AYANEO’s Ice Pink Handheld Makes Its Hardware Part of the Decoration
AYANEO’s KONKR Pocket ADVANCE Ice Pink Limited Edition brings a softer palette to a familiar handheld shape. Its translucent pink shell reveals the structure beneath,…
Gaming Handheld
This DIY PlayStation 2 Handheld Gives a Foldable Phone Screen a New Job
The PlayStation 2 was never something you could casually slip into a bag, unless you planned to bring a screen and controller along for the…
AYN Odin 3 Portal Handheld Pairs a Flat Glass Front With Sculpted Grips
Putting a large screen on a gaming handheld is easy compared with making the whole thing comfortable to hold. AYN’s Odin 3 Portal approaches that…
Anbernic RG DDS brings 3DS-inspired design and Snapdragon power to dual-screen gaming
Following the success of RG DS and the more recent RG DS Plus, Anbernic is taking its dual-screen handheld lineup in a more powerful direction…
ModRetro’s $149 Handheld Has Nothing to Hide, Including Its Circuits
Retro handhelds have a habit of hiding modern electronics inside shells that pretend time stopped decades ago. ModRetro’s transparent Chromatic does the opposite and pays…
The FPGB Mini Is Barely Wider Than a Game Boy Cartridge, and Plays One
A Game Boy cartridge used to feel small in your palm, a flat plastic rectangle dwarfed by the console it slotted into. The FPGB Mini…
The Mac Mini Belongs on a Desk, This Build Runs It From Your Hands
Most people who outgrow a Mac Mini just buy a bigger one. One builder went the opposite direction, gutting an M4 Mac Mini down to…
Retroid Pocket Duo makes dual-screen gaming feel fresh again with its modern clamshell design
There is something immediately satisfying about a handheld that refuses to make two screens behave like one. Retroid’s new Pocket Duo takes that idea and…
Clear-Shell Game Boys Never Made the Screen Transparent, Arduview Did
Every gadget on a desk is built to hide what makes it work. Phones, consoles, controllers, they’re all sealed slabs designed to keep the copper…
Acer’s DualPlay Mini Is What Happens When a Steam Deck Meets a Laptop
Acer’s Project DualPlay Mini refuses to pick a lane between gaming and work, and that refusal is the whole point. Revealed as a concept at…
Acer’s IFA 2026 Handheld Packs Flagship Specs Into 7 Compact Inches
Acer’s Predator Atlas 7 proves that a gaming handheld doesn’t need to look like a slab of plastic armor to feel powerful. Unveiled at IFA…
This ROG Ally X Mod Snaps On a 120Hz Second Screen, Then Off Again
Dual-screen handhelds usually mean buying an entirely new device built around that gimmick from the ground up. This ROG Ally X mod skips that purchase…
Cloud Gaming Handhelds Need Wi-Fi, so Lenovo Built One That Doesn’t
Most cloud gaming handhelds are hostages to a Wi-Fi signal. No internet, no games. Lenovo’s new Legion Cloud Gaming Handheld, announced August 25 in China,…
Most Gaming Handhelds Make You Choose, But the Win Max 3 Doesn’t
Most handheld gaming PCs ask you to accept a single, fixed compromise between power, battery life, and weight. The GPD Win Max 3 refuses that…
This Arduino-Powered Retro Handheld Is One Anyone Can Build at Home
DIY handheld gaming has always had a ceiling for newcomers. Most builds require custom-designed PCBs, hard-to-find specialized connectors, and at least a few evenings spent…
Anbernic RG SP is an ultra-slim, modern reinterpretation of the Game Boy Advance SP
Game Boy SP Advance, released way back in 2003, captured the imagination of portable gaming fanatics for all the good reasons. The retro handheld still…