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I really wish Valve would get behind the Open Pandora gaming console: http://openpandora.org/ http://openpandora.org/ Its a fantastic machine, with a great com

I really wish Valve would get behind the Open Pandora gaming console: http://openpandora.org/ http://openpandora.org/ Its a fantastic machine, with a great community, and an awesome technology for single-file game distribution, or PND-files (Pandora .pnd files are self-contained applications), along with a fantastic repository already in place: http://repo.openpandora.org/ http://repo.openpandora.org/ With Valve behind them, the OpenPandora guys could really do something neat in terms of creating a Linux-based gaming hardware series. Imagine the Valve "Pandora" console, either in handheld or desktop/TV-side form .. this could really happen, and Valve would gain a lot from getting involved in this.

aw3c2 14y ago
the pandora does not have the polish nor is it too well designed. it is a handheld for a tiny niche of people. (i had an early one, sold it as it just was not what I expected nor good enough to justify the price with all the drawbacks)
- seclorum 14y ago
  I have two, and I fail to see any of your points. Its awesome!
  - aw3c2 14y ago
    The screen is resistive touchscreen, cannot hold a 135° angle open, the keyboard is weird, the analog sticks too, the buttons are tiny, the pandora is super heavy and bulky.
    - seclorum 14y ago
      Resistive touchscreen? Big deal, it works great for most games. Nintendo have a patent on anything that holds open at a 135° angle, blame them. The keyboard is great for what its supposed to do - give you keys that you can use with all the 8-bit emulated machines. Analog sticks = Among the best joysticks I've ever used, bar none. Buttons, tiny? Not for these fat fingers. Heavy and bulky? Hmm .. you got me there, but then again: 12 hours battery life.
      - aw3c2 14y ago
        I am fully aware that the Pandora is good for some people, I am just saying that is nowhere near something that would appeal to/work for the masses.
        seclorum 14y ago
        Maybe that would be different if Valve got behind the project. As it stands, the Pandora guys haven't done such a bad job for a grass-roots, community-led effort with no funding and all the problems of a hardware manufacturer, starting with nothing, already solved..
10098 14y ago
I actually really like how it looks.

aw3c2 14y ago

the pandora does not have the polish nor is it too well designed. it is a handheld for a tiny niche of people. (i had an early one, sold it as it just was not what I expected nor good enough to justify the price with all the drawbacks)

seclorum 14y ago
I have two, and I fail to see any of your points. Its awesome!
- aw3c2 14y ago
  The screen is resistive touchscreen, cannot hold a 135° angle open, the keyboard is weird, the analog sticks too, the buttons are tiny, the pandora is super heavy and bulky.
  - seclorum 14y ago
    Resistive touchscreen? Big deal, it works great for most games. Nintendo have a patent on anything that holds open at a 135° angle, blame them. The keyboard is great for what its supposed to do - give you keys that you can use with all the 8-bit emulated machines. Analog sticks = Among the best joysticks I've ever used, bar none. Buttons, tiny? Not for these fat fingers. Heavy and bulky? Hmm .. you got me there, but then again: 12 hours battery life.
    - aw3c2 14y ago
      I am fully aware that the Pandora is good for some people, I am just saying that is nowhere near something that would appeal to/work for the masses.
      - seclorum 14y ago
        Maybe that would be different if Valve got behind the project. As it stands, the Pandora guys haven't done such a bad job for a grass-roots, community-led effort with no funding and all the problems of a hardware manufacturer, starting with nothing, already solved..

10098 14y ago

I actually really like how it looks.