GP2X Handheld
If I was a bigger gamer and/or had a little bit more disposable income I would seriously consider ordering a “GP2X handheld”:http://www.gbax.com/aboutgp2x.html as quickly as possible.
bq. It can play games. It can play your Movies. It can play your music. It can view photos. It can read Ebooks. It runs on just 2 AA batteries - And it can do all this in the palm of your hand or on your TV screen. Yes that’s right, this handheld can connect to the TV, console style. Watch your DivX movies on the TV. Play emulated classics on the TV. Try big screen Quake. Or just play them all on the GP2X’s large 320*240 backlit screen. You get the best of both worlds. It runs the free Linux operating system. This means a whole world of Games, Utilities and Emulators are at your disposal. Quake, Doom, SNES, Megadrive, MAME, Media players and Applications to name just a few.
I wish the screen was a little higher resolution or at least had a wide screen aspect resolution, but the price point (”$190 U.S. here”:http://www.gp32z.com/), flexibility and openness of the device is very appealing. It doesn’t have wireless support out of the box, but since it does support usb 2.0 so it shouldn’t take long for someone to come up with a way to hook up some kind of usb networking device (wireless or otherwise). It’s also pretty awesome that it runs off two AA batteries as well.
I wonder if I could get work to buy one for me since it has a lot of potential as a souped up PDA as well?
GPX2 Handheld
[Source: Axodys] quoted: Yes that’s right, this handheld can connect to the TV, console style. Watch your DivX movies on the TV.
I agree with your comments except for the bit about the screen ratio / resolution. The screen is perfect because this is the resolution that the consoles/computers that it can emulate have natively, no odd stretching like, say, PSP emus.
Have a look here:
http://www.gp32x.com/gp2x.php
Carlos
Good point Carlos, for game emulation purposes the screen is definitely the right size. It would also be pretty cool if it supported .mp4 AVC/h.264 playback now that the iPods with video support are out and popularizing that format, but obviously the Freeplay DRM would be an issue for any Apple supplied file.
Hi, my site (www.mygp2x.com) has lots of information on the GP2X. I’m looking to build the site so any questions, just let me know. Thanks.
hi check out a gp2x dedicated website at http://www.gp2xuser.com
thanks.