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[way-off-topic] I find it funny that an "American" inch Is metric in a way: it's Exactly 25.4mm by definition. Also a degree F is Exactly ((9/5 * degrees C)+32), and an American second is Exactly 1 metric second! (Also a pound is Exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, but that isn't as good an example...

Tropical anonymity? [/off-topic-again]

I think getting Qemu working is interesting even outside of combining it with Wine (which would be a major bonus): many of the "It's Linux, but closed source and x86" or "Linux and open source, but uses a lot of x86 assembly" applications could be answered (so long as they aren't too CPU intensive)

Mods, please lock. The question has been answered and everything after WizardStan's post is noise.

I was going to reply right after you posted that people had already had some results with the Nokia tablets, but now it's more amusing: Recent news

That's nice, but it's a smartphone. The OP has specifically asked and furthermore

Thanks I wouldn't be surprised if the compile requirements are almost identical to gqview (they look about the same, gthumb just supports more)

I was being silly on purpose with the hint (Google would get you there if you search for: howard forums). http://www.howardforums.com/forum.php (The site isn't as good as it used to be, it got too big and the carriers/manufactures started forcing them to moderate more. Back in the day it...

Hey daniel3000 (or anyone else), may we have gthumb? it's (very much) like gqview but it supports animated gifs – Very important! ;-) I think it should be on the nand.

I don't. In Kindergarten, we could earn tickets, and put them in a jar for a drawing at the end of the week. I figured out how to rig it after being introduced to the concept for a couple weeks. Seriously, hats are not 5-year-old safe, let alone adult geeks. (And they are very not random...

I never thought about it that way, it really does explain a lot! (such as why SSDs are so much more expensive and faster compared to the same capacity in SD cards) - and why some cards use more power, even when sitting idle (bugs in the code + inefficient processor) Thanks for the insight.

Did you see my post above? I guess I didn't make it clear but I've never owned a smartphone, all the phones I've tethered with were the normal kind. If you have an older plan that includes data (either unlimited or data-costs-minutes (and free nights/weekends)) then you should check certain...

A couple weeks ago i would have said No, flash is nowhere near dead (youtube.com/html5 being the exception to the rule). But then at work this morning I was handed an iPad with the instruction "Get familiar with Safari [and how the company's site works on it], in preparation for us supporting...

I'll bite. Yes, it is fine to discuss those things. It would be good, perhaps even awesome to make sure that the Pandora can run android apps, but what most of here are objecting to is replacement of the default OS, which is the meaning that craig very clearly wrote. There are good technical...

I've been using LG phones on Verizon for tethering (both USB and Bluetooth) for years with Linux (including my N800) but it's rather plan dependent, and model dependent - some need tweaking to enable it on EVDO. (It will try and fail until enabled instead of using 1xRTT) There are various...

At the (awesome!) rate these hotfixes are being developed, by the time I get my Pandora we will probably be up to Hotfix 8. Is there a quick way to tell what OS version is installed when mine arrives so I know if I will need to update it right away?

What are you talking about? It's not like XxionxX posted in that thread, just stated a preference to not discuss Pandora 2, and showing us why.

That's true, but sunlight does peak in the visible at the ground. (which is of course why that's the range we evolved to see) so it's a close enough approximation. I think it's likely that matte black plastic also absorbs IR, and perhaps near UV, but I don't know that. When I get my Pandora...

One small thing - it would Not be only 20 euro, look at the N900. Now imagine the price if there were only 8000 of them. The cost to make it a phone is not just the hardware, it's the regulations of every country in the world (I'm sure the USA's FCC alone would make it impossibly expensive for...

Adding to that, it does strengthen WizardStan's point that leaving a Pandora (or most anything else electronic) out in the sun is a Very Bad Idea. If it had solar panels, they couldn't help much on that point unless they actually had a big airspace between them and the case (which would mean...