Mi2 (console)
Encyclopedia
The Mi2, also branded as PDC Touch, is a handheld game device developed and created by Dutch
company Planet Interactive in Benelux
and branded as Mi2. The Chinese
manufacturer Conny Technology and the French
manufacturer Videojet branded it as PDC Touch Media (a officially shortened name for Pocket Dream Console Touch) in France
, Germany
, Spain
, Portugal
and the UK. It was released in October 2009, being the successor of the Pocket Dream Console
from 2005.
In 2010, and upgraded version, called the Mi2 XL, was released in Benelux only, featuring 5 more games than the original console.
, the Mi2/PDC Touch has more features than the Dingoo, such as a accelerometer
, a camera
and a touchscreen
. It also has a 16GB flash memory, with 512MB free memory. The console is aimed at under 11 year olds. When it was launched, it was priced at €99.99 in Benelux. It was then dropped down to €59.99.
The built in games are of the following categories:
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
company Planet Interactive in Benelux
Benelux
The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...
and branded as Mi2. The Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
manufacturer Conny Technology and the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
manufacturer Videojet branded it as PDC Touch Media (a officially shortened name for Pocket Dream Console Touch) in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and the UK. It was released in October 2009, being the successor of the Pocket Dream Console
Pocket Dream Console
The Pocket Dream Console is a small handheld game device created by Conny in 2005. The system was released in Japan in 2006 by Takara Tomy.It is available in different colors....
from 2005.
In 2010, and upgraded version, called the Mi2 XL, was released in Benelux only, featuring 5 more games than the original console.
Overview
With a very similar design to the DingooDingoo
The Dingoo A320 is a gaming handheld that supports music and video playback and open game development. The system features an on-board radio and recording program. It is available in two colors—white and black—with a third color, pink, announced for future release. It was released in February 2009...
, the Mi2/PDC Touch has more features than the Dingoo, such as a accelerometer
Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
, a camera
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
and a touchscreen
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
. It also has a 16GB flash memory, with 512MB free memory. The console is aimed at under 11 year olds. When it was launched, it was priced at €99.99 in Benelux. It was then dropped down to €59.99.
Games
The Mi2/PDC Touch features 100 built-in games (Mi2 XL features 105), mostly unofficial clones of other popular titles. When launched there was a promise that extra games could be downloaded (for a fee) from the internet, but it wasn't until September 2010 that this option was realized.The built in games are of the following categories:
- Animal training
- Balancing
- Bowling
- Brain training
- Camera games
- Colouring
- Drawing
- Educational
- Fashion Design
- Music Mix creation
- Puzzle
- Racing
Memory and CPU
- CPU: MIPSMIPS architectureMIPS is a reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . The early MIPS architectures were 32-bit, and later versions were 64-bit...
based processor - Memory: 16GB of which 512MB free for use
- Memory: Mini SD-Card slot
- Memory: SAMSUNG K9GAG08U0M-PCB0 16GB NAND Flash
- Memory: Etrontech EM63A165TS-6G - 16Mega x 16 Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)
Features
- A/V portAudio and video connectorAudio connectors and video connectors are electrical connectors for carrying audio signal and video signal, of either analog or digital format. Analog A/V connectors often use Shielded cable to inhibit radio frequency interference and noise.- Audio only :Audio connectors are electrical...
: The system can be connected to a TV or other equipment with a custom cable for composite video and mono audio (included). - Mini USB B connector.
- Mini headphone jack.
- Microphone
- MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
files for audio/music - MP4 and AVIAviAVI may refer to:* Avi , the pen name of children's author Edward Irving Wortis* Audio Video Interleave, a multimedia container format and file type* AVI BioPharma, a biopharmaceutical company* AVI Foodsystems, a food service company...
files for video - JPEGJPEGIn computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
files for images, using PhotoFrame - Buttons: D-padD-padA D-pad is a flat, usually thumb-operated directional control with one button on each point, found on nearly all modern video game console gamepads, game controllers, on the remote control units of some television and DVD players, and smart phones...
, shoulder buttons, menu buttons, and four action buttons - 3.5" backlit TFT LCDTFT LCDThin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
screen. - Touch screen
- Motion sensor
- 0.3 megapixel camera
Power, Display, Audio and Accessories
- Power: Built in 1200 mAh battery
- Display: Full colour
- Display: Resolution: 320x240
- Display: Backlight
- Audio: Headset output
- Audio: Stereo speakers
- Accessories: Touch-screen stylus
- Accessories: Hand-strap
- Accessories: Headset
- Accessories: AV cable