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Sounds like an neat project. Let us know how it goes! Personally, I think even more controls are a bit overkill on a device like this, considering what it has already, but it'd be interesting to be proved wrong! :D

Mm, I was thinking something more like, say, a cellphone-style camera; they're compact and produce modestly good images that don't take up much space. I assume those don't use a USB interface, but I know little about this sort of thing. I'd rather not have a cable dangling from my modded...

Oh, that's exciting! Thanks for the tip, mali! But is there a way to connect it directly to the Pandora circuit board (I know there is some space for mods left over, but I lack the finer details), or would I still have to work through USB? :blink: That leaves aside the details of exactly how...

Y'know, the one thing I would have really liked to see on the Pandora was some kind of webcam, even just a small one embedded in the hinge or the outside of the lid. I'm not much of a photographer, but sometimes I use a webcam to capture visual information I may need later while on the go, so...

Mm, thanks for the tip. I may just stick with running it on a PC though; there's plenty of other applications I'll be using on the Pandora that aren't nearly as processor-intensive. Speaking for myself, I haven't the first clue about overclocking, and the last thing I'd want to do is overload...

Ah, thanks for the correction, mali; I see I oversimplified the matter. :) @x86Daddy - The Libretto concept is interesting, if only because it gets the pointing device off the lower half of the device, making the minimum dimensions smaller. It's a neat tweak to the standard (and very...

Personally, I'm hoping somebody gets around to porting Arch Linux, but I'll probably be trying several different options once my unit arrives to see what works best with the Pandora's unique control schema. :D

The love of well-made hardware transcends national borders. ;) That said, is it an overly negative thing to point out that it's still pretty much a monolinguistic forum? I don't think there are that many Easterners in here, correct me if I'm wrong. Suddenly I'm all curious about the overall...

You do know that one of the main reasons a reversible screen was left out was that it's a copyrighted mechanism, right? That and the added expense, but I think the copyright issues were the bigger problem. It's mentioned in the Wiki FAQ. Personally, I'm content with the hinge as-is; one of...

I think it probably would be, frankly; you can tilt the Pandora screen back so far it's basically parallel to the bottom half of the unit, giving you a flat surface for drawing or intensive screen-interaction. If you put it on a table, you can probably prop your hand up comfortably enough with...

Indeed, putting another SD slot inside the case would probably take more room that it's worth, although I suppose the advantage is that it would be a lot easier to upgrade, or to replace if it died - capabilities I would have much preferred, to be honest, but it's not really a problem. What I...

But now no-one will know about the plight of my treasured Tesla coils! Fate, thou art cruel...

That commercial will never die. :lol:

If the NAND flash isn't as good as an SD card in most ways, why was that selected as a final component in the boards, versus another kind? Small footprint, low power consumption? Did it come linked to another component? Is it cheaper than other, perhaps more capable varieties of flash? I'm...

Whether they're blue, black, or key lime, I'm just planning to get a couple of 8-gig class 4 chips myself. Enough to play some music, hold some images and a bunch of docs/ebooks, and house a few applications and games. 16GB total seems pretty damn roomy if you ask me; with 64GB I could hold...

I absolutely agree. In the present situation, though, it doesn't seem to make much sense to gripe about minor details on the current photographs when the casing is still literally undergoing a revision process in those very areas as we type. :P

Speaking of hardware specs, I had a question as well, regarding the Pandora's internal NAND flash. I was wondering how easy/hard it would be to replace it in the future, perhaps even with a different kind of storage. Is it possible/realistic? I know it's going to last me a long time so long...

Um, the fact is, this isn't even the final case anyway, and it's been acknowledged that there are issues with the LED slot, so it will be different in the next sample regardless. I wouldn't worry about it until we see what the changes are and how the Pandora components fit into it; it seems...

Mm. Personally, I thought the gaming controls on the original made a lot of sense, and cutting out three of the four options for a touchpad seems like a bad move to me. The analogue nubs can serve as a half-decent mouse for non-gaming purposes, and in my oppinion, it's not a lot to ask to...

I'm note sure whether to be more surprised that the issue of SD chip aesthetics came up so late in the Pandora's development schedule, or that it ever came up at all... :lol: That said, those 8GB cards look nice, and if if they're black to boot, I may as well pick up a couple... :D