Items tagged with handhelds

Have you read our review of the MSI Claw 8 AI+? If you haven't, please do! We were quite fond of the machine and had a lot of nice things to say about it, although one of our complaints was about the aesthetics; the odd beige color that MSI chose for the system's handgrips gave it a very unusual vibe. Well, MSI's... Read more...
The first-generation MSI Claw was based on an Intel Meteor Lake processor, and then the second-generation Claw, for which we have a review forthcoming, is based on Lunar Lake. As a preview for our review, it offers broadly similar performance to handhelds based on AMD's Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Well, it looks like the next... Read more...
Nintendo is going to make us wait for its next Direct event on April 2, 2025 (one day after April Fools') to find out more details about its upcoming Switch 2 console, which we anticipate will reveal more information about the hardware specifications, features, and capabilities. We should also get clarity on pricing... Read more...
To state the obvious, PC gaming is not only alive and well, but thriving. Need proof? Just look at the bevy of products announced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Among them is an array of gaming hardware from Lenovo, which used the event as a launchpad for several new gaming handhelds, laptops... Read more...
Some of you reading this may not even be aware that Acer has already thrown its hat into the handheld gaming ring. In what's quickly become a battle royale of participants, companies like ASUS (ROG Ally/Ally X), Lenovo (Legion Go), MSI (Claw), and of course Valve (Steam Deck) tend to hog the limelight. Be that as it... Read more...
GDP, a China-based developer of high-quality mini laptops running Windows, UMPC, and Android handheld game consoles has bumped the current Win Max 2 handheld-laptop hybrid gaming machine from a Ryzen 7 8840U to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU, among other upgrades. The company claims that the newly-improved... Read more...
The handheld arms race continues to heat up, this time with some tidbits of information for a potential Lenovo Legion Go S. The original Legion Go was released in November of 2023, featuring AMD's Ryzen Z1 chip. The refreshed Legion Go S supposedly will be packing the latest AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chip, which is a Rembrandt... Read more...
Nintendo still is not ready to reveal a successor to its immensely popular Switch console just yet, but it is sharing some additional information that will come as great news to owners of current generation Switch consoles, especially those with big game libraries. In a post on X/Twitter, Nintendo President Shuntaro... Read more...
If anyone needs further proof that the PC gaming handheld market is thriving, just look at the wave of iterative and generational upgrades that have either already been released (like the Steam Deck OLED and ASUS ROG Ally X) or are in the pipeline. Pertaining to the latter, Lenovo has taken to the Eurasian Economic... Read more...
At some point, Valve is going to release a Steam Deck 2 (even if it ends up being called something different). And when it does arrive, it could sport some notable upgrades, including variable refresh rate (VRR) support and longer batter life, compared to the Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED. That said, don't expect... Read more...
It certainly is an interesting experience sitting anywhere in the house and loading up PlayStation 5 game, without being next to Sony's console. This is what Sony's PlayStation Portal has allowed owners of the console to do, and it has been surprisingly successful. Due to this surprise success, it appears Sony is now... Read more...
The next product in Ayaneo's Remake collection, which pays homage to gaming hardware of years past, has just launched. Known as the Flip, this handheld gaming PC actually comes in two forms that are fundamentally similar, yet have one big difference. They sport gorgeous 7" 120Hz LCD screens, Hall-effect inputs, and... Read more...