Photo-Centric Handheld Can Be A Doom Console

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Photo-Centric Handheld Can Be A Doom Console

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 23, 2005 @11:21AM from the nifty-handheld dept.

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."

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Doom 1 by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 11:25 · Score: 3, Funny

or Doom 3?
New Standards by Shadow+Wrought · 2005-02-23 11:31 · Score: 4, Funny

So instead of the standard "Does it run Linux?" question, we should really be asking, "Will it play Doom?"

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Grunt! by ackthpt · 2005-02-23 11:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Weight 14.82 oz.
Oof. Better wear cargo pants with reinforced pockets.

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NOTICE: This is NOT I repeat NOT an Apple product! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 11:43 · Score: 2, Funny

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.
Re:vs GBA Doom by lowrydr310 · 2005-02-23 12:00 · Score: 2, Funny

try a Pocket PC. (That link is way out of date; I think there are newer versions for newer devices.)
Is that link work-safe? Last time I opened a link ending in .cx I almost got fired.
Not so international.... by RichardX · 2005-02-23 12:02 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

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1. Re:Not so international.... by rudi_v · 2005-02-23 20:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Hmmm, so that's why the "two more beers please" sometimes just doesn't work.
Re:Now if they just added a phone... by waynelorentz · 2005-02-23 12:11 · Score: 3, Funny

Why not put in a decent cell phone set up into a decent camera. There's enough processing power and battery life ,etc.

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 .8 megapixel camera in my photo tank?

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Re:Still waiting... by B3ryllium · 2005-02-23 12:22 · Score: 2, Funny

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those.

Like, seriously - a herd of hurds. I'm so funny.