HK Power intros solar-powered, game-emulating PMP
By Donald Melanson 
posted Nov 12th 2007 4:51PM
posted Nov 12th 2007 4:51PM
Solar-powered PMPs still aren't exactly all that easy to come by, but it looks like they're slowly becoming a bit more plentiful, as evidenced by this latest bit of gear from HK Power. As you can see, this one plays up its gaming capabilities quite a bit, which apparently comes in the form of NES and Game Boy emulators, and not anything PlayStation-related, despite the familiar buttons. Otherwise, you'll supposedly also be able to take advantage of the PMP's solar-charging capabilities to power up some of your other devices, and you'll of course get all the usual PMP-related functions, with an SD card slot apparently your only means of storage.
[Via PMP Today]
[Via PMP Today]
watch; some ignorant kid is going to be like:
"OMG, WHAT IF IT IS NOT SUNNY, GIVE ME POSITIVE FEEDBACK PLX!"
So when its sunny you can play it, but
you won't be able to see the screen 'coz its sunny...
Or they won't, which means it will have just been you.
looks like it folds open to charge by solar power but then it's played normally, so you don't strictly play it by solar power directly.
This reminds me of Boktai. It can work as long as you have batteries installed as backups (which would be a no brainer).
AKBlade13
With gadgets getting more power hungry not less are solar powered gadgets ever really going to go mainstream? I wish they would but surely there must be a better way...
Roobedoo
(www.roobedoo.co.uk)
Am I the only one seeing two headphone jacks?
They're for those airline-style headphones. You know, so you can rock out to F-Zero wearing your Singapore Air headphones?
so you definitely can't save this for a rainy day :P
you guys should stop posting stuff from alibaba.com ... they make you order like 10,000 units of one thing
Although im most likely not going to get an answer, i have to ask the question...why the heck would you make an emulator with playstation style buttons and NOT make it emulate ANY playstation? this confuses me!!
Maybe knock-off Playstation buttons are going cheap?
I'd rather have a JXD 301
You guys missed the most interesting feature:
"and can perform audio translation of TXT files with your choice of male or female voices and eight effects. "
I'm perplexed by the random Transformers art on the screen.
Kurt,
Could I be of some assistance?
Uhm me too? You think it was from an epidose of the cartoon?
No, it's comic book art produced by the now-defunct Dreamwave Productions from just a few years ago.
Is there a SNES/NES portable emulator that's worth getting? They're all from China right?
If you're in aany way vaguely familiar with the DIYness of Linux you can't go wrong with a GP2X.
you'll supposedly also be able to take advantage of the PIMP's solar-charging capabilities, and you'll of course get all the usual PIMP-related functions
Would it not be better to install solar panels at home for power generation and use that to charge your gadgets and gaming devices? I imagine that would be more efficient, and there would be no need to replace your favourite chunks of plastic with new, solar powered ones.