As an emulator enthusiast you will want to check out a revolutionary handheld console called the Gp2x. It is available from this fine site:
[Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register] It is a Linux embedded handheld console that has the ability to play games, movies, and music. Games include action, arcade, puzzle, and so much more! You can also play classic consoles such as Amiga, Genesis, NES, and SNES. The video player supports MPEG, and MPEG4, DivX, XVid codecs and you can listen to MP3, and OGG, WMA files. Developers can express themselves by developing software that they want for the Gp2x with its free open SDK. Whether you are into games, movies, developing, or all of the above, the Gp2x will offer something to you. If the low price isn't enough to impress you the consoles features sure will.
The Gp2x features a:
Powerful Dual core CPU
Dual core 'ARM920T, ARM940T' is embedded in GP2X.
Enjoy cutting edge music, movies and games with powerful dual CPU.
Entertainment follows you
Plays MPEG 4, XviD, DivX format digital contents up to 720*480 pixels and supports caption.
Watch vivid motion pictures on the high resolution 3.5" 260,000 colors TFT LCD.
Enjoy Games with GP2X now!
CPU which has 2D accelerator enables you enjoy games anytime anywhere. Meet the exclusive GP2X games along with abundant home-brew games and retro games.
Plays a powerful digital sound, and supports various audio codec
Replays music in MP3, OGG format on the multi-codec MP3 player.
Listen to 100mw of high Fidelity sound.
Electronic Album-JPG BMP Support
You can download and view photos taken on a digital camera through your PC. Enlargement, abridgment is available from 320*240 up to 1024*768 and you can rotate Images up to 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°, Supports JPG, BMP, PCX, GIF, PNG files.
Read a text file with GP2X now!
You can read electronic novels and any other text files through the text viewer. Besides you can use enlargement and abridgment function when you read a text file.
Simply upgrade firmware on GP2X website
Enhance your product feature continuously by downloading on the GP2X website.
USB 2.0 high speed
You can get a file at 480Mbps by connecting USB 2.0 to PC.
2AA Batteries
you can watch 320*240(30frame) of video file for approximately 4 hours(play games for approximately 5 hours) and listen to mp3 file for approximately 6 hours (LCD off ) continuously with 2AA (2500mAh) batteries.
PC Programming
Basic Programming: Linux
Windows: Programmable by installing Cygwin or DevkitGP2X
Open SDK and SDL
Supports software development library : SDL(Simple Direct Library)
Basic Library
Graphic library (Sound library)
Hardware I/O library
Linear Mode
