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    Quite a bit for you to read!

    Really interesting to read the development progress in these threads. There are so many things that can go wrong with something as complex as this and there's a lot of back and forth with many different entities. Easy to see why so many devices that come out are riddled with bugs.
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    Preorders Have Started. (Previously named starts in two hours)

    I think dragonbox.de should be more upfront about the ultimate cost--as in put the ultimate cost right next to the pre-order cost. I agree that with something like this one ought to read the fine print, but regardless the actual effect is that people are assuming the intent is malicious or...
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    Preorders Have Started. (Previously named starts in two hours)

    Would have gone with the 4G mobile version, but cellular internet here in the US is so absurdly expensive that I can't justify the extra $100.
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    ... we're still alive!

    I don't post here frequently but I lurk quite a bit. I saw this and I had to comment: at the very least I would go with 16GB. I don't know about other people but I plan to use the Pyra as a dockable desktop. In fact even if I were to solely use it as a portable computer then I'd still say...
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    Which distro

    I use Arch on my desktop PC and I like it, but I don't really want it on a portable PC.  If you don't stay up to date with the bleeding edge, you will undoubtedly have many problems with Arch.  Stuff breaks all of the time and a lot of the maintenance is left to the user (and this seems to be...
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    Will you use the Pyra as a phone?

    I would LOVE for the Pyra to replace my phone, but with its current two-handed clamshell design it just isn't suited for telephone calls or streamlined/simplified phone interfaces.  Therefore, like the Pandora, the Pyra will most often stay home and the smartphone will come with me.  It's a very...
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    Needs better touchscreen

    Well ED says he ordered the most sensitive resistive touchscreen he could.  And I certainly hope the sensitivity is much better because my Pandora's touchscreen is kind of a nightmare.  I have to press extremely hard and I have no confidence that dragging motions won't drop in and out (not to...
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    The Case for a Swivel Hinge

    There is no universal edict that says all users must abide by the designer's intended usage for the design or by general notions about why certain designs exist.  If the user feels it's worth risking damage to their screen (and I hardly see this being a problem--people do this every day with...
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    Un-Brick the design.

    Personally I don't really care what the Pyra looks like.  I only wish that it will be thinner than the pandora (from the preliminary specs it looks like it will be of the same thickness) because it truly feels like a brick in your pocket.
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    The Case for a Swivel Hinge

    In the thread that raised the idea of an e-ink screen on the back of the device, I got to thinking about the current dilemma I (and many others I assume) are facing with the advantages / disadvantages of having a full blown computer in your pocket vs a smartphone with streamlined features. In...
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    E-ink Screen

    Man, a feature like this could easily make the Pyra the "everything device."  For general tasks like web browsing, IMing, terminal usage, MP3 player, phone calls, etc etc a highly responsive screen is often just not needed (not to mention reading books).  There would be "ease of access" for this...
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    Why does the sgx driver can't work with hard float distros ?

    Is omapdrm the successor to omapfb? And if so, do you think that it might be a better investment of my time to try getting the latest archarm kernel working with the open pandora (using notaz's kernel configs as a guide)?
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    Why does the sgx driver can't work with hard float distros ?

    I see, thanks. So what I'll try to do then is: 1) upgrade to 1Ghz pandora 2) download the driver in this thread (possibly along with notaz's kernel and kernel patch) 3) try to get this kernel to work with the archlinux armv7 repo 4) hope it works
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    Why does the sgx driver can't work with hard float distros ?

    Pandora Rebirth here and $ cat /etc/powervr-esrev 3 OK, so I want to get archlinux ARM running on my openpandora. The Archlinux ARM armv7 repos are hard float only. Given the results of the 'cat' operation above, my open pandora's PowerVR SGX530 does not support hardware floating point...
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    Slackware for Pandora 14.0

    Thanks for the info. Also, forgive me for being ignorant of this, but can you elaborate on what you mean by Arch ARM's being hard float preventing the soft float 3d module from working? (even if you're unsure of whether or not it's true) Are you saying there might be certain parts of...
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    Slackware for Pandora 14.0

    Thanks for creating and maintaining this distribution. It has a lot more programs (and more up to date programs) than the main Pandora OS, and the lack of them was leaving me feeling severely limited seeing as I want to use this device as a general purpose mobile computer. I still plan to get...
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    Experiment: Improving the keyboard quality, based on technique used in HP 200LX keyboard

    I completely agree. Between thumb typing and table-top/"home row" typing, thumb typing is undoubtedly used 99% of the time on the Pandora (not to mention, I doubt most people will even attempt or are even capable of doing so). I really don't think it makes any sense to forgo design designs...
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    The Pandora's keyboard, issues/recommendations/modding

    Hello, I recently purchased a Pandora Rebirth edition. I'm still getting things sorted out on the software end due to my terrible internet connection (americuhhh...), so I can't rightly comment on that yet, but the hardware is quite amazing. However, this post isn't about my general...
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    Any downside to buying rebirth and then upgrading to 1Ghz later?

    Is replacing the PCB a difficult process? Do I need to do any soldering?
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