Greetings,
Some the concerns expressed here are quite understandable and while I cannot talk about it much for the moment, I will try to explain a few things and hopefully assuage some of these cocerns.
First, GPH is aware of our company and the Panda product. We visited with them earlier this year and have their full support. We are a startup that is using the GP2X as solution for whole different market. At the moment, we are undergoing a trial pilot in a couple of restaurants to work out the major kinks. Once we ramp up, we will be OEMing the F100 from GPH for use under the Panda label. Basically the product will be co-labeled. The outer casing has a "GP2X Powered" label on the side. The Panda logo (paw print) may or may not reside where the current GP2X logo resides.
As with any small startup that is operating in somewhat of a skunkworks mode, we are trying to be carefull in dissiminating information about our sources, especially to established competitors, and so yes there is no mention of GPH in the documentation. There is also no mention of who manufactured the Bamboo, as it too will be an OEM product. There's another major reason for being cautious about releasing information of our GPH sources. The GP2X was not orginally designed to be a kiosk for commercial use. We and GPH are concerned about any possible negative impact on GPH's existing GP2X brand and market. This is what the trial pilot we are currently conducting should help iron out.
When we do come out of skunkworks mode, we expect to announce a joint venture with GPH and copromote the GP2X product line to hospitality guests. What this means is the owners of exsiting GP2X, both F100, F200 and future, will be able to visit any of our Panda/Bamboo establishments, whether it be a coffee shop, restaurant or sportsbar and particpate in gaming and social activities with their GP2X console.
This is why we have another project that is working on a driver for a specific Wifi SDIO card. Hopefully this will be available sometime early next year.
Someone asked about networking. Yes, we do have that up and running for the F100. We are using the usb cable and are running dhcpd server with a bridge on the Bamboo and dhclient on the Pandas. As an FYI, the Bamboo is also running linux (Fedora distro). Yes, we will be releasing any of the source code for both the Panda and Bamboo when we release the products.
I hope this helps shed some light on the matter.
Kind Regards.