Dec 29

XBMC caught running on Compal’s Jax10 MID

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Mmm, do we like where this could go. Some engineering soul has managed to get the open-sourced XBMC onto a MID — Compal‘s Atom-powered Jax10, to be precise. In theory, at least, this combination would make for a decidedly incredible portable media player if the price of these Mobile Internet Devices were to hit a reasonable level. Sure, many of the Cowon / iriver / Archos units support just about every file format out there, but you’re still limited by whatever ecosystem comes loaded in. Have a look at the demonstration vid after the break, but don’t blame us if you suddenly get the urge to buy a MID.

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