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eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect)

China’s company eDoo will be announcing later this year the launch of the “eBox”, which will provide gaming and entertainment experience just through the body actions detected by a webcam-style device, and no other controllers will be needed. Thinking Kinect?

This is what it seems a leaked image of the eBox:

China’s government announced recently that they will not allow the commercialization of XBOX Kinect device; but as always, people are always looking for a workaround, and the eBox device is appearing.

There are no official announcements, but apparently more news will appear in November and possibly the launch of this product will be on 2011. XBOX games won’t be supported by the eBOX console, but there are currently working 16 professional teams, some of them have developed games for Xbox 360 and Wii, from 8 countries will take part in the development of eBox’s games.

When I see this pic, I cannot avoid thinking about the other Chinese invention this year: The iPed.

Slim PS3 arriving and all rumors confirmed

As we’ve been discussing it before, it is finally official, Sony is releasing in this September, the new Play Station 3 console model. Confirming that this is a slim one, including a price cut and with an internal HD 120gb. Not bad uh?

Here are the facts so far about the new PS3:

• Available in the first week of september (yes! just a few days more).
• 120gb internal hard drive.
• 22% smaller and around 36% lighter.
• New refrigeration system. Apparently won’t over heat all that much as the earlier versions.
• The processor still is a 45nm Cell model but consumes less energy. Current PS3 owners will know that this is an important feature.
• New feature “BRAVIA Sync”. If you also are the owner of a Sony BRAVIA TV you will be able to control the XrossMediaVar using your PS3. Also the sandby feature will let you turn off the console automatically when the TV turns off.

Here are some comparison photos with the previous models: