Lilbits: Anbernic’s unusual handheld, reMarkable’s next tablet, and SteamOS 3.8

Anbernic is a Chinese company that has made a lot of handheld game consoles over the years. But a short video making the rounds shows an upcoming handheld from the company that’s unlike anything else we’ve seen from Anbernic.

At first it looks like a tiny phone with a small square touchscreen display. But then the person holding it flicks the screen so that it rotates 90 degrees while it […]

Dead Cells was ported to tiny #linux retro handhelds. This took a lot of work in recompiling the game's code to arm64, patching the game to reduce graphics calls and optimizing its assets for the reduced specs. Really impressive things are happening in this world.
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One killer feature of the #3ds, that I've yet to see replicated anywhere else, is the note-taking applet. You'd go to the home menu, tap the pencil, and you'd be able see a screenshot of the game you were playing and write/draw anything.
Having to pause my game and whip out my phone to take a note takes me out of it significantly.

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Anbernic RG Vita and RG Vita Pro are Android handheld game consoles with familiar design

Chinese handheld game console maker Anbernic is preparing to launch two new handhelds that look… a lot like an old handheld.

The upcoming Anbernic RG Vita and Anbernic RV Vita Pro are portable gaming devices with physical designs (and names) that are heavily inspired by the nearly 15-year-old Sony PlayStation Vita.

Pricing and availability information hasn’t been announced yet, but […]

Mangmi Pocket MAX now available (Android handheld with modular controllers)

The Mangmi Pocket MAX is a handheld game console with a 7 inch, 1080p 144 Hz AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor, and a modular controller system that lets you pop out and replace the D-Pad and action buttons.

First unveiled late last year, the Mangmi Pocket MAX is now available for purchase. It has a list price of $240, but customers who place an order by February 12th will […]

AYANEO offers free Pocket Air Mini handheld to Pocket S Mini customers… to make up for smaller-than-expected battery

Last year’s AYANEO Pocket Air Mini and the new Pocket S Mini are both compact handheld game consoles with 4.2 inch, 1280 x 960 pixel displays and Android-based software. But while the Pocket Air Mini is a budget device that currently sells for $90 and up, the Pocket S Mini is more of a premium handheld that starts at $319.

So it’s a little disappointing to see that a manufacturing and […]

AYANEO Pocket S Mini launches for $319 and up (Gaming handheld with a 4:3 screen and Snapdragon G3x Gen 2)

The AYANEO Pocket S Mini is a handheld game console with a 4.2 inch, 1280 x 960 pixel LCD display featuring a 4:3 aspect ratio that could make it a good fit for classic games that were designed to be played on old-school television sets or other devices with 4:3 screens.

As an Android 14-powered handheld with a Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 processor, the AYANEO Pocket S Mini should support […]

AYANEO Pocket S Mini is a smaller handheld Android game console with Snapdragon G3x Gen 2

Nearly two years after introducing the AYANEO Pocket S handheld game console with a Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 processor and a 6 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display, AYANEO is preparing to launch a smaller model that might be a better match for the “pocket” name.

The upcoming AYANEO Pocket S Mini has the same processor as its bigger sibling, but it has a smaller screen with […]

Mangmi Pocket Max: Android handheld with 144 Hz OLED display and modular controllers

The Mangmi Pocket Max is an upcoming handheld game console with a 7 inch OLED display featuring a 144 Hz refresh rate, an Android 13-based operating system, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor. While that’s a chip that was released in 2019, it was a flagship-class processor at the time and should still be speedy enough to compete with newer mid-range and budget options.

But what really […]