Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-09 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
2006/6/5, Ilya Konstantinov [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Beni, if you're already looking for storage-less devices[1], why not check out the cheaper PDAs? [1] If you were hoping for cheap storage as well, the iPod Video, along with iPodLinux or Rockbox, sounds like a promising idea. The iPod comes with

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 05:03:42PM +0300, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: The Neuros device I mentioned made the mistake of using an undocumented (needs NDA) DSP to accellerate video, so I probably won't buy it either. (They promised to choose better in their next design, realizing openness is their

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Geoffrey S. Mendelson: They will. They are as I said in the process of building the real device that GP claims they developed. I can't comment more because there may be litigation. G'luck on that Geoff. Sure, I would not make them without it. Several people on this list are familre

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 08:08:49AM +0300, Marc A. Volovic wrote: G'luck on that Geoff. Thanks, we need it. Theft aside, however, what I wonder is whether the device is nice to play (in the literal and figurative senses) with... Have you had the op to lay fingers on it? No, it looked cute,

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
2006/6/5, Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoth Geoffrey S. Mendelson: They will. They are as I said in the process of building the real device that GP claims they developed. I can't comment more because there may be litigation. G'luck on that Geoff. Sure, I would not make them without

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
Beni Cherniavsky wrote: Indeed, we are. OK, I'll take your words and forget about GP. The scope of the scam is a bit disquieting then. The web is more virtual than I thought... I'm a bit confused about what just went on here. Geoffrey claimed GP Holdings are an evil company, but how does

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 12:12:17PM +0300, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: I'm a bit confused about what just went on here. Geoffrey claimed GP Holdings are an evil company, but how does that translate into meaning this little piece of hardware called GP2X is something that's a scam? When you say

GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-04 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
Anybody knows a way to buy http://www.gp2x.com/ in Israel? I looked at http://gp2x.co.uk/ but they don't ship to israel. Perhaps some other european distributor does, I'm too lazy to translate every page now... Anybody got advice? Why GP2X? It seems to be the coolest (only?) hackable video

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-04 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Donno, but the PS2 has a full Linux distribution that you can buy with a hard drive + 6 manuals for the PS2 (there are 7, the last one is about all the copy protection etc), and there's quite an active mailing lists for this. Hetz On 6/4/06, Beni Cherniavsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 12:48:46AM +0300, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: Anybody knows a way to buy http://www.gp2x.com/ in Israel? I looked at http://gp2x.co.uk/ but they don't ship to israel. Perhaps some other european distributor does, I'm too lazy to translate every page now... Anybody got

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-04 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
2006/6/5, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 12:48:46AM +0300, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: Anybody knows a way to buy http://www.gp2x.com/ in Israel? Game Park is scam. Damn! Just when I got happy :-( It's technology was stolen from an Israeli company. Which

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 01:40:36AM +0300, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: It's technology was stolen from an Israeli company. Which company? Do they sell anything cool :-? They will. They are as I said in the process of building the real device that GP claims they developed. I can't comment more