There's a potential new player in the portable video game console thanks to a new version of Hardkernel. The South Korean hardware vendor, known for its Odroid series of single-board computers (SBCs), has shared details about its latest Ubuntu-powered flagship handheld device. The Odroid-Go Super (OGS) is the third release in the popular Odroid-Go series of portable devices that features a larger screen, larger battery, and improved wireless capabilities compared to its predecessors. Primarily designed as a portable game console, the device runs Ubuntu 20.04 to emulate retro game consoles from Sony, Nintendo, Atari, Sega, and NEC.
Bigger and better
OGS has a larger five-inch 854x480 pixel LCD screen with game controllers on the left and right sides and buttons on the top edge. Odroid-Go devices have historically resembled Nintendo handhelds, and the OGS closely resembles a Nintendo Switch Lite. The only major difference is that at €80, the OGS is less than half the price of the Nintendo device it seems. The device is reportedly built around a 3326GHz quad-core Rockchip RK35 ARM Cortex-A1.3 processor with ARM Mali-G31 MP2 GPU and 1GB of DDR3L memory. OGS is designed to use a microSD card for storage and includes a mono speaker, 3,5mm headphone jack, USB 2.0 host port and a 4000mAh battery.
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(Image credit: Hardkernel) It's important to note that Odroid-Go devices can be modified to run custom images, and in fact, Hardkernel will be shipping out several pre-production samples to their developer community early next week. However, unlike previous Odroid-Go devices that were offered as DIY kits, the final OGS devices will come pre-assembled when they go on sale in late January 2021. Via: CNX-Software