games for.  While in my mind buying a physical game and putting it in the machine will always be easier than buying through an app store, I understand that my results are not typical and thus I am willing to fudge on the last one. 

 

But!

 

This thing is huge.  It's not "pick-up-and-go" by any measure.  It looks heavy and clunky.  And it certainly is not compact.  My GBA SP is only slightly bigger than a cell phone; I sometimes will forget that I have it in my pocket. 

 

Most games which are designed for tablets don't need a controller; I suppose that you could emulate games on it but why bother with a tablet just for that when you can do it on any number of other tablets?

I am just not seeing the appeal of this device unless it's supposed to be an "all in one" gaming and regular tablet device, at which point the controller buttons will seem a little silly when you whip it out in a meeting. :)