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ignatz · 09-20-2005, 10:56 AM

[from boingboing]

There is a new mobile device from the manufacturers of the GP32 (yah I hadn't heard of it either). This is the GP2X, a linux-based portable game console, music and video player, ebook reader, and more. It's firmware is completely open, allowing you to change it to your heart's content. It comes out of the box playing mp3s, Divx, avi, and lots more. The screen is 320 x 240, it's powered by twin 200 MHz processors, carries 64 meg internal RAM and one SD card slot. You get the idea.

Because the firmware is open linux, you can run anything that you can run on linux, including nearly every old emulator. You can add a keyboard and add text handling. Wouldn't take much to add some linux PIM applications and turn it into a PDA (though I do not think that the screen is a touch screen). I didn't see any information on wifi or bluetooth, so perhaps they are not available?

It's cheap: £130 or about US$225. I would love to hear the experiences of anyone who has seen the earlier model.

09-20-2005, 10:56 AM	#1
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	GP2X: new linux based portable everything! [from boingboing] There is a new mobile device from the manufacturers of the GP32 (yah I hadn't heard of it either). This is the GP2X, a linux-based portable game console, music and video player, ebook reader, and more. It's firmware is completely open, allowing you to change it to your heart's content. It comes out of the box playing mp3s, Divx, avi, and lots more. The screen is 320 x 240, it's powered by twin 200 MHz processors, carries 64 meg internal RAM and one SD card slot. You get the idea. Because the firmware is open linux, you can run anything that you can run on linux, including nearly every old emulator. You can add a keyboard and add text handling. Wouldn't take much to add some linux PIM applications and turn it into a PDA (though I do not think that the screen is a touch screen). I didn't see any information on wifi or bluetooth, so perhaps they are not available? It's cheap: £130 or about US$225. I would love to hear the experiences of anyone who has seen the earlier model.