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Well I cut my teeth on a Commodore VIC-20 (5KB RAM, including screen memory - Woot!) and later a C64, and although the bulk of my recent programming experience has been in a language only used in Market Research circles, I know I can figure out most anything if I really want to. I was once told...

Okay, basically MJW says what I suggest should be possible, but -- understandably -- this is a very low priority and the actual run-time possible will be unknown until the software is written to make it work (he feels it will be measured in days, or maybe weeks at best; I'm hoping for at least a...

Yes, that's true, but without the hardware support it definitely wouldn't happen. While I'm not one who enjoys programming to the point where I do it for fun (although I'm one of those weirdos who actually enjoys debugging), I'm sure it wouldn't hurt my C.V. to learn to code for GNU/Linux and...

You are TRULY EVIL! Please, have at least some mercy and use something like this. While that is obviously the primary purpose behind the device, it is far from the only intended purpose - the very first questions listed on the FAQ clearly state this. From what I am seeing here, it is highly...

Ahh, thank you for the definitions -- while I've heard/read those phrases in the past, I'm more used to just "suspend" for the former and "hibernate" for the latter. Perhaps that's my Winbloz background rearing its ugly head again...

Any way of determining that for certain before I commit to this device? I would imagine that such a feature would also be important to many other users for whom Pandora's potential as a PDA ranks high among their priorities. Unfortunately, my circumstances have changed drastically since I...

The Real Time Clock (RTC) should always be "on" and running as long as there is juice in the battery, even when the device is in an "off"/"hibernate" state - that's the whole purpose of an RTC (basically like the "CMOS battery" in a typical PC powers an internal RTC). What isn't clear to me is...

I, too, am dredging this thread up from the dead as it comes closest to answering my question (I did what I was supposed to do: use the search function to find an answer before posing a question), but doesn't really do so. I am looking at this device to be what the later Sharp Zaurus clamshell...

Simply because large hands bring the possibility (read: probability) of palms hitting the keys during heavy game play. On such a small device , this doesn't seem like an unimportant consideration to me. Putting my thumbs on the analog pads seems almost certain to cause this issue to arise. I...

Can't help but wonder if the Amiga 1000's (the original model) keyboard "garage" could be used as "prior art" to bust the "sliding/hidden keyboard" patent. I know it's different, but if the patent is written around the idea of hiding the keyboard until it's needed then I'd hope it could be...

I'm hoping there's a way to mod it to rotate and fold over the screen like the more recent model Sharp Zaurus PDAs or like the OLPC XO-1 (including the controls on either side and the screen rotation option). I'd love for this thing to operate as a PDA and eBook reader, too (great for those...