Viliv P2 - Multimedia player

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I was just reading about something called the Viliv P2 on anandtech

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3058

but what caught my eye was on this page:

http://www.dapreview.net/comment.php?comment.news.3417

Which lists the machine as Linux-compatible :-D

What do you guys think?



* AMD Alchemy processor
* Touch screen
* Measures 142mm x 79mm x 23~25mm
* Weighs 280 grams
* Dual OS, WIN CE 5.0 Core, Linux compatible
* Mobile Flash lite 2.0
* 4.3-inch, 480 x 272, 16m color TFT LCD
* USB 2.0, USB 2.0 Host, USB OTG
* HDD: 20G / 30G
* Lithium Polymer battery, 3.7V, 3500mAh, 4700mA/h including add-on (?)
* Battery life 4-7 hours for video, 7-10 for audio (?)
* SMI, SRT support for captions
* DivX All version , Xvid , MPEG1/2/4, ASF, WMV 7/8 (320 x 240), WMV 9 (720 x 480)
* Audio support: MP3, WMA, OGG (up to Q10), AC3, PCM(WAV,AIFF), AAC(MPEG 2 & 4)
* Output: Stereo (AC3 5.1 ch Stereo Out)
* Max. output: 45mW (22.5mW + 22.5mW)
* S/N ratio: 97 dB
* Voice recording, line-in encoding
* TV-out: NTSL / PAL, CVBS (S-Video, RGB)
* Picture support: JPEG, BMP (max res. 4000 x 3000)
* Several PIMS functions, support for PDF files, Office files and whatnot
* GPS Navigation, DMB optional

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Is noone interested in this? It seems like it could be a competetor to the iPod Video, it supports ogg files, and can run linux...