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finding the right pmp

leofish · 2009-03-31 23:00:14

I've been researching potential PMPs for purchase over the last few days and have come to a stand still of sorts in my own perusing, and I thought I would ask for some advice. My main uses for the pmp would be video and if possible, SSH.. While I haven't found a device myself, it would be superb if there was one which had…

31-03-2009 11:00pm

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leofish

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I've been researching potential PMPs for purchase over the last few days and have come to a stand still of sorts in my own perusing, and I thought I would ask for some advice.

My main uses for the pmp would be video and if possible, SSH.. While I haven't found a device myself, it would be superb if there was one which had an SSH client, be it official or third party ( most likely some kind of command line interface). I really dont want a full blow UMPC though...

In the video department, I realize 720p is dreaming, but something that supports h264 would be to my interest. Also some form of subtitle support is important, but it appears most devices will handle .srt these days

Support for bluetooth stereo headphones would be great, but not a deal breaker.

So far I've mostly been looking at the cowon Q5 and the Archos 7... but neither quite fits my needs. The Q5 seems to have a buggy WiFi and I'm not all that excited about Windows CE. I'm not sure what it is about the Archos but I can't seem to get behind it, maybe it's the "plugin" style of usability... or maybe I just havent found the right info on it. I saw it recently release an HD plugin... but there appears to be no info on the tech specs of it yet. Neither device seems to have any kind of SSH potential either. The Cowon O2 looks nice in terms of video support, but that has no kind of connectivity at all.

I have absolutely no problem with importing, anything that leads to right device. Thanks for any help you can provide!

EDIT: while technically an MID and not a PMP, has anyone had any experiance with the Aigo P8860? It appears Ubuntu Moble can be hacked onto it? That would give access to a CLI and mplayer, which would cover all my bases. Can anyone validate this?

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