mmielke
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Greetings! I have a Caanoo that I am borrowing from a friend until the summer and was thinking about a couple of things.
1) Why doesn't the e-book reader support images? Someone could port an open-source PDF reader such as Sumatra PDF to the Caanoo for easy viewing of magazines.
2) How would you package Visual Basic and C++ files to run on the Caanoo? This does not mean I am able to program anything, but I am curious. I might be able to program some text-based adventure games or something if I ever have any spare time.
3) Regarding the Snes9x4c emulator: I have downloaded the December 27th edition and it doesn't run any faster. The picklelauncher shows up, and when I load a game and press the home button, it says that I have the October 10th version installed (which I do not).
4) I would like the following programs and games: DosBox, a Sega Saturn emulator (although I am aware that it will be a difficult task), some sort of horse racing, betting, and breeding game; a port of Sonic Robo Blast 2, Chromium web browser (or Opera), and a way to play the games from the Humble Indie Bundle http://www.humblebundle.com
5) How does the (supposedly) built-in flash player work? Does it play games and animations and has anyone tried it?
6) Is the WiFi dongle plug-and-play? I would like to use it at my local library and/or McDonalds in order to play http://www.kingdomofloathing.com Could someone check and see if you are able to log on and play it via the Links 2 browser? It has no animations or graphical requirements, it is primarily hyperlink-based. I have read that people were having trouble with the GP2X Caanoo's signal and such.
7)Why doesn't GP2X make their handhelds backwards compatible? I would imagine that their constant "upgrades" alienate both their customer and their programmer base.
8)What kind of Linux does the Caanoo have installed in its firmware? If an actual linux distribution was included, than there would TONS of programs, utilities, games; you name it, it will have it with something such as Puppy Linux (light-weight, low specs required) at the very least.
Thank you in advance for your response.
1) Why doesn't the e-book reader support images? Someone could port an open-source PDF reader such as Sumatra PDF to the Caanoo for easy viewing of magazines.
2) How would you package Visual Basic and C++ files to run on the Caanoo? This does not mean I am able to program anything, but I am curious. I might be able to program some text-based adventure games or something if I ever have any spare time.
3) Regarding the Snes9x4c emulator: I have downloaded the December 27th edition and it doesn't run any faster. The picklelauncher shows up, and when I load a game and press the home button, it says that I have the October 10th version installed (which I do not).
4) I would like the following programs and games: DosBox, a Sega Saturn emulator (although I am aware that it will be a difficult task), some sort of horse racing, betting, and breeding game; a port of Sonic Robo Blast 2, Chromium web browser (or Opera), and a way to play the games from the Humble Indie Bundle http://www.humblebundle.com
5) How does the (supposedly) built-in flash player work? Does it play games and animations and has anyone tried it?
6) Is the WiFi dongle plug-and-play? I would like to use it at my local library and/or McDonalds in order to play http://www.kingdomofloathing.com Could someone check and see if you are able to log on and play it via the Links 2 browser? It has no animations or graphical requirements, it is primarily hyperlink-based. I have read that people were having trouble with the GP2X Caanoo's signal and such.
7)Why doesn't GP2X make their handhelds backwards compatible? I would imagine that their constant "upgrades" alienate both their customer and their programmer base.
8)What kind of Linux does the Caanoo have installed in its firmware? If an actual linux distribution was included, than there would TONS of programs, utilities, games; you name it, it will have it with something such as Puppy Linux (light-weight, low specs required) at the very least.
Thank you in advance for your response.