GP2X - replaced with the new Caanoo !

[CargoRunner]

Looks like there is another gadget to add to the shopping list ! The specs look a little low so not sure how interested I am.



http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...n-70-3ujp.html




"News from Korea - The Gp2x family gets a new member the Caanoo! Preorders opening soon!

Create your games and share it with the world, this will all be made possible by Game Park Holding's New Console - Caanoo.

With more RAM and a larger display, you can power up your creations. And with the added Vibration Motor and the G-sensor, you can add all those new dimensions to puzzle solving and combats.

The networking and sharing platform is still the main attraction of the console. Make use of the Wi-Fi connectivity and log on to the Internet, once you have access, you can enjoy your online game with anyone and everyone. The first online game for the Caanoo, "Blood Cross" is currently in development.

Besides logging into online games, you can grab any content you want, such as applications and stand-alone games, off the FunGP, an online application store.

The FunGP is not just a shop, it distributes Software Development Kits (SDK) and tutorials. The site will provide you with game development support and settle the sales remittance matters.

You can put your work on the site and earn money. If gaming is your dream, you can try your hand at it here. The site will be opened in August 2010, be sure to visit it.

The multimedia jukebox and the E-reader functions that exist in the Wiz are still available on the new console, so what you could do with the Caanoo's ancestors, you could do it with that Caanoo and even more!

The console is expected to come at the end of August, more information on it will be released in the next few weeks, so please stay tuned. Preorders are expected to start in June

GP2X Caanoo Game System KOR N/A

Here are the specifications of the console:


CPU ARM9 533MHz + 3D GPU
RAM 128MB
Internal memory 2GB
Display 3.5” LCD 320*240
External memory SD/SDHC
Sensor Vibration Motor / G-Sensor
Dimension 146(w) x 70(h) x 18.5(d)mm
Weight 136g
OS Linux
Game Open Platform
Video MPEG4, Xvid, Divx
Audio OGG, WAV
Photo JPG, BMP,GIF, PNG
E-book TXT
Flash Flash Lite2.1
Network Wi-Fi


Now that the Caanoo is in production stage, the GP2X Wiz will no longer be manufactured. We still have a limited supply of the GP2X Wiz Consoles in our warehouse, grab one before they are all gone:"

[lestat1uk]

Ewwww analog joystick again :S, no d pad, looks quite chunky, i think i will wait for reviews.

[Leathco]

Don't do it my man. Don't do it. My screen crapped out in my wiz in under a week, and depending on who you order from (gp2xstore.com), they won't bother upholding their warrenty for repairs.

I'll never buy a GPH product again.

[Chris]

The emulation scene is so confusing. Do I Dingoo?

I had a Wiz, I sold it, it was GARBAGE. The tearing on the screen was UNACCEPTABLE!

[Leathco]

The emulation scene is so confusing. Do I Dingoo?

I had a Wiz, I sold it, it was GARBAGE. The tearing on the screen was UNACCEPTABLE!

Hey, if you check my youtube channel out at www.youtube.com/sentinelcl, I have a playlist that's a long, detailed review of the Dingoo a320. I think all the videos add up to about 40 minutes. It includes stuff on TV-Out, stock firmware, hacked firmware (Dingux) and tons of different emulators. Just be careful of the fragile screen if you get one!

[lestat1uk]

The emulation scene is so confusing. Do I Dingoo?

I had a Wiz, I sold it, it was GARBAGE. The tearing on the screen was UNACCEPTABLE!

I really liked the Dingoo, in fact i liked the Dingoo so much that i bought one for a friend at work so she could play sonic, metal slug etc. My Nephew, my brother and my cousin all got a Dingoo for there brithday's from me, which they all love and they take them into work/college and show them off. There is also an easier method of making the Dingoo into the Dingux (putting linux on a Dingoo) which opens up mame4all and a load of emulators and games for the Dingoo. Great little handheld, just err don't try and run the playstation 1 emulator on lol the engines cannae take it captain.

[bill_loguidice]

I don't get the Caanoo's point, honestly. I would have liked to have seen it with a tiny keyboard to better emulate computers, a la the Pandora. That would have made it a more intriguing device. Right now, it's the same old, same old, in a very crowded field, including a field with GP's own prior devices that all do pretty much the same thing.

[lestat1uk]

I don't get the Caanoo's point, honestly. I would have liked to have seen it with a tiny keyboard to better emulate computers, a la the Pandora. That would have made it a more intriguing device. Right now, it's the same old, same old, in a very crowded field, including a field with GP's own prior devices that all do pretty much the same thing.

GPH have known about the Pandora for ages now, and well they really have not made the effort to change there design at all or to even compete with the Pandora. Me, personally i would love to see some competition for the Pandora, i am not talking mobile phones(i do not consider mobile phones adequate for gamining and i have an iphone)or netbooks but within the handheld and emulation community, there is nothing i would love to see more than people that love emulation know what they want from a device, know what the people want, and design and create something that is for the people. Unfortunatley GPH has failed on this(jeez it is not like there is no forum they could talk to people about what they want) and other than the GPH fan boys out there (they know who they are from the forums), i cannot imagine this taking off....but i have been wrong before

[CargoRunner]

It looks like they are going to sell it at $149 US dollars. I have bought most of their other products but I think I will skip this one. As bill and lestat have said above it just seems the same as before with nothing new and exciting. I quite fancy buying something new and exciting but this isn't it !

[lestat1uk]

Sounds like a wise choice you made there CargoRunner, have you got a dingoo? if you haven't here is the place i usually buy my dingoo's from:

http://www.bestofferbuy.com/dingoo-a...4&currency=GBP

They are £56.15 or $81.10 free shipping, they do take a while to get here, but they do get to the uk in the end.

Or if you want the wait there is always the Pandora. I have one of these machines and it is pretty awesome, for me it was worth the wait. The Pandora is on the second batch pre-orders now so if you want one get in there.

http://gbax.com/pandoraxxx.html