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Photo-Centric Handheld Can Be A Doom Console
An anonymous reader writes "Jobo AG originally fielded its $550 Giga Vu Pro as a tool for digital photography buffs, but this small embedded computer, running a Linux 2.4 kernel, has much broader potential, according to an article at LinuxDevices.com. A free software development kit for the device is now available at sourceforge.net, along with instructions for loading software into flash memory, a tutorial on turning the device into a Doom game console, and a contributions page for those willing to share their new apps."
but does it run ie? ;)
my karma ran over your dogma
or Doom 3?
So instead of the standard "Does it run Linux?" question, we should really be asking, "Will it play Doom?"
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Oof. Better wear cargo pants with reinforced pockets.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Subway Rider 1 playing Doom on his invisible PDA - "Where are you?"
Subway Rider 1 - "Where are you?, God Dammit! I'm gonna getcha sucker"
Other subway riders looks at him with fraught.
Subway Rider 1 - "Gotcha!"
Subway riders' eyes wide open with terror.
Subway Rider 1 - "I'm gonna FRAG YOUR ASS!"
Subway Riders steps away...
Sunway Rider 1 - "You're dead meat! Yeah, YEAH! Dead meat!" looking up to a cluster fuck of riders at the opposite end of the car.
"oh."
As this product is not made by Apple and does not have a little "i" in front of its name, I am simply not interested.
From now on a headline may only read "X device can NOT run linux, in any way shape or form" and all other silicon containing devices from henceforth will just be assumed able to run linux. Thanks, that is all.
Is that link work-safe? Last time I opened a link ending in .cx I almost got fired.
The title page for Jobo AG's international site is pretty funny. At least it is to me, as a Brit.
The V symbol the woman is making there, with her fingers outwards (i.e. fingernails towards the viewer) is a symbol used by Brits which is generally considered only marginally less offensive than the more widely recognised one finger symbol.
I doubt anyone's dumb enough to actually be offended by this, but it's not the world's greatest P.R. either.
Curiosity was framed. Ignorance killed the cat.
Why not put in a decent cell phone set up into a decent camera. There's enough processing power and battery life ,etc.
.8 megapixel camera in my photo tank?
Mod yourself -1 Clueless.
You really have no idea that this device's purpose is, do you? It's temporary storage for people with high-end digital cameras who don't want to/can't drag around a laptop. After I've taken a picture with my 11 megapixel camera, why do I need a crappy
World's tallest building rises in the desert
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those.
Like, seriously - a herd of hurds. I'm so funny.
This is slashdot, there were probably 2.