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Nvidia’s Android-based portable gaming device known as Shield will be released in June with a $349 price tag, the company said Tuesday.
Preorders for Shield — no longer dubbed “Project Shield” — began Tuesday for those who had signed up to receive Shield updates from Nvidia. The general public can preorder Shield starting Monday, May 20.
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Nvidia debuted Shield at CES 2013. The portable gaming system comes in the shape of a console gaming controller and includes a 5-inch capacitive touch screen with 1,280×720-pixel resolution. The device runs all Google Play apps and can stream full PC games from high-end Nvidia-based PCs over Wi-Fi.
Specs include a 1.9GHz Tegra 4 processor with 2GB of RAM. The device ships with an unskinned, “pure” version of Android 4.2.1. Nvidia says to expect frequent updates.
It also features 16GB of storage, Mini-HDMI, Micro-USB 2.0, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, and a microSD card slot for storage expansion. 802.11n 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi, integrated speakers, and a headphone jack round out the specifications.
For more details on how Shield’s streaming feature works and for hands-on impressions, check out CNET’s First Take.
