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Commodore Set to Return

Startup to Reborn Commodore

by Anton Shilov

[ 12/18/2005 | 07:40 AM ]

Commodore brand-name is well known for computer enthusiasts as a gaming platform of the eighties and early nineties. Many people still adore this trademark and a startup from The Netherlands seems to know this: recently Yeahronimo Media Ventures acquired rights for the brand and is gearing up to unveil consumer electronics devices at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in less than a month.

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The company has said it plans to launch three products at the show. The Commodore MediaBox is an all-in-one home entertainment box with an Internet connection, digital TV tuner and hard drive for playing music downloads, games or on-demand video. The Commodore Navigator is a Windows CE-based portable device with a 20GB hard drive for music and video storage as well as built-in GPS and a 3.6” touch screen, reports CNET News.com.

Currently Commodore already sells portable music and video players as well as some retro gaming devices via its web-site.