Topic: Phantom - Next *PC* Gaming Console?

[Malystryx_XC]

Hmm... it seems the much hyped and until now vaporware Phantom console could be a reality.  Check out this article on 1up.com discussing reviewers impression after having seen a fully operational prototype.

 Phantom Console

Kinda cool the way it is described...  Would such a concept sell to the consumer?

BTW... I took note of the company's stock symbol "IFLB.OB" and saw that it was up $4.00 today.   Looks like there are some investors out there that are hoping to cash in.  

[Sirgod]

Quote:
Hmm... it seems the much hyped and until now vaporware Phantom console could be a reality.  Check out this article on 1up.com discussing reviewers impression after having seen a fully operational prototype.

 Phantom Console

Kinda cool the way it is described...  Would such a concept sell to the consumer?

BTW... I took note of the company's stock symbol "IFLB.OB" and saw that it was up $4.00 today.   Looks like there are some investors out there that are hoping to cash in.  

I'm kinda watching this , have been for abit. But It may not be all It's hyped up to be. Hey If It is, I'll be happy.

 link

Phantom is unveiled at CES - sort of

Rob Fahey 14:43 09/01/2004
Amazingly, an unveiling which tells us even less than the last "unveiling"


Infinium Labs' proposed console, the Phantom, has made a showing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as announced by the company earlier this week, but only in the form of a box which was not switched on.

The Florida-based start-up showed off a Phantom console on the Windows Embedded Device showcase stand at the event, but although the system sported a full array of connectors on the backplate, it was not powered up or demonstrated in any way.

In terms of physical design, the box is almost exactly the same as the previously seen concept art and renders, and its size belies the standard PC components from which it is built.

However, the fact that Infinium Labs did not properly demonstrate the console working is likely to add fuel to speculation that the entire project is some form of elaborate hoax or scam - even though this seems increasingly unlikely.

The presence of the Phantom on the Windows Embedded Device stand, if nothing else, proves that if Infinium Labs is a hoax, it is a hoax which has taken in Microsoft along with several other key companies in the industry.

Hoax or not, however, such a lacklustre and content free unveiling for the machine on its firStephenst public outing is unlikely to boost confidence in the device, which promises a "new way to deliver content" for the games industry, ever actually making it to the market.
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I have to wonder If they are using Press, to generate the funds to Make It ?  I'll be honest, I hope It does get made, and It is a smash, It's abilities look good to me.

Stephen
 

[Elvis]

Too many holes in the story. The hotel room had a plasma tv but no broadband connection. He held the console, but did not play anything on it, in my mind it still is vaporware.  

[Iceman]

I'm forced to call Shennagins on the whole thing.  I'm just very skeptical of a company that shows less and promises more.  

[Monty]

Quote:
Too many holes in the story. The hotel room had a plasma tv but no broadband connection. He held the console, but did not play anything on it, in my mind it still is vaporware.  

I think he did play one:

Quote:

As the specs show, it's a fairly kick ass PC. Games then run admirably, duh. We only had time to play Return to Castle Wolfenstein and it flew without stutter.

Though not through the buffering technology described- lack of the afore mentioned broadband connection.

I hope the idea kicks off- sounds kinda cool.  

[Malystryx_XC]

Hmm... it seems the much hyped and until now vaporware Phantom console could be a reality.  Check out this article on 1up.com discussing reviewers impression after having seen a fully operational prototype.

 Phantom Console

Kinda cool the way it is described...  Would such a concept sell to the consumer?

BTW... I took note of the company's stock symbol "IFLB.OB" and saw that it was up $4.00 today.   Looks like there are some investors out there that are hoping to cash in.  

[Sirgod]

Quote:
Hmm... it seems the much hyped and until now vaporware Phantom console could be a reality.  Check out this article on 1up.com discussing reviewers impression after having seen a fully operational prototype.

 Phantom Console

Kinda cool the way it is described...  Would such a concept sell to the consumer?

BTW... I took note of the company's stock symbol "IFLB.OB" and saw that it was up $4.00 today.   Looks like there are some investors out there that are hoping to cash in.  

I'm kinda watching this , have been for abit. But It may not be all It's hyped up to be. Hey If It is, I'll be happy.

 link

Phantom is unveiled at CES - sort of

Rob Fahey 14:43 09/01/2004
Amazingly, an unveiling which tells us even less than the last "unveiling"


Infinium Labs' proposed console, the Phantom, has made a showing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as announced by the company earlier this week, but only in the form of a box which was not switched on.

The Florida-based start-up showed off a Phantom console on the Windows Embedded Device showcase stand at the event, but although the system sported a full array of connectors on the backplate, it was not powered up or demonstrated in any way.

In terms of physical design, the box is almost exactly the same as the previously seen concept art and renders, and its size belies the standard PC components from which it is built.

However, the fact that Infinium Labs did not properly demonstrate the console working is likely to add fuel to speculation that the entire project is some form of elaborate hoax or scam - even though this seems increasingly unlikely.

The presence of the Phantom on the Windows Embedded Device stand, if nothing else, proves that if Infinium Labs is a hoax, it is a hoax which has taken in Microsoft along with several other key companies in the industry.

Hoax or not, however, such a lacklustre and content free unveiling for the machine on its firStephenst public outing is unlikely to boost confidence in the device, which promises a "new way to deliver content" for the games industry, ever actually making it to the market.
---------------------------------------------------------------

I have to wonder If they are using Press, to generate the funds to Make It ?  I'll be honest, I hope It does get made, and It is a smash, It's abilities look good to me.

Stephen
 

[Elvis]

Too many holes in the story. The hotel room had a plasma tv but no broadband connection. He held the console, but did not play anything on it, in my mind it still is vaporware.  

[Iceman]

I'm forced to call Shennagins on the whole thing.  I'm just very skeptical of a company that shows less and promises more.  

[Monty]

Quote:
Too many holes in the story. The hotel room had a plasma tv but no broadband connection. He held the console, but did not play anything on it, in my mind it still is vaporware.  

I think he did play one:

Quote:

As the specs show, it's a fairly kick ass PC. Games then run admirably, duh. We only had time to play Return to Castle Wolfenstein and it flew without stutter.

Though not through the buffering technology described- lack of the afore mentioned broadband connection.

I hope the idea kicks off- sounds kinda cool.  

[Malystryx_XC]

Hmm... it seems the much hyped and until now vaporware Phantom console could be a reality.  Check out this article on 1up.com discussing reviewers impression after having seen a fully operational prototype.

 Phantom Console

Kinda cool the way it is described...  Would such a concept sell to the consumer?

BTW... I took note of the company's stock symbol "IFLB.OB" and saw that it was up $4.00 today.   Looks like there are some investors out there that are hoping to cash in.  

[Sirgod]

Quote:
Hmm... it seems the much hyped and until now vaporware Phantom console could be a reality.  Check out this article on 1up.com discussing reviewers impression after having seen a fully operational prototype.

 Phantom Console

Kinda cool the way it is described...  Would such a concept sell to the consumer?

BTW... I took note of the company's stock symbol "IFLB.OB" and saw that it was up $4.00 today.   Looks like there are some investors out there that are hoping to cash in.  

I'm kinda watching this , have been for abit. But It may not be all It's hyped up to be. Hey If It is, I'll be happy.

 link

Phantom is unveiled at CES - sort of

Rob Fahey 14:43 09/01/2004
Amazingly, an unveiling which tells us even less than the last "unveiling"


Infinium Labs' proposed console, the Phantom, has made a showing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as announced by the company earlier this week, but only in the form of a box which was not switched on.

The Florida-based start-up showed off a Phantom console on the Windows Embedded Device showcase stand at the event, but although the system sported a full array of connectors on the backplate, it was not powered up or demonstrated in any way.

In terms of physical design, the box is almost exactly the same as the previously seen concept art and renders, and its size belies the standard PC components from which it is built.

However, the fact that Infinium Labs did not properly demonstrate the console working is likely to add fuel to speculation that the entire project is some form of elaborate hoax or scam - even though this seems increasingly unlikely.

The presence of the Phantom on the Windows Embedded Device stand, if nothing else, proves that if Infinium Labs is a hoax, it is a hoax which has taken in Microsoft along with several other key companies in the industry.

Hoax or not, however, such a lacklustre and content free unveiling for the machine on its firStephenst public outing is unlikely to boost confidence in the device, which promises a "new way to deliver content" for the games industry, ever actually making it to the market.
---------------------------------------------------------------

I have to wonder If they are using Press, to generate the funds to Make It ?  I'll be honest, I hope It does get made, and It is a smash, It's abilities look good to me.

Stephen
 

[Elvis]

Too many holes in the story. The hotel room had a plasma tv but no broadband connection. He held the console, but did not play anything on it, in my mind it still is vaporware.  

[Iceman]

I'm forced to call Shennagins on the whole thing.  I'm just very skeptical of a company that shows less and promises more.  

[Monty]

Quote:
Too many holes in the story. The hotel room had a plasma tv but no broadband connection. He held the console, but did not play anything on it, in my mind it still is vaporware.  

I think he did play one:

Quote:

As the specs show, it's a fairly kick ass PC. Games then run admirably, duh. We only had time to play Return to Castle Wolfenstein and it flew without stutter.

Though not through the buffering technology described- lack of the afore mentioned broadband connection.

I hope the idea kicks off- sounds kinda cool.