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from the makers of the GP32..

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9112527929.html

The new GPX2-F100 has dual ARM9 cores, according to Gamepark, along with 64MB of NAND Flash and 32MB of RAM. Its 3.5-inch QVGA (320x240) TFT LCD supports 170K colors. Hardware controls include a fourway controller on the right and a small thumb joystick on the left. I/O ports include a stereo headphone port and a USB 2.0 client port that Gamepark says supports 500Mbps file transfers (about 62MB/sec). The device also includes a top-mounted SD card slot.

Gamepark says that in addition to native games, the GPX2-F100's Linux environment enables it to run a variety of game emulators, including MAME, SNES, Genesis, and PC Engine.

* Video playback

o Playback of movies up to 720 x 480, at framerates up to 30fps
o MPEG, MPEG4, Dvix 3.11,4x,5x, XVID, WMV Playback
o Max bit rates up to 1,178Kbps
o Claimed eight hours of video playback time
o Supports captions through Microsoft's SAMI (synchronized accessible media interchange, or *.smi files, are basically Microsoft's answer to RealPlayer's *.smil or "smile" files)

* Audio playback

o 16-bit DAC supports bitrates from 8- to 48-kbps (slightly better than CD quality)
o Claimed 20Hz - 20kHz response
o 100mw amplifier, built-in speakers, and stereo headphone jack
o Supports MP3, WMA, OGG files up to 384kbps
o Software EQ with normal, classic, rock, jazz, and pop settings

* Photo viewer

o Photo "enlargement, abridgment is available from 320x240 up to 1024x768," Gamepark says
o Image rotation in 90-degree increments
o Supports JPG, BMP, PCX, and GIF file formats

* Text viewer/ebook reader

o Comes with electronic dictionary

* Firmware upgrade mechanism

 

[Culex]

A handheld that actually advertises itself as a self-proclaimed game emulation machine? Holy hell, that's good stuff :lol

 

[Acosta]

After "Emustation Portable" I doubt I need other system for emulation purpose (I had a GP 32 before of Sony lovely system).

It need some games designed only for it to interest me. But it looks nice, would like to see the performance of the screen.

 

[Tiktaalik]

That is very cool. I never really followed the GP32 after it was released. Was there lots of games released for it, or at least lots of homebrew stuff?

 

[Nightbringer]

Very good resolution.

Crappy colour screen for today standards.

 

[Ruzbeh]

Looks familiar.

8 Hours batterylife of video playing doesn't fly though.

 

[BlackSalad]

Looks familiar.

8 Hours batterylife of video playing doesn't fly though.

uh... 8 hours of battery life while playing a video is pretty good I think.. My vaio doesn't even last 8 hours when its idle.

 

[Phoenix]

Looks familiar.

8 Hours batterylife of video playing doesn't fly though.

Isn't that better than the PSP?

 

[Culex]

Isn't that better than the PSP?

I think he means, that it doesn't fly in respect that he doesn't believe that to be true.

But that's just me.

 

[Ruzbeh]

Isn't that better than the PSP?

Well... yeah.

uh... 8 hours of battery life while playing a video is pretty good I think.. My vaio doesn't even last 8 hours when its idle.

Oh. Well, ok. I guess it's good. I'm not familiar with the battery lives of video players and stuff I guess. Though 8 hours really doesn't seem that much.

I think he means, that it doesn't fly in respect that he doesn't believe that to be true.

You're sarcasm really has escaped the forum ~_~ I mean it's not good enough or doesn't seem good enough.

 

[Kiriku]

So hardware-wise, how does it compare to PSP? Would it run emulators better?

 

[Nightbringer]

A Dual ARM9 CPU could do good graphics between DS and PSP but since GP32 systems will not have their own games this isn´t important.

But I continue saying that the screen has the most horrible worse design, a big resolution but with crappy colour support, the movies will have less quality than the DS movies played from the Play-Yan.

 

[Phoenix]

So hardware-wise, how does it compare to PSP? Would it run emulators better?

Should be able run any emulator that already runs on Linux (many of them) and the ones that could be compiled with gcc should be straight forward to port.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Operating on Linux and using the familiar ARM9 processors are definitely plusses (sp?) for this new GamePark. Odd that the thumbstick is only four-way, unless that's somehow a typo.

 

[PC Gaijin]

Operating on Linux and using the familiar ARM9 processors are definitely plusses (sp?) for this new GamePark. Odd that the thumbstick is only four-way, unless that's somehow a typo.

The "4-way controller" bit is referring to the ABXY buttons oddly enough. I'm wondering what the thumbstick is like. If it's anything like the NGPC stick....yum!

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Needs a D-Pad and HD.