maxSteiner:
Of course it deserves its own forum.
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again the Pandora zealots tell us that nothing can compare to the Pandora, that there is no single device which does anything the Pandora does.
This device ticks many of the boxes.
Oh my god please don't try to compare this device to the pandora. Wiz I can understand but its apples and oranges.
The only possible reason for keeping these forums GPH only, was to ensure that the scene remained undiluted.
Well between the Pandora and the Wiz thats already happened,
Wow you know I always though the wiz WAS a gph console. guess i was wrong. so the addition of another format can't be argued against using this point. (Especially since the absurdly early insistance that the Pandora was coming out immenenantly and being beamed directly into the buyers hands by the starship enterprise one week after payment was a kick to the nuts of the GP2x scene).
lmao hyperboles are sooper funny lmao u fukken funny bro
This device is ACTUALLY OUT NOW. People could be developing for it right now. More to the point, people who just want a portable media player/emulator could find out about it, and buy one of those instead of waiting on the Wiz or Pandora.
So? Theres nothing stopping you from doing that. Start making threads about it already. you also have way too much contempt for the wiz and pandora for whatever reason.
If just a couple of people get a device which better suits them then its worthwhile.
The Gemei 760 and 760+ had a pretty long life span for a chinese PMP, no reason to assume this wont either.
If the arguament is that members of the GP2x scene are members of the Pandoa scene, then surely this has a place, the secound members of the GP2x scene become interested in it?
There are many, many consoles that people here are interested and are commonly talked about. So, the second a member is interested in a console isn't a valid reason for something to be included.
The only reason to block this, is tht the Wiz and the Pandora are not coming out for ages. And the end is so far off that any possible distraction or competition to these two formats could adversly affect the fledgling scenes, but to be honest, that would just be poetic justice.
They are both 'likely' to come out within 3 months. You can argue that they will be delayed again, but there is much more evidence and huge likeliness that this will happen than before. This will allow the a320 2 or 3 months to get off the ground, at which point it loses its audience here and its all directed towards the wiz and pandora, and its all for nothing.
I really can't see why anyone would argue against its inclusion, its not a competitor, its a boost to the open source scene, they aren't in competition, they're aimed at other sides of the market (This isn't true, but I've heard it carted out for the Pandora a few times so I figure I can use it too
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Not quite, two wrongs don't make a right, especially when the first wrong isn't so. The Pandora was quibbled over because hardcore gph fans didnt want the wiz to get put in the shadows of the Pandora. Of course, people who would buy Wiz and Pandora WERE totally different markets. one is closer to a pda, umpc type thing, powerful, premium, and high priced, while wiz is small form factor and considerably cheaper. the a320 shares much of the same market as the wiz.