Thumb Pad

[aaronson911]

Hello, I have been reading your forms for some time and thinking about getting a gp2x, and was wondering, does any one have any idea when the new thumb pad will come out. Is the thumb pad worth it to wait on buying one.
any reply would be great

 

[Serith]

I'd wait. I don't think anyone's saying how much of an improvement the controller is, but it's guarunteed to be at least a little better, and there are supposed to be other improvements. These changes are supposed to come in May, so there's not much of a wait.

 

[NoidZ]

The current joystiq isn't a big problem. It's not perfect, but it's just normal.

 

[aaronson911]

I'd wait. I don't think anyone's saying how much of an improvement the controller is, but it's guarunteed to be at least a little better, and there are supposed to be other improvements. These changes are supposed to come in May, so there's not much of a wait.

do you have any idea when in may?

 

[PSyMastR]

I'd wait. I don't think anyone's saying how much of an improvement the controller is, but it's guarunteed to be at least a little better, and there are supposed to be other improvements. These changes are supposed to come in May, so there's not much of a wait.

do you have any idea when in may?

Today.
http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?showtopic=27856

 

[Fishbong]

But maybe you should wait nonetheless, rumor had it that the next batch of GP2Xes will have more internal memory.

Or maybe they finally make some with a good headphone jack. The current one sucks bananas.

 

[racoon]

... not if soldered properly

... but yes. the next batch will have more memory as far as I know.

 

[aaronson911]

... not if soldered properly

... but yes. the next batch will have more memory as far as I know.

do you have any idea when the next batch will be ready??

 

[Shikaku]

... not if soldered properly

... but yes. the next batch will have more memory as far as I know.

do you have any idea when the next batch will be ready??

No. It will come when it will come =/

 

[PSyMastR]

... not if soldered properly

... but yes. the next batch will have more memory as far as I know.

Not more memory, only more NAND, but the nand is piss slow when running games off of it. (Most games skip a bit, with hickups here and there) Your going to use an SD card anyway, so what is some 70mb of space going to do for you. Isn't 30mb enough already?

 

[DavidBeoulve]

Duh - The Mk II has more NAND?

http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/FirstEditionChanges

If so I'll update that page.

 

[nubie]

Duh - The Mk II has more NAND?

http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/FirstEditionChanges

If so I'll update that page.

Not AFAIK.

I heard it could happen sometime in the future due to rising NAND prices in the smaller sizes, in a little while it might be cost-effective to move to 512mb chips as they cost the same as the 64mb ones.