Pandora Is Starting To Really Interest Me

[espi]

Most of you have likely heard of this thing, but I'm really starting to become interested in it.

http://openpandora.org/

Pic:
http://openpandora.org/bigone.jpg

[Capn_Fish]

I'd get one if:

-It had a better (eg, higher-res, sunlight-readable (already done?)) display
-I knew it would run Debian/other standard Linux distro with hardware graphics acceleration and mostly complete other hardware support

Other than those issues (IMO), it looks amazing.

[espi]

From what I can tell it can run Ubuntu and it seems it may come with that installed.
The rez is greater than the Z but the screen does NOT ROTATE into tablet mode  
It is a touchscreen though.

Quick specs for anyone outside link adverse
    * ARM® Cortex™-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux
    * 430-MHz TMS320C64x+™ DSP Core
    * PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
    * 800x480 4.3" 16.7 million colours touchscreen LCD
    * Wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth & High Speed USB 2.0 Host
    * Dual SDHC card slots & SVideo TV output
    * Dual Analogue and Digital gaming controls
    * 43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
    * Around 10+ Hours battery life

Distributor says it could potentially run Doom 3, for whatever that's worth (probably in wireframe mode) once it's open sourced.

[Capn_Fish]

Somehow I thought it had a 400x240 or 320x240 screen. My qualms are gone, if the above is true

On the Doom 3 front: I thought the engine was already open-sourced?

[Chero]

Just check out the videos on the blog page.

I think I like it !  

[desertrat]

It seems like they've toned down the keyboard a bit. Doesn't look as ugly as their earlier mockups. If only they could make a version with a Z like keyboard and remove the gaming controls then it really will be the Z replacement.

[pelrun]

Damn, I think I might be sold - held off on the gp2x, held off on the eee and all the other netbooks, but this is harder to resist...

[Capn_Fish]

I'm actually sort of hoping to ditch my N810 for one. The N810's hardware is mismade in a good deal of ways that aren't readily visible (sound access, graphics acceleration, wi-fi drivers, power management, etc.), and the Pandora seems much better.

[harvell]

I'm actually sort of hoping to ditch my N810 for one. The N810's hardware is mismade in a good deal of ways that aren't readily visible (sound access, graphics acceleration, wi-fi drivers, power management, etc.), and the Pandora seems much better.

lol.... you just convinced me not to get a N810 and wait for this

[Cresho]

This Looks Interesting!

[Capn_Fish]

I'm actually sort of hoping to ditch my N810 for one. The N810's hardware is mismade in a good deal of ways that aren't readily visible (sound access, graphics acceleration, wi-fi drivers, power management, etc.), and the Pandora seems much better.

lol.... you just convinced me not to get a N810 and wait for this

While I'm not saying that's a bad idea, just remember that I tend to have a very different opinion on matters such as this than other people (nobody else has complained about the sound or power management, AFAIK, for instance).

[matthis]

if only it had no joysticks and more keys instead... The fact that it does not "look" serious means I can't use it many places.

[RX Shorty]

Well also want it, but it takes some while to finish I guess

[barmalei]

Sooo... The pre-order sites are up. Anyone is going to jump in?

[Tom61]

Sooo... The pre-order sites are up. Anyone is going to jump in?

Too poor at the moment, but I'd take the wait-and-see approach even if I had the money. The more practical aspects of a handheld platform like this seem to be secondary to gaming in the minds of the developers and the current community surrounding it.