Cowon Q5W Plays SNES Games with PlayStation Controller
The Cowon Q5W might be the mother of all PMPs currently available, with features (and price tag) putting it closer to a tablet PC than a PMP. The player runs Windows CE 5.0, so there are lots of potential for tweaking right out of the box.
One owner did just that, and got a SNES (Super Nintendo) emulator to work on his Q5W. Controlling the emulator is done via a Playstation controller and a USB adapter through the Q5W's USB host. The whole setup seems to work pretty well, and it's definitely worth trying for those of you with a Q5W. Video after the jump.
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Comments
dragnandy on March 10, 2008 11:34 AM
wow thats cool. somebody should work on mods for the zen =]. man, if more people had it, it would have been modded a lot sooner, like how the ipods and such get hacked in a matter of days. or in the iphones case, a few hours.
Phil Urich on March 10, 2008 4:56 PM
dragnandy, the difference is that Cowon's system is already open to modification, no need to hack :) And really, that's the way to compete with Apple, let the users do whatever they want with the players (since that's quite opposite to Apple's approach, and once people get over the initial shock of having choice I think they often see the light).
Dave on March 10, 2008 8:56 PM
Why would you want to?
Almoxil on March 10, 2008 9:37 PM
Wow! Definitely going to get one... :)
johnny d on March 11, 2008 6:07 AM
Toshiba Gigabeat T400 review!! come on enzo!
Ben on March 11, 2008 9:56 PM
And to think I was proud of myself for putting a SNES emulator on my Blackjack. :D.
iff2mastamatt on March 14, 2008 10:38 PM
Cool. I say just buy an Alienware laptop. It has everything.
kanaric on March 21, 2008 8:50 AM
"Cool. I say just buy an Alienware laptop. It has everything."
Except that alienware is overpriced low quality garbage and a laptop is 10 times the size of this thing.
Why carry around some huge laptop when you can carry something pocket sized? Screw alienware, anyone who suggests that garbage knows nothing about computers
matt on March 21, 2008 8:52 AM
"Cool. I say just buy an Alienware laptop. It has everything."
Except that alienware is overpriced low quality garbage and a laptop is 10 times the size of this thing.
Why carry around some huge laptop when you can carry something pocket sized? Screw alienware, anyone who suggests that garbage knows nothing about computers
john on May 31, 2008 12:48 PM
"Cool. I say just buy an Alienware laptop. It has everything."
Except that alienware is overpriced low quality garbage and a laptop is 10 times the size of this thing.
Why carry around some huge laptop when you can carry something pocket sized? Screw alienware, anyone who suggests that garbage knows nothing about computers