Okay Guys I just ordered the Color Smart GPU Today, at first i was hesitant due to their being several similar displays in fact using the same touch overlay but none matching the arduino shield exactly all much cheaper and with a lot less for shipping.
I found this link that might be a good place in addition to the sample code provided at the vizic site SMARTGPU - Cookbook | Mbed as soon as my display arrives I wouldn't mind a looking over the required differences to the coding