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[Da Dude]

Breaking Announcement - New Homebrew Console Announced - The Caanoo from GP2XJune 2nd, 2010, 22:47 Posted By: wraggster

Gamepark Holdings have today announced the successor to the GP2X Wiz, The Caanoo is a new powerful console to take over from the Wiz, heres a quick look at it:





Heres the spiel and tech details:


Create your games and share it with the world, this will all be made possible by Game Park Holding's New Console - Caanoo.

With more RAM and a larger display, you can power up your creations. And with the added Vibration Motor and the G-sensor, you can add all those new dimensions to puzzle solving and combats.

The networking and sharing platform is still the main attraction of the console. Make use of the Wi-Fi connectivity and log on to the Internet, once you have access, you can enjoy your online game with anyone and everyone. The first online game for the Caanoo, "Blood Cross" is currently in development.

Besides logging into online games, you can grab any content you want, such as applications and stand-alone games, off the FunGP, an online application store.

The FunGP is not just a shop, it distributes Software Development Kits (SDK) and tutorials. The site will provide you with game development support and settle the sales remittance matters.

You can put your work on the site and earn money. If gaming is your dream, you can try your hand at it here. The site will be opened in August 2010, be sure to visit it.

The multimedia jukebox and the E-reader functions that exist in the Wiz are still available on the new console, so what you could do with the Caanoo's ancestors, you could do it with that Caanoo and even more!

The console is expected to come at the end of August, more information on it will be released in the next few weeks, so please stay tuned. Preorders are expected to start in June

Here are the specifications of the console:


CPU ARM9 533MHz + 3D GPU
RAM 128MB
Internal memory 2GB
Display 3.5” LCD 320*240
External memory SD/SDHC
Sensor Vibration Motor / G-Sensor
Dimension 146(w) x 70(h) x 18.5(d)mm
Weight 136g
OS Linux
Game Open Platform
Video MPEG4, Xvid, Divx
Audio OGG, WAV
Photo JPG, BMP,GIF, PNG
E-book TXT
Flash Flash Lite2.1
Network Wi-Fi
If you want a Wiz you need to get one before they run out as production is to stop soon.

Should be another great console for homebrew gaming, it may give the Pandora some competition ?

Preorders opening soon at Play Asia

[GP2X.info]

Ah koel! Ben benieuwd!

[rx_shorty]

Kleine upgrade van de Wiz.
ED gaf aan dat het niet zoveel bijzonders zou zijn.
Toch jammer dat ze de cpu niet upgraden?!

[Da Dude]

damn forum spam 

[Daid]

damn forum spam 

Krijgen we al maanden, gewoon negeren, we komen snel genoeg langs om het te deleten.

[kaosnews]

En? Gaan gpark hem verkopen?

[offtopic] Na 5 maanden mijn WIZ terug gevonden... dus ben vandaag weer helemaal into WIZ! [/offtopic]

[DjoeN]

Als Gpark.nl hem gaat verkopen, bestel ik er zeker en vast 1ntje van hier.
Zit al 2 maand in een verhuis (nog steeds niet gedaan) en heb zonet me consoles verhuisd dus ook me Wiz

[Da Dude]

Ik wil er ook 1.

Net weer me consoles uitgepakt.
Weet iemand waar je de opvolger van de dingoo kan kopen.
Liefst in nederland.

[KillerStefan]

Ben blij genoeg met me Dingoo to be honest.