Digital distribution is all well and good, but your games platform - whatever it might be - needs to be connected to the internet or the whole system falls apart. For many countries, this makes machines like the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS and even an iPod touch a lot less enticing.
So it's here that the Zeebo is aimed. This is essentially a powerful smartphone inside a living room console, with a contract and fee-free 3G connection to distribute its games.