Cybiko
The Cybiko is a line of personal digital assistants and handheld game consoles first released by Cybiko Inc. in 2000. Cybiko Inc. was a startup company founded by David Yang; the eponymous PDA was first test marketed in New York in April 2000 and rolled out nationwide in May 2000. It was designed for teens, featuring its own two-way radio text messaging system. It has over 430 "official" freeware games and applications. It features a rubber QWERTY keyboard. An MP3 player add-on with a SmartMedia card slot was made for the unit as well. Cybikos can communicate with each other up to a maximum range of 100 meters (330 ft). Several Cybikos can chat with each other in a wireless chatroom. By the end of 2000, the Cybiko Classic had sold over 500,000 units. The company stopped manufacturing the units after two product versions and a few years on the market.
Cybiko Classic with antenna extended, displaying the main desktop | |
| Developer | Cybiko Inc. |
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| Type | Handheld game console / PDA |
| Generation | Sixth generation |
| Release date | April 2000 |
| CPU | Hitachi H8S Family |
| Display | 160×100 4 bit greyscale LCD |
| Dimensions | 2.2 by 7.1 by 14.5 centimetres (0.87 in × 2.80 in × 5.71 in) |
| Mass | 122 grams (4.3 oz) |
| Successor | Cybiko Xtreme |