

Huh??? Ogg is supported just fine! With or without firmware upgrade.
I hope you are right about that, but I didn't see ogg in any of the literature or technical specs. Where is this listed?
EDIT: Okay. Next time I'll be sure to RTFA before I open my mouth (keyboard)! Sorry - It's right there in the article - duh!!
Edited 2005-11-14 19:28
Apart from the minor niggles the author mentions there is no ogg support. Think i`ll still go for the GP2X!
I'm wondering why this post had a score of -2 (I had to adjust the settings to view it, then I voted it back up).
You people do realize the word "niggles" is not a "bad word", don't you?
...requires Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
According to the product description on the Pontis website, Linux is one of the supported operating systems. You can check it out here:
http://www.pontis.de/site_e/produkte/pl_2020_e.htm and then click on the 'technical specifications'.
I'm assuming you'll just mount it like an external hard drive, and you probably won't get to use the shrink wrapped software that comes with it.
I wonder what the real technical specifications are on this device? Is it runing an Arm7, Arm9, Arm11? Maybe it uses one of portal player's SoCs with dual Arm7s? I would like to know more detailed specs if they are available. It would be nice if it was mentioned in the review.
Edited 2005-11-14 17:50

Hello Eugenia,
I had 2 questions. First, you attached a QVGA (320X240) clip of the Wizard of Oz - but can the recorder support better resolutions? Can it record in VGA (640X480)?
Also, you said the picture viewing was pleasing. Did it take a long time to load large pictures individually? Were large pictures made blurry due to the screens low resolution - or were they "cropped for viewing"? My Iaudio X5L has this problem.
Thanks in advance.
No, only QVGA recording is supported, which is what you want for PDAs and for future phones. If you need bigger resolutions you need to get an Archos device instead (the Neuros 442 that I reviewed last week also does HVGA 640x240, but this res is not supported well by most media players and it makes the video look stretched). So, if you truly need big resolutions, either get a Neuros Recorder II (comes out in a few weeks, $150) or an Archos device ($350+).
Pictures are scaled down to fit on the QVGA resolution and they don't look blury. There is a 4x zoom available too. They load pretty fast.
My MX2020 is on order and should be arriving any day. I'm hoping I can upgrade the HD to 40gig...I have a spare 40GB 9.5mm HD available. I plan to use PowerQuest DriveImage 2002 and see what happens. Has anyone else looked at upgrading the HD in the MX2020? Thanks.....(20GB is good but 40GB is better!)
If you do decide to destroy the warranty and do something like this. The IUBI site has a download for the complete CD that comes with the PMP2020. It includes a system resore utility that will format and reinstall everything from scratch. If you do it.. let us know how it works!
Well, I tried the latest firmware and other than changing logos and whatnot, it appears to be the same as the 1.01 pontis firmware...and no, the wifi and other icon are not working...also the wifi icon now looks like iubi entertainment...I wonder what their plans were for this...unfortunately I don't have a wireless compact flash card
(this is from the original post-er of HD upgrade...)
No...I haven't tried it yet. These devices take the 1.8" hard drive, not the standard notbook drive of 9.5mm height. Higher capacity brand new 1.8" drives from Toshiba are in the range $100-160. I'll start looking for one on ebay...
TTFN