Anyways, what I wanted to post was this: There's a thing out there called the GP2x, which is a portable media player kind of halfway between a PSP and an iPod. The cool thing about it is that it runs off of Linux, so it's all open-source. Translation: everyone has the tools, for free, to make their own... whatever! for it. So you'll get tons of really cool homebrew games, applications, and emulators (emulators will run other systems' games; so I not only can play GP2x games, but also Super Nintendo, Genesis, Gameboy, Arcade machines... you get the picture.)
So as I was saying, this thing's pretty sweet. Plus it's only 170$ (CAD), plus an SD card (usually around 20-30$; I'm getting two 2GB cards that are on sale as a 2-pack at best buy for 40$). The SD cards are the same thing that's in your digital camera, or your phone. They're as close to universal media as you can get without having to make the GP2x as big as a CD. Plus, with SD cards instead of internal storage, if you run out of space you can always just pop out your existing card and fill up a second one.
Finally, to what I was going to say: I'm getting one (as you may have clued in on by my last 2 paragraphs). It should arrive in the mail "withing 1-3 business days" (it was 2-5, but it's been 2 days now). I'm super-excited, but it's a Christmas present, so I'm likely not going to be allowed to play with it until Christmas.
For those more interested in this sweet piece of gadgetry, here are a few links:
www.gp2x.com
wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Main_Page
craig.gp2x.de/reviews/GP2XReview.html
Also, where I bought mine from:
www.gamersection.ca
Happy exploring. Or not, if this really doesn't interest you.
Edit: oh, and you can stick movies and music on it. Big bonus points there.
I promise my next post will be a more global subject. :P
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