September 22^nd, 2003 (12:00am) - From a story on Edge Emulation of all places:

Tapwave, a company founded by ex-palm employees (the PDA maker) has officialy announced its handheld gaming system called Zodiac. It runs an enhanced version of the Palm OS 5.2.6 operating system, and the unit will retail for $299. Pre-orders at tapwave.com will begin in mid-September, while Zodiac is expected to ship in October. The handheld features ans analog controller, MP3 functionality, video capabilites(AVI, MPEG4,QuickTime, etc.), support for Bluetooth close-proximity multiplayer gaming, an ATI Imageon graphic accelorator, and much more.
Tapwave has games like Spy Hunter, Doom 2, Neverwinter Nights, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 dialed up for the system; but it says that the platform’s open source sensibilities will allow for developers to make untold games for Zodiac. In fact, over 400 companies have contracted Tapwave to create content for the system. Zodiac’s launch should see a mix of third-party, first-party, licensed, and Palm games.

Editor’s Notes: Interesting, but hardly surprising. It may stand a chance. But with this fierce market, don’t hold your breath.