Pandora Game Console

The primary function of the Pandora is to be a PDA/handheld game console, but you can run a full featured Linux OS on it as well.

Right out of the box, the Pandora will have an Angstrom based Linux OS to work with, which runs E17 and XFCE window managers. You'll have a custom theme for the Pandora's OS, in order to work it on its small frame. If you like, you can personalize the desktop to your liking. There is even capability for Gentoo or Ubunto systems to be run on it.

If you want to do some homebrew gaming and emulate video game systems of the past, the Pandora is perfect for this, due to its OMAP 3530 SoC, provided by Texas Instruments, which is uses effectively. With the Pandora, you can already emulate games for the PSOne, SNES, Atari Jaguar, Sega Mega Drive, Dreamcast, and Amiga; there's also the capability for the Pandora to emulate any sort of console that came before the PSOne. There's also a Nintendo 64 emulator coming soon for the Pandora.

The Pandora contains 64GB of hard drive space, with two SDHC memory cards to hold whatever media you may choose to play on the system.

OpenGL ES and SDL are two types of libraries that the Pandora uses for its system, so you can tweak the specifications to your liking. There have already been public statements from GP2x developers that they'll have Pandora applications to acquire soon enough.

You can even get ARM-built Debian packages installed on your Pandora right after you purchase it. Right after the Pandora is release, you can take advantage of a GIT repository, so kernel sources can be downloaded quickly.