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2008's top three PMPs
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| It's taken a long time for anyone to successfully combine a good video player
| and a good internet tablet, but Archos has cracked it. Solid as a rock, and
| with superb video playback and a decent web browser - Opera - all plonked on
| top of a stable Linux OS with a faultless GUI. Better than the iPod Touch? We
| think so by dint of its larger and higher resolution screen and much higher
| storage capacity. If a 5in screen is too small, go for the 5's big brother,
| the 7.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/16/koy_pmps/
Multimedia is Linux.
Movial Joins the Khronos Group and Contributes Multimedia Enabling Source Code
to Mobile Linux Community
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| Movial, the company that inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences, today
| announced it has joined the Khronos(TM) Group industry consortium. By joining
| the Khronos Group, Movial continues its ongoing commitment to support the
| development of open standards -- including enabling the acceleration of
| graphics and multimedia on a wide variety of platforms and devices. The
| Khronos Group is an open, member-funded consortium committed to developing
| royalty-free standards for mobile and embedded markets. Movial also announced
| it is contributing the Movial Octopus Media Engine, multimedia enabling
| source code to the mobile Linux community. Octopus uses the Khronos Group's
| OpenMAX(TM) standard and enables easy integration of multimedia into
| different mobile applications. Compared with other open source based media
| engines which don't allow developers to use the media engine for any other
| applications, Octopus delivers revolutionary flexibility, acting as a central
| point of contact for all multimedia use cases.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Movial-Joins-Khronos-Group-Contributes/story.aspx?guid=%7B2F3DB0FF-5D55-461A-997D-50BCE54E96D4%7D
Related:
Archos 605 WiFi Linux hack
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| Personally, I think the Archos 605 WiFi is a cool enough gadget on its own,
| but there's always something to be said for hacking a gadget just to explore
| the possibilities.
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http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9848934-1.html
The Linux-based Archos 604
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| Geeks.com sent us in one of their consumer electronics, the Linux-based
| Archos 604 PMP for a whirl, and we surely gave it one. This 30 GB PMP is the
| fourth generation video product from Archos, one of the biggest names in that
| market.
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http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18948/The-Linux-based-Archos-604/
Archos über wireless movie player rides in
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| French media-player maker Archos has begun selling what it claims is
| the only handheld video player with a 7in display and wireless
| connectivity, all for just $550 (£286/420 Euro).
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/07/archos_unveils_704_wifi/
Archos 705 "Mobile DVR" with WiFi unveiled, thanks FCC
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| Very little is known about the functionality so far, but that whole
| "Mobile DVR" tag on the name could imply that Archos is packing a
| bit more TV-centric functionality into the device -- rumors have
| mentioned the possibility of a built-in TV tuner -- or perhaps just
| trying to position the same old, same old a tad bit better in the market.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/07/archos-705-mobile-dvr-with-wifi-unveiled-thanks-fcc/
http://tinyurl.com/369w4z
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