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    Help Needed Replicating Success Of Openpandora For A Netbook/laptop

    This ARM netbook project interests me. It was why the Pandora originally caught my eye (since if you ignore the excellent gaming controls and retro-enthusiast community, the Pandora is, or will be a small ARM netbook-style device). One thing which I think is key that you touched on is that...
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    Java, Flash, .net Games For Pandora?

    Delightful Flash 'golf' game that should work well with the touchscreen: http://pandafgolf.com A series of highly polished games, some of which probably will push the pandora's abilities to breaking point (given the Flash overhead). The zombie shooter "boxhead" games though seem made for the...
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    Should The Pandora Become An Ubuntu Partner?

    That Frank thinks that *we* think that Ubuntu is a good replacement for PandoraOS (or whatever the Angstrom based launcher stuff that's going in the firmware is referred to as), and that Frank doesn't see the value in *also* having a complete standard desktop (Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora) on the...
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    Java, Flash, .net Games For Pandora?

    Some Googling revealed a forum thread where N800 users are listing Flash games that work on their devices. They have the same resolution and touch screen as Pandora, a slower processor but also official Flash. http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/s...ead.php?t=14317
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    Java, Flash, .net Games For Pandora?

    There's a nice informative thread about Open Source games that you can play today, and will probably show up on the Pandora sooner or later. There's also an active thread recording interest of indie and homebrew developers in porting their closed source games across to ARM/Pandora. I was...
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    Pandora Alternate Os Poll

    I don't suppose anyone wants to start (and maintain) an "Operating Systems on Pandora" thread/wiki page that contains factual information on what the potential and/or status is of various OSes on the Pandora? Kind of modelled on this emulator thread...
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    Pandora Alternate Os Poll

    Ubuntu has a Netbook remix and both a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) and a MID (mobile internet device) version, to suit mobile devices with small touchscreens (UMPC:1024x600px 7-9", MID:800x480px 4-7") and the hardware that goes with them e.g. 3G modems. I don't think that either has been hailed as a...
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    Should The Pandora Become An Ubuntu Partner?

    Ubuntu MID is probably a good option. However it was done in conjunction with Intel for their low power architecture (before Ubuntu got dropped for Fedora) and the last time I looked at it you couldn't even run it on standard x86 machines. I'm guessing that'll get fixed with the new ARM deal...
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    Ubuntu For Cortex A8

    I don't think anyone's suggesting replacing the basic launcher, but rather adding the ability to boot Ubuntu (and/or other distros) from an SD card. It'll only increase options, and since it's all linux at the end of the day, any Pandora specific fixes from Ubuntu will find their way into other...
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    Ubuntu For Cortex A8

    Over on http://planet.ubuntu.com there's at least two people mentioned that they're waiting for Pandora's to get this working. Also of interest, there's someone claiming that this Ubuntu release is primarily intended for Nokia's next-gen Maemo platform which has been announced to run on some of...
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    Pandora Looking For A Few People To Get Prerelease Pandoras

    I realized this doesn't directly affect the Angstrom kernel or gaming as such but still, can I suggest contacting Ubuntu's parent company Canonical to see if they'd be interested in one, given the recent news they're working on an ARM-based Ubuntu aimed at Cortex-A8 devices, as discussed here...
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    Ubuntu For Cortex A8

    They're a bit vague on that point, but they repeatedly refer to ARM-based, ARM-technology based, or ARM-processor based (as opposed to 100% entirely ARM solutions) so it sounds to me like ARM aren't going to introduce a new and specifically netbook-only platform but instead work on supporting...
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    Ubuntu For Cortex A8

    This is actually pretty interesting from a Pandora point of view. ARM and Canonical together can't make a netbook, they need OEMs to take the reference architecture and actually make products to sell to consumers. This is similar to how Intel produced its Atom line and then a bunch of well-known...
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    Propose Chorded Keyboard For Bottom Of Case

    I'm glad I'm not the only one looking at this. It seems to me that either a separate device that communicates via bluetooth or using the existing game controls as a chording keyboard would be the way to go. Unfortunately, even as more and more portable bluetooth equipped devices are sold there...
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