While most gamers are focussed on Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS handheld consoles, a UK competitor, the Gizmondo, has announced its release date. Launching in the UK on the 29th October, the Gizmondo will then be released worldwide afterwards. I had a brief play at E3 and while the games were below par the tech stats were impressive. The Gizmondo plays movies and MP3's and has SMS and MMS capabilities along with a GPS navigation system. The latter, in particular, throws up some interesting game development ideas, but does the Gizmondo stand any chance against next year's Sony and Nintendo onslaught?