I refuse to buy an iPod - I just won't do it. Maybe it's because I'm not really an audiophile, my CD library isn't very deep and I often choose the radio over personal mixes. This is one of the reasons I really like Napster's $9.99 monthly plan. I can listen to just about anything and not have to pay for it - all I need to do is be online.
What's that have to do with the Gamepark GP2X? If I'm gonna buy a DAP it's gotta have some extra functionality, it's also gotta beat any similar product I may already own. Recently I've been dying to get my PSP playing video podcasts but it just ain't happening. Having to encode everything for playback is a royal time-consuming pain - there is no way I've found, yet, to quickly DL a podcast and get it running on my PSP. (Maybe its me?)
The GP2X has several features which I think trump the PSP pretty fast. First, it's got support for MULTIPLE video formats. The video podcasts I'm interested are inherrently supported; no waiting for conversions, no worrying that some unknown thing went wrong, just transfer and play. The GP2X also supports SD Memory cards, which my two cameras use, and that is certainly appealing. I can actually shoot a video, or take a picture, plug the SD card into my GP2X and play it on the go. Who knows - with the thing running linux I might also be able to do some editting too.
Did I mention it runs Linux?
The thing also has TV output abilities. This thing keeps getting better and better!
Gizmodo, today, pointed out that the GP2X is available in the US through Dynamism - they're asking $200. You can also get it on LikSang for $179.90. My resolve is breaking, I may have one to review soon.
