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The Game Bub is an upcoming handheld game console designed to play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games. Like most modern handhelds it can handle ROM files. But you can also use cartridges, making this a modern device that functions a lot like the original hardware. In fact, it even supports link cables for multiplayer gaming and special features that were only used by a handful of games thanks to rumble, accelerometer, gyroscope, and real-time clock functions.

The Clicks Communicator is a modern smartphone that borrows some ideas from classic BlackBerry phones. Made by the same folks behind the Clicks keyboard cases for existing phones, the company's first full-fledged phone has a square screen, a QWERTY keyboard, and a customized Android interface. Clicks began taking pre-orders for the Communicator at the start of the year, and plans to begin shipping the phone by the end of 2026. But up until recently, the company hadn't really had working hardware to show off. Now it does. In other recent tech news from around the web, a new dock for the…

Anbernic is a Chinese company that's responsible for a lot of the cheap-but-sometimes-decent handheld game consoles that have flooded the market in recent years. But the current tit-for-tat tariff battle between the US and China has prompted the company to suspend shipments from China to the US starting today. Customers in the US can still place orders for Anbernic handhelds.

Most modern handheld gaming devices are designed to let you play PC, mobile, or console games on the go. But the Ink Console is something different. It's positioned as a cross between a game console and an eBook reader, developer Dana Puch plans to launch a Crowd Supply crowdfunding campaign for the device on March 1. While most modern game systems have full-color displays and powerful graphics processors capable of delivering high frame rates, the Ink Console has a black and white E Ink display and a low-power ESP32-D0WDQ6 dual-core 32-bit microprocessor.

AYANEO has released a wide range of handheld gaming hardware over the past few years, but one thing the company hasn't really offered yet is truly cheap hardware for gamers on a budget. Most of the company's Windows handhelds are high-end devices with premium price tags. And while AYANEO's Android devices tend to be a little more affordable, they're not exactly impulse purchases.

Handheld game console maker Anbernic has revealed some of the features of the upcoming Anbernic RG Slide. We already knew that this was going to be the company's first device with a PSP Go-like design featuring a screen that slides upward to reveal a game controller. Now we know more about that screen... and a bit about what the RG Slide can do.

E Ink displays offer a paper-like viewing experience that makes them a good fit for eBook readers and digital signage. They consume less power than LCD or AMOLED screens, emit no light, and can be viewed using ambient light only. But they also tend to have much lower screen refresh rates than other display technologies which is why, with a few…

Anbernic makes a lot of handheld game consoles, most of which are relatively inexpensive devices capable of playing games designed for older consoles. But the new Anbernic RG557 has the kind of hardware you might expect to find in a decent mid-range smartphone. A recent teaser video suggests that it should be able to handle recent Android games as well as Wii U emulation.

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 a 4:3 aspect ratio that could make it a better fit for retro gaming.

Two years after releasing the Retroid Pocket Flip handheld game console with a 4.7 inch display and a clamshell design, Retroid is ready for round two. The new Retroid Pocket Flip2 has a similar design to its predecessor, but it brings a few key upgrades. It has a bigger screen, faster processor options (there are two this time around), and an improved controller that should be easier to actually use.

The Nintendo Switch has been a wildly successful game console since it first launched in 2017. So what's Nintendo planning for its next game console? Something similar... but bigger in just about every way that matters. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be available June 5 for $450. It goes up for pre-order on April 9. And it has a bigger and better screen, more processing power, more storage more versatile controllers, support for next-gen games 

The Anerbernic RG DS is a handheld game console that looks a lot like a Nintendo DS... if Nintendo's classic dual-screen handheld had analog sticks and ran Android. Anbernic began promoting the handheld in October, and now the company is taking pre-orders for $94 and up. The handheld is expected to begin shipping in mid-December. The starting price includes a pre-order discount - retail prices will start at $100, and customers can pay a bit extra for bundles that include 128GB or 256GB microSD cards.

The line between PC and mobile devices is getting blurrier all the time. Apple's MacBook Neo uses an Arm-based processor made for iPhones... and still manages to outperform many mid-range Windows laptops with Intel or AMD processors. Qualcomm is making some of the fastest laptop chips available for Windows PCs today. And emulation software allows you to run some x86 apps and games on Arm-based processors, as well as play some Windows games on Linux systems.

The "de minimis" exemption that allowed packages worth $800 or less to be shipped duty-free to the US is officially gone. The Trump administration ended the exemption for goods shipped from China and Hong Kong earlier this year, and now it has also ended for items shipped from all other countries... at the same time that the US government has imposed tariffs ranging from 10-percent to 50-percent for goods shipped from most countries.

Once upon a time, Plex was a free app that was a fork of XBMC (Kodi) that you could use as a full-screen media player on a computer, or to stream media over a local network. And you can still use it for those things. But these days Plex also offers ad-supported TV & movie streaming, and subscription services that let you stream your personal media collection over the internet (so you can watch on vacation or share with friends), among other things. A Plex Pass subscription runs $7 per month or $70 per year.

The Retroid Pocket Classic is a new gaming handheld with an old-school design that's heavily inspired by classic consoles like the Nintendo Game Boy. But with a 3.92 inch, 1240 x 1080 pixel, 500 nit AMOLED display and an unspecified 4nm Qualcomm processor, this little device has plenty of modern bits as well. Retroid will begin selling the Pocket Classic on March 17, 2025 with prices starting at $119 for a model with 4GB of LPDDR4x-2133 RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage.

The Retroid Pocket 6 is a handheld game console with a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel AMOLED display featuring a 120 Hz refresh rate, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, and up to 12GB of LPDDR5X memory and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. In other words, it has the kind of hardware you might have found in a flagship smartphone two or three years ago.

The AYANEO Pocket AIR Mini is a handheld game system that probably wouldn't generate much buzz in 2025 if it weren't for the fact that it's the by far the cheapest console from AYANEO to date. Up until recently the company has really specialized in high-end hardware with bleeding-edge specs, but the Pocket AIR Mini is a budget device for folks looking to do some retro gaming without spending a lot of money.