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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."
From one page buried in the jobo website...
- 40 or 60 GB hard disk
- Card slot for CF I/II and Microdrive (all other flash memory cards via JOBO Adapter SECF61)
- internal Li-Ion-Battery
- 3,8" Color TFT, QVGA, adjustable brightness
- Touch Screen
- WiFi compatible (optional CF-Wi-Fi card required)
- USB 2.0 connection to PC/Mac (high-speed and full-speed)
- TV-Out (incl. video cable) for PAL/NTSC
Photo-Features
- Verify-Function
- RAW-Format of Canon, Nikon and Kodak PRO (decoding and displaying)
- Decodes 6 Megapix.JPG 1 Sec.
- Download of 5-8 GB with one battery charge
- Thumbnail-Mode with 12 thumbs per page
- Power Zoom-Function: pixel per pixel presentable
- Channel view RGB or B&W
- Histogram
- Dust-Detector
- PictBridge direct connection to printer via USB
- Editing mode for exif data (Keywords)
Extras
- Download of 5-8 GB using one charge of battery
- Saves all usual files (RAW, JPG, MP3, doc, xls, ppt, etc.)
- Down and Upload
- File management (Touch Screen)
- Firmware Upgrade via Internet
- Displays hard disk status (free/occupied memory)
- Displays battery status
- External hard disk to PC/Mac
- Owner information and copyright notice
Multimedia
- MP3-Player, incl. loudspeaker and earphones
- Video Play: MPEG 1, 2, 4 & DivX 3, 4 , 5
- Video playing time: 120 min.
Accessories:
- menu in D, GB, F, I, NL, SW
- GIGA Vu PRO (Dimesions 145 x 107 x 38 m, 420 g)
- protective cover
- A/C adapter
- USB cable
- maual
- video cable
- earphones
- Optional: battery-pack and car-adapter
If wireless, video-out, etc... work under linux I can well stop drooling after iPods. (Of course I think Apple is planning similar stuff for next generation gadgets.)
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Here are the emulators+doom for digicam(Kodak/Minolta/HP): http://digita.mame.net/
Pfft. I already have the perfect platform for that, and it's cheaper. (And yes it runs Doom II at 60fps)
GamePark32: http://www.gbax.com/gp32review.html
Specs:
Great 3.5" 320 x 240 screen. 64K colours.
Variable speed ARM CPU, up to 166MHz (or OC'd higher)
8MB ram, runs off of 128MB smartmedia and 2xAA (10+ hours battery life)
Can emulate just about everything up to an SNES.
Can play MP3/Ogg/DivX/XviD (you'll have to encode video yourself of course), although the 128MB smartmedia limit doesn't make it a very good media jukebox.
This puppy is a retro emulator's dream.
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