The Caanoo is an open-source, Linux-based handheld video game console and media player created by GamePark Holdings of South Korea. It is the successor to the GP2X Wiz, and was showcased at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010.[1] The device's price is about US $150 (Aug. 2010).

The Caanoo isn't a direct competitor of handheld consoles like Nintendo DS or PSP, but an alternative open source device.




Manufacturer    GamePark Holdings
Type    Handheld game console
Release date    August 16th, 2010
Media    SD / SDHC card
CPU    533 MHz Host ARM9
Predecessor    GP2X Wiz



Hardware

Specifications

    * SoC (System on a Chip): MagicEyes Pollux VR3520F
    * CPU: ARM926EJ 533 MHz embedded on SoC (architecture version ARMv5TEJ)
    * GPU: 3D hardware engine embedded on SoC (OpenGL ES 1.1 support)
    * 3D performance: 133M Texel/s and 1,33M Polygon/s
    * main RAM: 128 Mbytes DDR SDRAM 133 MHz (peak memory bandwidth: 533 Mbytes/s)
    * video buffer: about 16 Mbytes of main RAM are reserved for the video/texture information
    * Operating System: GNU/Linux based
    * Flash memory: None (128 Mbytes reserved to the OS)
    * Connection to PC: USB 2.0 High Speed through EXT Port
    * USB Host: USB 1.1 standard socket
    * Supports SD / SDHC memory cards (up to 32 Gigabytes)
    * G-Sensor/Vibration Motor
    * High precision analog stick
    * Display: 3.5 inch LCD 320×240 pixel (resistive touchscreen)
    * Stereo audio DAC: Wolfson Microelectronics WM1800
    * Embedded Microphone and stereo Loudspeakers
    * Power: Internal 1850mAh Lithium Polymer Battery (approx. 5/6 hours game/video playback)
    * Dimensions : 146 (w) × 70 (h) × 18.5 (d) mm
    * Weight : 136g
    * WiFi via adapter (USB dongle – Purchased separately)
    * Colors: Black/Blue, White

NB: the CPU embedded on Pollux has got a good tolerance to overclocking (until 750 MHz the system shouldn't have problems, just a shorter battery autonomy.)

Not all CPU/SoC are created equal and these results are theoretical. Some may not be able to push much past stock frequency. Overclocking will vary between each Caanoo.


Games/Applications

The Caanoo can run many emulators (e.g. GnGEO "SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS", Hu-Go "NEC PC-Engine", MAME4all "Arcade Coin-ops" and Picodrive "SEGA Master System / Megadrive / Mega CD / 32X"), freeware homebrew games/applications, flash games/applications (through an additional software), java games/applications (through an additional software) and commercial games/applications.

For software see the official FunGP website and the community supported OpenHandhelds website.

Note that Caanoo is not compatible[2] with software built for previous GPH devices* (such as the GP2X Wiz). Nonetheless, many ports of popular games and emulators for the Caanoo already exist at OpenHandhelds, and more are on the way.

    * The GP2X/Wiz applications need some changes on code to operate on Caanoo.


Multimedia capability

The Caanoo is a video player, an audio player and a photo viewer.

Video

    * Container files: AVI
    * Video formats: DivX, XviD, MPEG4
    * Audio formats: MP3, WAV
    * Maximum Resolution: 640×480 pixel
    * Maximum Frame Rate: 30 frame/s
    * Maximum Video Bitrate: 2500kbit/s
    * Maximum Audio Bitrate: 384kbit/s
    * Captions: SMI

Audio

    * Audio formats: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV
    * Channels: Stereo
    * Frequency Range: 20Hz - 20kHz
    * Power output: ?
    * Sample Resolution/Rate: 16bit/8–48 kHz, in 8bit/22kHz

Photos

    * Supports JPG, PNG, GIF, Bitmap File Formats


External TV output

The SoC Pollux embeds (besides to the primary LCD controller) an NTSC/PAL encoder with internal DAC to manage an external analog video signal (CVBS output: 720×480 or 720×576 pixel interlaced, respectively 60/50 Hz vertical sync and 15 kHz horizontal sync).


wikipedia

Previse je to novca, toliko isto kosta PSP koji osim svojih igara tera i PS1 igre a kad se flashuje onda i emulatore (bas ovih dana testiram nintendo 64 emulator). Sada i moderni telefoni bez problema guraju mnoge emulatore, znam da neki cak pokrecu Baldur's gate 2.
Odlicna je i ova spravica:
http://www.zavvi.com/games/sega-mega-drive-ultimate-portable-video-game-player/10292412.html
emulira samo Mega Drive 2 ali ima slot za SD kartice pa moze da poneses stotine igara sa sobom

Znas li gdje ima kod nas da se kupe takve "spravice"?

Mislim da je "You can ever enjoy" recenica sasvim dovoljna 

Nisam jos nasao, a rado bih kupio. Raspitacu se kod lokalnih retailera, mozda se neko smiluje pa uveze, ne bi me cudilo da se ta spravica rasproda ko alva.