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    It Has Begun.

    I'm barely double digits :D
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    Why does this thing cost more than a new PS3? (serious Q)

    The Pandora has no real competition. Comparing it in price to a PS3 is daft. They're both electronic devices, and both can run software of your choosing or development, but that's the limit of their similarity. A PS3 will not fit in your pocket. Comparing a PS3 to a PC, or 360, is far more...
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    Where Is My £200 Handheld?

    I can wait until it's either released, or another device comes along that does the same job. If the latter, I'll request a refund. I seriously doubt the latter will ever happen from a major corporation.
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    The Road To Hd...

    DVI I'd rather not support anything that has DRM incorporated into the design, whether that part is utilised or not. It's also vastly simpler than DisplayPort, and DVI>HDMI, DVI>VGA adapters are cheap.
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    Pandora Cube

    Absolutely pointless. The whole point of the Pandora, at least where I'm concerned, is that it can do what it can at the size it is being portable. Tether it to a screen, might as well just buy a cheap PicoITX or other device.
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    Black Borders, Bezels, And Other Emusings.

    Scaled, keeping aspect ratio. Integer scaling where it won't cause borders to be excessively large, with filtered scaling for anything else. Stuff like CPS1 and 2 have non-square pixels, and work well at non-4:3 aspect ratios (see the CPS1 and 2 emulators on PSP). Scaling 2x or 3x integer...
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    Where Is My £200 Handheld?

    The Zaurus C series aren't even in the same league as the Pandora. Even with a decent distribution, they're awkward to use landscape (touchscreen < analogue nub as mouse), they don't have inbuilt wifi, nor bluetooth, and while the hardware is nice the community software is simply too hacked...
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    Simple Request

    Depends how much the speaker cares about their pronunciation. A good 50-60% of the people I know pronounce their, and they're as there.
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    Sdhc Card Storage / Portability / Protection

    Heh, I just shove them in my regular wallet or pocket. They're pretty tough, I figure if I'm carrying too many around I should get larger ones or slim down on the inevitable "too much data" I'm carrying. Normally the card just stays in the device. Only time I've killed a memory card is running...
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    Lets Talk Usb Accessories!

    You missed out: 3.5" Floppy disk drive, for authentic loading of original Amiga games 1x CD-ROM drive, for authentic loading of original PlayStation games Cart slots for the various emulators. Sensibly, GPS is a worthy addon but with the proliferation of cheap standalone devices and bluetooth...
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    Video Playback Performance

    More importantly - how much is the replacement cost? I've found it takes a few years of daily charges/discharges before Li-Ion batteries in smaller devices tend to show up a loss in life.
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    Ubuntu On Pandora

    Try em all. Debian is on my desktop (sid)/server (lenny) machines, and Ubuntu is on my laptop. Learn to do things the Debian/Ubuntu way and things don't break. Gentoo's great but I stopped having the time to mess around with it a long time ago :)
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    The Stylus And The Lcd

    Yes. Because I was extremely comfortable using the Zaurus 3200 like this - typing on it as though it was a tiny laptop (far quicker than thumb typing too), but the Zaurus screen was at a horrible angle when locked and would flip fully open at the merest touch. Having a little device sitting on...
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    The Stylus And The Lcd

    craig - just one question. Bashing it with the stylus while handheld is all well and good. Can it be used on a desk, with the screen unfolded to it's open "locked" position - without the screen moving or the whole unit being tipped over?
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    Release New Pandora Video

    I hate XMMS but it's very light on resources in comparison to the Gnome/KDE media players.
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