For video-gaming enthusiasts who don’t wish to shell out hundreds of pounds for the latest console, there may be an alternative in the form of an upcoming $20 (14) device for playing classic Atari 2600 games. The “Atari 10-in-1 TV Games” device is a basic joypad with 10 built-in 8-bit Atari games and a standard ATV output cable allowing it to connect to any standard television. The device will join a similar product, launched last year, that plays Activision games.

The device includes classics such as Centipede, Asteroids, Missile Command, Battlezone, Adventure, Combat and four others, according to Jakks Pacific, which is making the device under license from Infogrames Interactive, owner of the Atari intellectual property. It will retail under the brand of Jakks’ Toymax International subsidiary. British mobile phone developer IFone said last year it would work to put classic Atari games into mobile phones, and this year has announced deals with Ericsson and Vodafone to deliver games.

Sendo announced that first wave of applications are being developed by third party developers for the Sendo multimedia Z100 Smartphone. The applications being developed range from well-known games like Versaly. The Untouchables Pin Ball, various titles from Germany based Mobile Scope and Midway smash hit arcade classic Defender, to business applications like Word, PowerPoint and Excel viewers. The Z100 Smartphone large colour screen and the processing power of the device make it an ideal phone for games and multimedia entertainment. Sendo expects to be able to offer at launch games like The Untouchables Pin Ball and a range of games from Mobile Scope. The Swiss company Incagold is porting their award winning Slamtilt, pinball machine. Ideaworks3D will introduce its critically acclaimed Rebound! This is the first in a series of games using Ideaworks3D Segundo mobile gaming middleware, which is being used by leading game publishers to bring a large catalogue of major gaming brands to the Z100 Smartphone. As part of their wireless gaming strategy, mobile entertainment company Terra Mobile-iobox will publish Midway s retro classic Defender for the Z100. It is anticipated that more titles are to follow this year, with increased wireless functionality. US based Hexacto, also developer of Versaly The Untouchables Pin Ball and Terra Mobile-iobox Defender has fully committed to the platform and plans to release 20 Smartphone titles, among them a multiplayer Casino game, Tennis Addict and Ring a Bell a multiplayer trivia game show based on ring tones. Other games Sendo expects include Pixel Technologies Mobile Play, an online multiplayer games pack powered by Pixels JIVE technology. The games pack includes multiplayer Chess, Checkers, Poker, Spades, Backgammon and Reversi, all of which are compatible and playable on multiple platforms via Pixels JIVE servers.

Sega Mobile, a division of Sega.com, Inc. dedicated to bringing Sega content to the mobile market in North America, has formed a strategic alliance with Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS), which operates the largest all-digital, nationwide network and is the fastest growing wireless carrier. Sega will leverage its popular franchises and extensive gaming legacy to deliver the best in mobile gaming content for the highly anticipated Sprint Third Generation Network launching nationwide this summer. Sega Mobile will bring one of the first full-color mobile games to Sprint wireless customers with the launch of the hit title Monkey Ball. Sega’s simian superstars are rolling straight onto your cell phone in SEGA Monkey Ball from Sega Mobile.

The basic idea is simple enough: just guide your spherically-encased monkey to the goal line while collecting bananas along the way. Ah, but gravity is a harsh mistress, and if you tilt too far, you’ll send your monkey to the great void below. The same precarious action you expect from Monkey Ball is here in glistening 2D, along with some all-new features, including different terrains, wind, and black bananas that will redefine the term “shock the monkey.” So follow the bouncing, crashing, and plummeting ball, and start monkeying around with your wireless phone, Sega-style.

• The Nintendo GameCube hit comes straight ballin’ to cell phones.
• 15 levels filled with different gameplay elements.
• New obstacles including wind, various terrains, and yucky black bananas.
• Auto-save feature lets you suspend play at any time.
• Painstakingly rendered monkeys — you’d think you were watching
• PBS! Made for Sprint vision-enabled phones.

“The Sprint Third Generation Network enables the transformation of mobile games from the text-based experience of today to a graphic, full-color experience of console-brand games available through Sprint on its 3G-enabled PCS phones,” said Chip Novick, vice president of consumer marketing for Sprint’s PCS division. “When Sprint launches recognizable games like Monkey Ball from a top provider like Sega on its 3G Network this summer, you will inevitably see more and more Sprint customers moving their phones from their ears to their eyes as they get a little game action on the go.”  

The Nokia 3510i phone delivers a high-quality color display, MMS and JavaTM technologies in a trendy package“The Nokia 3510i brings a great quality color display to the consumer market. When you consider the additional exciting features such as MMS and Java technology, the Nokia 3510i is truly an exciting mobile phone,” Senior Vice President, Nokia Mobile Phones. “And users can personalize their phone to an unprecedented degree with our trendy functional accessory covers.”

The Nokia 3510i phone’s high-quality color display, with support for 4096 colors, enriches multimedia messages and games, and is well suited for WAP browsing. The Nokia 3510i is able to receive, send and forward multimedia messages with text-, image-, and tone content.The functional accessory covers for the Nokia 3510i also include active covers that completely light up, flashing to the rhythm of your ring tone or as a game effect.