Dingoo A230

[Jaseman]

Well since it seems the handheld gaming section of this site is only talking about the big handhelds such as the PSP, Treamcast, DS, and GBA. What about the China-made emulator handheld made by Dingoo Digital? I am personally impressed and am thinking of getting one. Here is the specs from Dealextreme on it. Simple cut/paste

-Video demo:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCE2Vv4Srvw[/youtube] (tipped by julnd)
- 3D/CPS2/CPS1/GBA/MVS/NEOGEO/NES/SFC/SMD built-in emulators
- Rechargeable battery
- Gameboy Micro form factor
- Lightweight
- Bright and high contrast LCD screen
- Plays MP4 files including AVI, RM, RMVB and more
- Plays MP3 files including MP3, FLAC, and more
- Built-in 4GB flash memory storage, built-in mini-SD slot supports up to 8GB SDHC mini-sd card memory expansion (that's 12GB total!)
- Cool Text-to-speech ebook reader
- Upgradeable system and emulator firmware
- Langauges: English, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional
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Manufacturer's product descriptions:
- Outlook: premium design fashionable, slim and portable size with comfortable hand grip.
- Display: 16,000,000 color 2.8-inch LTPS-TFT true color high-definition screen , broadcast effect 320 - 240, the true and clear picture quality, unique DVD Optimization technology
- Games: play games in (8 bit/16bit/32bit) 3D/CPS2/CPS1/GBA/MVS/NEOGEO/NES/SFC/SMD formats
- AV-out: AV-out technology gives DVD output quality, can be a portable DVD player and game console.
- Video player: Video function supports in various format such as RMVB, RM, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, DAT, MP4, ASF and help users encold video files in an easy and convenient way.
- MP3 player: Audio function supports MP3,WMA APE, FLAC audio format, synchronous lyrics display function, multiple EQ options,3D virtual sound field, surround sound effect and play mode options. Music can keep playing while using other application.
- FM radio: Wide channel range from 76.0MHz~108.0MHz, support manual/auto channel scanning, FM recording and can keep playing while using other application. User can save up to 40 channels.
- Digital recorder: Voice recording and supports MP3/WAV formats.
- Image Browser: Image browsing format includes JPG, BMP GIF, PNG, with zoom, rotate and image slide show function.
- E-book: Feather function includes bookmark, auto browsing, font sizing, TTS oral reading and can open with music player application.
- U-disk virus protection: Build in anti-virus software protect and keep the system at its best performance.
- USB 2.0 Transmission Interface: Support WIN2000/XP/VISTA/MAC Operation System.
- Capacity: 4GB memory, supports inserted MINI SD card to expand capacity.
- Battery: rechargeable lithium battery built-in, rechargeable by USB port or by the included USB AC charger
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Package Include:
- Dingoo A320 x 1
- English and Chinese Manual each x 1
- USB AC Charger x 1
- Stereo earphones x 1
- AV Out Cable x 1


Anybody else heard of these and/or planning on getting them?

[Impulse]

Looks cool. Any western retailers/distributors?

[Radkin]

I actually like the looks of it. I usually don't like handhelds.

[Jaseman]

Only western retailer for it I found was Dingoo USA. If you are going to buy it though get it on Chinavision or Dealextreme. I might be gettin' one of these for my birthday

[mazonemayu]

been willing to get one of those gizmos myself

you also find em new on ebay