http://crave.cnet.co.uk/handhelds/0,39029444,49257706,00.htm

Protx GP2X?

... I got a bag of candy.

That rules, but Protx handle payments

umm yea... except it was designed and released before the ds lite...

They merely said it looks like, not it was based on.

We can pick this review apart all day, they haven't got the device yet, they're just going on what they currently have, which isn't much.

AND IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE A BLOODY PSP!

and before the psp as well :-)

Awesome,
More Press = More units = More potential homebrew devs = Even more cool Emu's and homebrew = Even more units shipped = More interest in commercial games production = Me pirating cool games for my handheld .

It seems almost to simple .

Protx GP2X Wonder where they got that idea
Although to be fair Protx have previously released some open source stuff.....clients' credit card number and pins for starters

They got so many things wrong in this article. I wish they would spend more than 5 minutes before posting something.

Other things aside, it does look sufficiently similar to a PSP that a lot of people assume that's what it is at first glance. I think it's because they're both black really, though. Usually if I can hear them asking one another if it *is* a PSP or not, though, I can expect a question along those lines in a minute or so. At which point, I don the preacher's hat and boot up DrMD .

Yes, despite the huge difference between the two systems, my friends call it a PSP ripoff (except one who like to play Llamatron).

Heck, if the white one was released, people would say "Yeah, that is SUCH a ripoff of an iPod", because most of the general population are ignorant.

This is exactly right. Stupid people who dont research into what their buying and blow money on something high profile like a psp or an ipod soon realize that what they bought was either crappy or highly over priced. So to cover up their stupidity they just call everything a ripoff of whatever they purchased.

But its ok becuase I can just slap anyone who calls my gp2x a psp ripoff.

I like this sentence the best.

I wasn't aware we had WMV and AC3 support yet .

Also, I know I've gotten the whole "second processor and separate video processor" roles confused before, but saying that "64MB of NAND memory" is what allows the GP2X to play videos at any resolution is a little absurd coming from a website that regularly reviews tech gadgets.

How stupid must the executives be to let this "journalist" keep his job? He must have read PlayAsia's website (or some other retailer), thought "I want a new toy to play with", and ordered one while doing no other research whatsoever. I wouldn't be surprised if the full review said something like . . .

Wow, that was an awful preview from cnet, and its not geekish if you want to play classic games and create some. If that were the case then are the devolpers down at EA are geeks, rockstar? No.

I'm sorry but that is a very geekish statement.

CNet is pretty far from being the authority on tech reviews, although they're usually not that bad. They definitely confused the 64 MB of Main memory with the 64 MB of NAND storage, the codecs are just what are publicized as working but not anything they've tested, clearly. They're still going on 'claimed' 4 hour battery life (which is about the average, 4-6 hours with a taxing application.)

This review is VERY preliminary and it says they'll be releasing a more complete one later. So I won't fault them for this.

I hope they wait until after May, when all the pretty new upgrades are out. That way, it'll be a bit more ready for the "ignorant masses."

Wow your funny. NOT! Anyway, I dislike their preview, just my thought.

I second that only a true geek would see the subtle shades of geekdom

Anyway about the cnet review crappy? Yes But you know the saying "any publicity is good publicity"

Wow, you're not intelligent.

See, I only had to use one sentence, and I could make it grammatically correct, too.

I dislike people who:
1. Use your in place of you're.
2. Miss out commas.
3. Make a sentence, then add NOT! on the end in an attempt to be funny.

Just so you know.

I dislike people who:
1. Use your in place of you're.
That'll be most people that English isn't their first language then, or too stupid to know the difference...

2. Miss out commas.
That'll be solicitors (lawyers for yanks), which is justifiable really...

3. Make a sentence, then add NOT! on the end in an attempt to be funny.
Yeah, that's just gay.

Oh, the review is so ill-informed it is laughable. But still, it is publicity.

Stop with the flames ... I'll have to close down another topic if you meat bags can't be civil

I'm just wondering if they are going complain about there screen protector being pre-scratched

Of course they are.

Do CNet have a comment thing? If so, they'd be subject to hundreds of 'pull the bloody screen protector off!' posts.


Of course, if they have a justification, I'm fine. But if they're just being lazy, it pisses me off.

Well, I have to say, that if they recommend rechargables, it will be getting some nice publicity... or something...I don't know...

"Hello readers, our GP2X arrived today. We were enjoying some classic Genesis games when after about 10 minutes, the batteries died! We put in another set, but those died in ten minutes too! It is clear that the only conclusion we can come to is that our unit is malfunctioning. We will send it back to Protx and give them low marks for this terrible product."

And I hate people who:
1. Don't mind their own business.
2. Try to make others feel like trash.
3. Won't shut the fuck up, and keep shit to themselves.

I wasnt even being disrepectful to others on this board so why start shit.

I'm not even going to bother arguing with you.

... I sense a great disturbance in this thread

Can you folks restrain yourselves a bit? Thanks ...

Fair enough Telco.

You know, if you looked at the FAQ on this very forum, or the GPH site, you would think that the unit does do MPEG 1-4, and WMV right now. While in fact it does not, that data is still on the GPH site. And lets not forget, CNET has not gotten their hands on it yet.

If you do a review you should do a BIT of research, and they would have found it out ver quick.

Yea, I agree with that. And it does have the feel of a preview without a lot of research, unfortunately.

hahaha, meatbags.

anyway there's no excuse for bad journalism. facts should be job one. "jazzy" prose should be the last priority if at all.

"the latest to join the fray"
"and the GP2X does the rest"
"compatible with mame"
"if you're feeling geekish"

meh. but all in all i think he did ok considering the length of the article. it's more of a blurb or a sound byte than anything so i think it does that job well. his defensiveness toward the talkback critics is a bit silly. confusing distributor with manufacturer is not really acceptable, despite his later justification. unless the product was "private-labeled" (the manufacturer forgoes giving the product their own name and instead makes more money by putting the distributor's label on it) then the brand name is the one that's ON THE UNIT. and how is protx involved? i thought that was just craigx's payment "gateway".

edit: ha, apparently i just typed my edit at the same time that nickspoon posted. i'm not a copycat, really

Protx don't distribute GP2Xs, they handle payments. craigix uses them, but it is he, not Protx, that distributes the GP2Xs.

Incredible stupidity on their part.

Dry purely-informational reviews that are dry and humorless usually border on unreadable if they're of any considerable length. It's pretty important to keep your writing style fairly interesting and dyanmic if you want it to be read by the sort of crowd who buys alternative game systems..

The first thing I imagined when I read this was VISA selling gp2x...

In my opinion, this "review" doesn't server any purpose at all, other than tricking people into visiting CNet's website.

The write up says very little about the GP2X and most of what it does say is incorrect anyway. It's lazy writing and the post should have been saved until it was completed properly.

It's sort of like the grade school kid handing in a homework assignment that is nothing more than a bunch of pages printed off of the Wikipedia site, then telling the teacher, "I'll get around to putting this into my own words later. This is just so you don't give me an 'F' for being late."

These people working at these "professional" news sites are getting lazier all of the time. I see more articles cropping up all of the time that can't even get the grammar and punctuation right. It's just sloppy work... and it's being accepted.

I was wondering; has anyone tried contacting the author of this article and maybe guiding him here to this site?

I see a few comments at the bottom of the article, but I wonder if they actually read them ... some are quite rude and may give the curious few who may have otherwise bought one the wrong impression of the community as a whole.

Edit: I see ... he did reply ... my oh my ...

... and he's been directed here. Good thing

Yes I emailed his editor, and then got into a converstation with the author. I directed him here, hopefully to ask and find out more information. At least that was why I came here in the first place.

From Cnet this was an extremely poor review. Most of the statements were wrong, or just generally not complete. They should of done research first most of all. And this baby's been out for a little over six month's, granted they don't pick every gadget up, but why would it take someone so long to notice it...I dunno that's just me