@papaguru:

If that's you idea of 'scantily clad', then you must get all hot and bothered seeing bare ankles.

badbob001

Pretty sweet concept. I may pick one up if i'm not broke. I like the idea that it can be used for linux as well as homebrew gaming. SSH on this thing would be sweeeeeet. :D

Eunichs

@papaguru: ???
I can understand the link, but isn't this model actually... dressed? It looks like a blouse and shorts.

WildWon

I'll buy it for the Goldeneye mobile, if I can get it.

VideoVampire

I would LOVE for one of these to end up in my stocking or under my tree.

...and thats not a euphemism.

WildWon

Honest question here, why would anyone use both a CPU and a DSP in the same device?

J. Nadeau

What's up with this sudden obsession with scantily clad women holding tiny computers?

papaguru

@Kinglish:
I fully realize that I'm still in "New Toy Mode" here, but connect a USB controller to your shiny new Netbook.

What you end up with is a serious Emulator you can do stuff with when you're done playing games.

All I'm saying is that MAME rocks on the Mini 9.

strider_mt2k

I have been watching this project almost from day one. Really amazing how many people got to input their ideas into the design, it really does what almost everybody wants/needs it to do.

Oh yeah, this thing will run a PSX emulator and (hopefully, if someone dedicated enough time to optimizing code) an N64 emulator.

Goldeneye 007 on the go anyone?

Rob C

That is nice. $350 is a lot for "muscled-up Nintendo DS frankenmonster " with out games.

Kinglish

I'm more interested in it as a handheld Linux computer with an 8 to 10 hour battery life, Firefox, a Cortex A8 CPU, and a Brown-Burr DAC.

By the way, the Pandora folks have extended the pre-order and will expand the first production batch to accomodate orders in excess of 3000.

cobaltage

Not to shabby!

I'm just not into the dedicated gaming device anymore, but I'm old, don't listen to me.

strider_mt2k

@Kinglish: it has games, just nothing current-gen.

Rodime

@papaguru: As archtype94306 said in that same post [gizmodo.com] "Boobs are like, gravy - everything is better when you add gravy or boobs."

That was probably the best explanation of sex in advertising I ever read.

Curves

I would love one, but I just don't have the cash this weekend. So I guess it's going to be Rev.2 for me.

dragonphyre

Because the DSP is more suited to audio/video de/en-coding. If you want good multi-channel 3d-effect audio in your games then offload it to the DSP and leave the main processor to run the game - SoundBlaster cards on the pc are DSPs that do just that.

BrandonEquiette

the SoC that is used in the pandora was orignially designed for smart phones. a dsp in a phone could be used for voice....or image processing...or many other things... i don't see the issue with having both...they do different things.

FitzgeraldFlynn

$350 and NO GAMES yet? Aside from ports. That's just plain sad. That unit is no more or less powerful then my last PPC from many YEARS AGO.

Hum...me needs to see more. MUCH MORE!

JEmlay

"Obviously, it's not going to be a hit but its final feature list looks impressive nonetheless."

Why can't this product "be a hit." It looks great. The homebrew community was waiting for a device like this. The 3000 units they sell could very easily sell out.

krobinso

@J. Nadeau: I, of cours, could be wrong, but I think the DSP is being used as graphics hardware.

elvisml2

@JEmlay: You mean your PPC with out a Graphics core, with out "F" keys, with out a CPU clockable to 900mhz, with out a second SDHC slot, with out USB host capability, with out analog controls, with out S-video out, and WITH more than double the resolution, RAM and ROM? Yes, I have one on those PPCs also, and it's been great for 5 years, but this is better. I want.

elvisml2

Why is it that when I type "Pandora" into the Gizmodo search box, this article does not come up?

elvisml2

@JEmlay:

My PPC had F Keys. They where on the on-screen keybaord where they belonged. Everything else was just features. Imentioned POWERFUL. Plus, if it could run at 900 safely they doesn't it come that way?

JEmlay

@Rob C:

Still having fun with my GP2x. Yeah, I love it when people come together and think as one to come out with things like Pandora. Would love to learn how to program and join them.

trikkedaddy

I think some people are confused about the "no commercial games" part.

One of the many great things about the Pandora will be the abundance of games that it can emulate. You can expect to be able to play full speed emulated games for NES, SNES, Genesis/Mega Drive, Amiga, older DOS titles, NeoGeo, MAME, etc. Even full speed Playstation emulation has been confirmed. Full speed N64 is a possibility.

Not to mention, of course, all the great games the homebrew developers will create/port for the Pandora.

rottendevice

The primary source of games will be homebrew & emulators (don't expect many, if any at all, commercial quality games). On release day it should have perfect GENESIS/MEGADRIVE (including Sega CD), SNES (PSP is still pretty far from perfect SNES), Amiga (PSP can't do perfect Amiga emulation), and PSX emulation (with 3d filters and stuff and PLENTY of power left, so you can either run FF7 at more than twice the speed, or underclock the device to get awesome battery life). I think it'll also have a GBA emulator and DOSBOX at launch. It should also launch with capability to run Firefox3.

GiulioNangified

That's cool, but will have a SSD drive, and be a phone too?

StealthNinja