Portable gaming is more active than ever before with new companies stepping up to take a chunk out of the industry sector that Nintendo monopolizes. One such company is Tapwave, whose first entry into the market is a product called the Zodiac. Here is my review of the PDA that is billed as both a gaming and productivity device.

In 2001, a group of industry executives, mostly hailing from Palm, decided to spurn their employers and develop a device that, as they put it, "works hard, plays harder." They wanted a handheld that did not go head-to-head with current PDAs or other portable gaming products, yet create something unique that appealed to those aged 18 through 34. Enter the Zodiac, a handheld powerful enough for 3D gaming yet as functional as any PDA on the market.