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  This is bad code you know, not device's problem. Solving such problems is not a matter of compatibility but code quality. You don't want you project to die with (for example) pandora rebirth, do you? There are standards you know. If GPU driver is broken you could support it but you shouldn't...

  storage is not a CPU or GPU, it's not like someone starts writing and reading more because the storage is faster. What I'd like to see is actual numbers of data size per joule (MB/J) and idle power consumption. Peak power consumption is misleading there.   What about including software power...

  Easy: Manufacturer controls memory speed so people won't complain about it (because user installed the cheapest microSD they could buy and expected miracles) and have additional profit from selling devices with higher capacity storage (just compare prices of identical devices with different...

^ I second that. And actually could decrease initial price for those who will want to buy microsd themselves for whatever reason. sometimes even accidentally as there are no protection mechanisms on SD slots 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/displaylink-and-rohm-demonstrate-usb-power-delivery-solutions-at-ces-2014-239077341.html USB PD is only recently demonstrated and uses USB controller with USB PD support. The possibility for pyra to support USB PD is quite bleak unless there is some kind...

Assuming USB controller conforms this specification but I'm sure it is not, see my previous post

USB host always provides power and USB device always receives it so if it's being charged then it's device. Hub won't help as it needs pyra USB to be in host mode, so yes, USB3 in dock will be unusable unless it's made according to USB Power Delivery specification,no. But if pyra would support...

@ED What about combined SIM/MicroSD slot? Is it decided that pyra won't have one? Or maybe it doesn't matter for initial case design? Bigger battery is certainly a good idea, if anything it will increase standby time compared to pandora. I don't like charging my portable electronics once a day...

  We will lose the ability to upgrade kernel beyond what currently android have as evidenced by pretty much all alternative android firmwares as they always use the latest kernel available from phone manufacturer and not more recent ones. But there are opensource drivers available for every GPU...

They don't provide linux drivers now, improv is using libhybris for gles. Of course anything may change, allwinner may provide full linux support, ARM may create and support opensource mali drivers or Qualcomm managers suddenly believe in opensource and order their programmers to release source...

board as a computer and pyra as a gamepad,screen and card reader with internal nand included. USB host, ethernet and whatever is better implemented on external board. You don't expect RAM sharing, do you?   If you consider software support then atom and snapdragon will swap their places...

it may or may not matter depending on exact amount compared to idle power consumption of the rest of the device. Intel processors can completely turn off cores or put them in low power state unattainable on a running machine (it's impossible to run any code in this power state but it could...

No,it's basically the same thing as with pandora DSP. It just won't be used, probably forever

@ED You'd better read review sites with actual measurements and established testing methodology. Support German tech journalism, read notebookcheck :) http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-Miix-2-8-Tablet.107505.0.html...

'We' means 'there should be someone,right?' or you know someone who will do it? Or maybe you'll do it yourself? Fine by me then

Short version: discounts for OS Long version: There is a long tradition to offer discounts for the products, especially in IT area. This can save a lot of money for computer manufacturers and they usually go for it. For example there was a time when notebooks started appearing and first atoms...

  It's pure FUD you know... I can guess you never owned non-branded desktop computer or even built one yourself otherwise i'm assuming you're spreading this FUD on purpose.   Wrong. Kernel maintainers actively reject any driver that is impossible to test without using closed source components...

ED said many times that pyra would run Linux. It may or may not run any number of other OSes. If multiple OSes would be supported then Linux would be in that list. He's not Craig you know. Pyra won't be the only portable linux machine but it'll still be the portable linux machine with hardware...

@hmc In business world money matters and anything else does not and it's not a good business practice for ED to go wintel expecting that business customers would just pop out suddenly. A business customer can pay more money than non-business customer but it requires real support in return, not...

Current voting trend show that people don't care about long term support. Well nothing is unusual here compared to the rest of the world as people usually prefer fast processor when buying phones or tablets nowadays (some prefer battery life or better both) and starting to complain about (the...