Green Apple's AP3100 handheld

Assuming you can actually get your hands on one, Chinese-manufacturer Green Apple's AP3100 handheld here looks to be a potentially interesting little device, questionable design inspirations notwithstanding. Packing a 3.6-inch LCD and a 1.3 megapixel camera, the AP3100 will do all your basic PMP functions, handling MP3, WMA, and FLAC audio as well as AVI, DivX, and XviD video, with built-in storage clocking in at a bare-minimum 512MB (an SD slot's provided for expansion). Best of all, it appears that the device will play Super Nintendo games right out of the box -- hence the design -- although we have no idea where you're supposed to stick the cartridges (just kidding). Unfortunately, it's not clear what sort of OS is underpinning it all, so we'll just have to wait and see how much of a competitor to the GP2X it turns out to be.

[Via Anything But iPod]

[Chris @ Jul 28th 2006 4:55PM]

Shouldn't that be under the heading "Keeping it real fake"?!
Its a chinese PSP knockoff!

[scott @ Jul 28th 2006 5:01PM]

obviously, it runs on green osx.

[David @ Jul 28th 2006 5:18PM]

Shouldn't this be in the "Keeping it Real Fake" series? It looks far too much like a PSP to write it off as coincidence.

[Shogan @ Jul 28th 2006 5:42PM]

X, O, Triangle, Square... wonder where they got that idea?

[Max @ Jul 28th 2006 5:48PM]

i bet it plays GREEN theft auto: liberty city storys

[dude @ Jul 28th 2006 5:49PM]

psp with out firmware...

[Max @ Jul 28th 2006 5:50PM]

i bet it plays GREEN theft auto: liberty city stories

[james @ Jul 28th 2006 6:01PM]

glad to see them chinese manufacterers really pushing the boundaries of innovation and design.

[David @ Jul 28th 2006 6:09PM]

actually I think it looks more like a Game Gear than a PSP...

[Jerry Mclenny @ Jul 28th 2006 6:45PM]

But can it make toast and an egg?

[Fangorn81 @ Jul 28th 2006 7:15PM]

I seem to remember the Super Nintendo, and well ALL OTHER game systems, having the D-pad on the LEFT side, but maybe I'm crazy. Does that sentence have too many commas?

[Big Ed @ Jul 28th 2006 7:18PM]

Green Apple eh? I'd be careful, or your going to get sued by the Beatles.

[rickm @ Jul 28th 2006 7:38PM]

Shouldn't this be in the "Keeping it Real Fake" series?

As is most everything from China. 5 bucks if they have an original idea that isn't a copycat.

[Flav @ Jul 28th 2006 8:29PM]

According to the Chinese press release, they claim that they're the first ones to suppport [b]NES and 16-bit super famicom (NES)[i] EMULATOR[/i] [/b] and support upload of saved games.

So this device actually doesn't use any NES cartridges. I guess this machine will never be seen outside of China.

[riggs @ Jul 28th 2006 10:18PM]

"According to the Chinese press release, they claim that they're the first ones to suppport [b]NES and 16-bit super famicom (NES)[i] EMULATOR[/i] [/b] and support upload of saved games."

ive been playing emulators on my GMINI 400 for a whole year now.

[Chris @ Jul 29th 2006 1:33PM]

If your going to make a PSP knockoff you might as well make it look as good as the PSP. It seems like a largely demoted PSP to me. Not sure why, maybe the fact that nothing is original, the name is probably the most original(Green Apple? Maybe the founders name is Steve Jabs).

[fishbong @ Jul 31st 2006 6:03PM]

If its possible to record videos with a decent resolution, i'm sold ;-)

[Sam Fisher @ Jul 31st 2006 11:53PM]

Meh, i'll stick with my GP2x.

Korea FTW!