Ok, band together and buy me a Gamepark GP2X. I came close to buying its predecessor, a simple little handheld that had a decent screen and could play a lot of emulation stuff, old NES, gameboy games and so on, several times over the past couple of years. This time around it’s got excellent media support included, mp3, ogg, mpeg video and so on, along with even better emulation support. All for under $200 shipped. The only thing it’s missing is networking, but for the price I’d take one just to play all the excellent old SNES rpg’s and some mame stuff. It’s interesting to see their approach to a handheld as compared to Sony and Nintendo. Their hardware is cheaper and it’s very developer friendly, they work closely with the community, and the hardware has no DRM or copy protection mechanisms. The end result is a vibrant developer community producing all kinds of applications for the device. Mind you most of the stuff you’re seeing there is for the original GP32, but given that Gamepark is following the same strategy as last time but with a more capable device, I’d expect even greater support going forward. It just started shipping this week. Lacking one as a christmas gift, I’ll have one by late winter.