Commodore, a company which had long been considered dead and gone, continues to mount its
inexplicable return to the
spotlight with its latest offering, the
Gravel C200 media player. As excited as we are that the C64-makers are back on the scene, it's hard to get too jazzed about this media-player, which is about as rote as you can get. The HTC Touch look-alike rocks a 1.8-inch color screen, comes in 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB storage varieties, and plays back all sorts of file formats like MP3, WAV, WMA, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, DivX, XviD, and WMV. Although the form-factor is nice and utilitarian, Commodore is going to have to do something really special to entice a purchase out of us... like, maybe add C64 emulation?
[Via
Tech Digest]
posted Aug 6th 2007 3:45PM
Wow. Nothing says "High Tech" like "Gravel."
That's rough.
Come on, I'm sure it will "rock" your world.
Only if it play The 'Stones.
competes with the EZAV pebble.
Honestly, I would pick one up given the chance just for the sake of nostalgia. It might be a newbie question, but being in the states, is there a way to get stuff easily from overseas like this?
When I can load it up with Archon, I'm in.
Maybe it will sell for like $50.00 or something for the 2gig version. Other than that, WTF Commodore?
Keep in mind this is NOT THE Commodore from the 70's and 80's, but rather a company that has purchased the rights to the Commodore name/brand.
Where's the cassette tape drive?
FUGLY! Where's the eye bleach?!
Yeah the storage capabilities of it suck but if you're right about those video formats it supports that's pretty impressive in comparison to iPods.
DivX, XviD and WMV playback may be enough to sway a few people.
Not me 'cause I need a lot more than 2GB, but maybe if they released hard drive editions I'd consider it. I've been looking to switch from iPod to something else for a long time, it's still the best but is still lacking in many areas.
Cool, I can carry both movies I own with me!
Will it run Doo...I mean, Lemonade Stand?
So ugly a caveman won't buy it.
They've really captured the Commodore aesthetic.
Arrrr, look away children and never mention Commodore again. Take back everything I said about the Zune, the crapometer has just shot its load all over this pile of grey tat.
> Commodore, a company which had long been considered dead and gone
well... This Commodore IS ACTUALLY dead and gone. The new "Commodore" has no link with it. It just bought the name to its last owner.
-like RCA, Philco, and so many others.
The obligatory "Yeah, but can it run AmigaOS?" post. Wake me up when it Kickstarts to Workbench...
Do I still have to wait 2.5 minutes for it to load?
I'm still holding out for the hotly anticipated Commodore Kucinich
OMFG, another iphone rip-off!!!
.)
Yeah, and it isn't even a phone.
The Amiga is sooooooo long gone. I weep for the Amiga. This is like some kind of unholy resurrection.