I am so getting an OpenPandora

[greggh]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/200 ... -debut.ars

As we've mentioned before, the unit is packed with an ARM Cortex-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux, PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware, an 800x480 4.3" 16.7 million color touchscreen LCD, a full keyboard and dual analog stick layout, Wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, and a High Speed USB 2.0 Host, as well as a host of other slots and an alleged (and lofty) ten hours of battery life.

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Various/ ... asp?c=8667

Aside from emulation and gaming in general, presumably you're envisaging other uses for the Pandora?

A complete desktop environment is already up and running – Ubuntu will run on the Pandora. This really is a PC the size of a Nintendo DS.

Do you think the machine could be a potential rival to the numerous 'Netbook' mini-laptops that are flooding the market at the moment?

Yes, and it has the advantage of a sensational battery life. We will be pushing to over take those other devices in 2009 in terms of functionality. After all, how many of them have complete game controls, a keyboard and an active programming community of tens of thousands of people?

The more open source machines, the better – they are the future. The Eee PC has already shown then a machine running Linux can sell as well as – or even better than – a machine running Windows. Open source is the future, there is an ever increasing demand for such machines and manufacturers are now becoming aware of the fact you don't have to run Windows anymore – the internet is the future and it does not need Microsoft.

[MattKingUSA]

Very nice, I like.

[greggh]

A demo video of the working prototype http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MaIQYHd23A