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I can't even count the number of Asian gadgets that could have been massively improved by just one person on the project having the slightest clue what the end user was really looking for. I don't know what causes the disconnect between the engineers, designers, and customers, but I'm starting...

Bingo. Heck, even my phone barely charges while in use when hooked to a .5A power source. What's important is that the charger circuitry is smart enough to identify and take advantage of 1A, 2.4A, etc power sources. The issue some of those cheap tablets likely have is a dumb charger circuit...

I think a lot of folks are waiting for linux to get sorted out on cherry trail. There's at least one device shipping with ubuntu (without functioning HDMI audio), but for the most part, it's still a bit of a mess. And even if intel et al sort out the SoC drivers, there's no guarantee that...

Here's a teardown of a chinese tablet doing what I suggest - sinking the heat from an X5 directly into the metal back casing. There doesn't appear to be much of anything insulating the board from the panel, and the reviewer states the chip stays quite cool. I still think this is an idea worth...

There is another way - expose the heatsink to the outside. Cut a section out of the blank space between the pads and glue a thicker (but still thin enough to be flush with the case) sink directly to the SoC. With more sink mass, more surface area (especially if it was milled with fins), and...

There was a bunch of discussion about it over on the dingoonity boards shortly after it started shipping and people were noticing throttling issues. Someone claimed to have opened it up and that the SoC was on the bottom, between the PCB and battery. I haven't really looked into it since then...

It shouldn't have much impact on any disc-based system emulation. Recommended RAM for PCSX2 is only 2GB. The PS2/GC/Wii consoles had minuscule amounts of RAM (32MB/43MB/88MB), and while I don't know how much overhead the emulator itself needs, there should be more than enough to go around...

The hardware is the hardware. There are other devices with the same SoC, same RAM, and roughly the same resolution, running the same OS. There really aren't any other factors that would differentiate the performance between the win and any of the tablets/netbooks built to the same specs. I...

There is already plenty of software that does exactly this. There are at least two FOSS programs (antimicro and qjoypad) that I found in one google search, either of which could be enabled/disabled via a hardware switch via an incredibly simple "driver". It's probably less than an hour's worth...

But again, that's a software "feature" that could be easily changed, and wouldn't affect most people anyway. The pyra has plenty of legitimate strengths - there's no need to grasp at straws. I mean if you're going to reach that far to look for things the pyra has over the win, here's a list of...

Exactly. It's not as though the buttons are physically disconnected when you throw the switch. The switch is simply tied to an IO pin on the SoC, and what the system does based on that input is determined by software. I wouldn't put it past GPD to get it wrong the first time around, but they...

I think you're confusing 802.11a and 802.11ac. 802.11ac is the newish spec that is fast and operates on the comparatively uncrowded 5ghz band. According to the official specs, the pyra doesn't support this (nor will the gpdwin). The only spec that the pyra supports but the win doesn't is...

I guess we just have to agree to disagree. For my purposes - specifically as little as I would use the touch function at all - the tradeoffs of resistive aren't worth the precision. Not by a long shot. As far as gaming performance on the Z8500, there's a few devices already using the chip...

That's kinda my point, though. Win10 is specifically designed for touch input. Honestly, touch panels in general are less than optimal for a clamshell device. I hardly ever use the touchscreen on my pandora, and I never use it on my laptop. Since neither of the devices do a 360 fold for...

It's a good start, though I'd argue it's a bit biased. Some of the color choices are arbitrary or misleading. Capacitive multitouch is definitely superior to resistive, especially when using an OS specifically designed for touch input. Labeling the win's wifi as inferior because it doesn't...

I knew it was only a matter of time before something like this got made. I'm very interested to see how it turns out - though my expectations aren't exactly through the roof. Hardware quality certainly won't be on par with the pyra, but for half the price, that's understandable. There's no...

My wife bought me a forza-edition xbone for our anniversary a week and a half ago, and I've been playing the hell out of that.  I'd sworn off consoles after the original xbox, but broke down and bought a 360 just for forza.  I swore I wouldn't do the same with the xbone, and technically I didn't...

It may be easy to explain, but it's unlikely you'll be given the opportunity for the most part.  You may have noticed that the internet is a horrible place full of bastards who love to see things fail.  Whenever I've brought up the pandora or seen it brought up outside this community, the...

That's not necessarily a good thing.  Any article discussing the pyra will undoubtedly bring up the fact that it's being made by the "same people" as the pandora and icontrolpad 2 - neither of which were resounding successes.  The pandora shipped over a year late, (several years for some...

While KS campaigns can be hugely successful, there is no guarantee.  How many more people out there are eager to fork over ~$500 for a pyra that aren't already on board?  I've shown my pandora to a lot of folks, and hardly any of them "got it".  It's just not the sort of device that many people...