[ILUG] Magasine

[Patrick O'Connor]

On 06/07/07, Michael Watterson <watty at eircom.net> wrote:
>
> Robert Kiely wrote:
> > I think Linux User and Developer might be a better choice....
> >
> > http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > On 04/07/07, p.slabiak at linux-services.org
> > <p.slabiak at linux-services.org> wrote:
> >> >Is this any good?
> >> >http://www.linux-mag.com/
> >> i took short look over this website and i quess it's quite ok....
> >>
> >> Paul
> I wasn't thinking of BUYING a magasine. :-) I see they featuring an
> offer of a GP2X
> Quote: It's cheap. Just £114.99 plus delivery to LinuxUser & Developer
> readers.
>
> The GP2X is great though. In some ways better than PSP and DS. But only
> 50k sold last year.  However its a Portable Linux MP3/Video player and
> game console so better value than an iPod.


It's a pretty sweet looking device alright, I've had my eye on it for a
while. But the thing that puts me off these devices is the crappy amount of
RAM (64MB). Would it not make sense for multi-purpose devices like this to
ship with at least 128MB RAM. That way it would be much more useful for
running several apps and make the opportunites for porting wider.
I had a nokia 770 for a while but couldn't use it as much as I would have
liked because it just didn't have enough ability to run several apps at once
without significant delays.
I see the gp2x now has a cradle too with usb / s-video / serial and parallel
expansion. Now that was a smart idea.... if the device itself had more RAM.
I'm thinking that it could even operate as a tv tuner / pvr.
Patrick

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