 SHENZHEN, Guangdong, March 20 — Entertainment cube FunBox, which mobile telco ZTE and Internet firm The9 released yesterday for the Chinese console market, packs Tegra4 power and comes in a choice of 12 colours. Online sales don’t actually start until April, ZTE9 having tied up a deal to supply Chinese shopping site JD.com with its new entertainment cube. Gaming, video chat and online video are the cubic console’s three pillars, with ZTE9 chairman Hou Weiguo promising a “comprehensive ecosystem that encompasses hardware, content and channels”, aiming for a consumer-grade, “high-quality home entertainment experience”. Internally, the Tegra4 chip sits alongside a 72-core GeForce graphics processor that boasts 2GB of DDR3L memory, while 8GB of flash memory serves the unit as a whole. It might have trouble facing up to a PlayStation 4 or a laptop PC, but in terms of specs and stated aims the FunBox has more in common with Android-powered micro-consoles such as the Ouya, GameStick, and Amazon’s expected variant. As a result, its particular combination of components led the ZTE9 press release to dub it “the highest performance home entertainment console currently available globally” — though whether it will be released internationally is considered doubtful. — AFP/Relaxnews
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