Gizmondo maker Tiger Telematics will next year offer a widescreen version of the handheld games console, the company's CEO has revealed, the better to compete with the PSP.

"We're looking at bringing out future generations early next year, a widescreen version of our device that's not dissimilar in the size to the screen of the Sony PSP," Tiger chief Mike Carrender said last week, in an interview (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=999&Itemid=2) with US console magazine Next Generation.

The PSP sports a 4.3in display, the Gizmondo a 2.8in job.

It's a brave - some might say foolhardy - statement to make. The Gizmondo has yet to launch in the US - it's due in October, after being postponed from early August - but the company is already talking about successor models.

Tiger has also pledged to ship 'Bizmondo', a business-oriented smart-phone product.

Carrender confirmed that the US market will see standard Gizmondos priced at $400 alongside the cheaper, advertising-subsidised version, which will cost $239. ®

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