While I do enjoy my current GP2X I certainly hope this version fixes the previous issues. For one the joystick on the current GP2X when holding down and rotating to move does not register fluidly. For example if playing Golden Axe and you move the character diagonally down and then want to move straight down you have to let go of the joystick and then push down for it to register that movement. That really is a bad flaw in my opinion. From the looks of it the new directional pad may solve the problem. Also the GP2X does not support wmv (windows media video files) appropriately. You can download and run software that is claimed to play wmv files but I've never gotten it to play any of my wmv files. Also the screen does tend to lean to the darker scale so watching certain movies with dark sequences can be a daunting task. I do like the SDHC support however. Throwing in a nice 8GB card would be great. My current 4GB SD is way to full and I'm constantly deleting stuff to add new content (and no I don't like carrying around additional memory cards cause I usually just slip the GP2X in my pocket and go and I'd be afraid to lose a card). It would be nice if they made some sort of storage housing for additional memory cards (since the battery area sticks out so much anyway so they could easily make the whole thing a little thicker (instead of just the battery area) and have a place to store additional memory cards. I do hope the touschreen provides useful functionality....like perhapes to be able to play shooting games you can press on the screen with the stylus to fire at that spot.....that would be sweet. By the way James where in the world can you get a new PSP and new Nokia 770 for "not much more" than this GP2X F-200? I'm seriously asking. Not interested in getting a used PSP and used Nokia.
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While I do enjoy my current GP2X I certainly hope this version fixes the previous issues. For one the joystick on the current GP2X when holding down and rotating to move does not register fluidly. For example if playing Golden Axe and you move the character diagonally down and then want to move straight down you have to let go of the joystick and then push down for it to register that movement. That really is a bad flaw in my opinion. From the looks of it the new directional pad may solve the problem.
Also the GP2X does not support wmv (windows media video files) appropriately. You can download and run software that is claimed to play wmv files but I've never gotten it to play any of my wmv files. Also the screen does tend to lean to the darker scale so watching certain movies with dark sequences can be a daunting task.
I do like the SDHC support however. Throwing in a nice 8GB card would be great. My current 4GB SD is way to full and I'm constantly deleting stuff to add new content (and no I don't like carrying around additional memory cards cause I usually just slip the GP2X in my pocket and go and I'd be afraid to lose a card). It would be nice if they made some sort of storage housing for additional memory cards (since the battery area sticks out so much anyway so they could easily make the whole thing a little thicker (instead of just the battery area) and have a place to store additional memory cards.
I do hope the touschreen provides useful functionality....like perhapes to be able to play shooting games you can press on the screen with the stylus to fire at that spot.....that would be sweet.
By the way James where in the world can you get a new PSP and new Nokia 770 for "not much more" than this GP2X F-200? I'm seriously asking. Not interested in getting a used PSP and used Nokia.