How are you going to use your Pandora?

[gruso]

All the usual handheld stuff, plus (for those who don't browse gp32x) I'm building a "car kit" so I can use it as a media hub & GPS navigator.

 

[PoisonedV]

Porn.

The reason i'm not fussed about firefox until it's flash enabled :lol:

Now that you mentioned it Google Chrome is closed source right? I personally don't like it and don't use it, except for incognito mode. Works wonders.

First of all, there are firefox extensions for that. second, who watches porn on sites like xtube? its so low quality. it feels like im fapping to a NES game.

but damn, gp2x users sure loved their porn, as witnessed at the torrent site.

 

[PokeParadox]

I don't know... just throwing it out there... I might stand on my head and play it with my feet, while singing Bohemian Rhapsody. :lol:

Hmmm ok, serious answer:
Games,
Emulators,
Homebrew,
My own code.

 

[ish420]

Watching my DVD backups[Movies and shows], web browsing, checking my email, and retro gaming. Skype would be awesome but doubtful. Internet radio would be a great treat. Hopefully, sites like HULU will work with the Pandora. That's a big one for me. A streaming program[pimp streamer] would be a great addition to the Pandora.

 

[punkrockserfer]

First and foremost, Emulators (PSX, N64, SNES, NES, C64, GB/C/A, Genesis, SMS, PCE, GameGear, Mame)

Secondly, Ebook and comic book reader. Hopefully we'll see some great software for these.

Third, internet browser.

Fourth, media player. Movies & music.

As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that will restrict me with this thing is how much memory I can afford.

I cant f-ing wait!

 

[Falcon Delta]

Games, internet browsing, videos, and music.

 

[atomicthumbs]

Hoo boy.

1. Games (homebrew)
2. Games (emulated)
3. Web browsing
4. Movies
5. Music (this has the best battery life of any music player, ever)
6. Programming (Python and eventually C)
7. IRC
8. Usenet
9. Emulating really old mainframes (PDP-11s and VAXs)
10. School work tracking
11. Word processing
12. Attaching to my radio and using as a TNC/data decoder
13. USB power thingy
14. GPS
15. Reading stuff (books and papers and documents)
16. Camera buddy (geotagging and extra storage and remote capture)
17. ???
18. Profit! (Computer business appointment tracking)

 

[hede]

I will use the Pandora only for gaming, that means:
- playing emulator games
- playing native games
- fiddling the os
- trying to get experiences in programming for the main cpu/neon/dsp
- browsing the net

Some people here want to use Skype. There is no official generic-arm-port for Linux. But there's a armel .deb package for the Nokia n8x0-series. These are based on TIs OMAP like the Pandora. The package itself depends on Maemo-installer-utils and osso-product-info. So its unlikely to be "natively installable" at the Pandora. The Skype binaries inside seem to be dynamically linked (file: skype: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped), but I do not have a arm-Version of a "print shared library dependencies"-tool (ldd) to check the dependencies. But maemo (the Nokia N8x0s OS) is mostly open source and uses the common X Server, so I'm pretty sure this binaries will run at the Pandora.

But, btw, who wants to use the Closed Source Application Skype at the Pandora, if there is plenty of Open Sourced VoIP-Software out there? I prefer SIP over Skype and most SIP providers even use a local PSTN number for dial-in/out.

 

[JayFoxRox]

- Assembler programming (Mainly games)
- Gaming (on bus and in school)
- TV
- Listening music
- Connecting to teamspeak at any time
- Checking mails from anywhere
- As demo-platform

So its mainly a challenge for me, programming and hacking wise, while its also a time waster at some times and useful for managing my digital ways of contacting people

 

[TaG]

Games, email, web, PIM, media player, 'everything else'.

Most important is form factor, wifi, BT.

The 'everything else' is a major factor - trying lots of different stuff, some of which will be fun but pointless, some will probably become invaluable.

 

[Bosbeetle]

I have a wobbly chair at home I'll probably put the pandora under it to correct the wobble.

 

[surt]

Provided the stylus and touch screen work well enough for it: opportunistic pixel pushing.

Time killing with UFO: Enemy Unknown.

 

[OldGamer]

Besides the usual gaming, internet and multimedia stuff I plan to use my Pandora as a PDA/organiser, since I'll be taking it everywhere and will be able to jot down notes and reminders as needed.

 

[Tor]

Mobile internet device. Will use wi-fi and BT a lot. Email, browser, other networked applications.
And I will have a 16GB card installed in one slot, and use the other to dump the (1GB) card from my camera when out in the field.

 

[Kyosys]

emulation, games, umpc stuff, internet, throwing it at people

 

[Mithrildor]

1. Being happy that im the only one of the city Nijmegen (population: 161.177 people) that has a pandora!
2. Gaming (emulation and homebrew)
3. Webbrowsing.

 

[Bosbeetle]

1. Being happy that im the only one of the city Nijmegen (population: 161.177 people) that has a pandora!

Then Ill travel from zwolle to nijmegen just to annoy you

 

[Capn_Fish]

Uses:

1. Dev on the go
2. Games (Misc & emulated PSX)
3. Web browsing
4. SSH

Stuff of import:

1. Onboard dev tools and libraries/headers
2. Keyboard usability
2. Battery life

 

[Chero]

. Note taking (notecase - gournal)
. Spreadsheet editing (gnumeric)
. carrying my database with me (portabase)
. PIM (pimlico's dates - contacts - tasks)
. gaming ? (not sure, I will give it a try)

 

[riosingh]

Games will be the main use.
Although on trips it will be used to watch videos, and listen to music.
There are a lot of promised potential apps which are being working on (by devs). These are essential to unlock any device's potential. If and when they materialise their practicality will be assessed.
I can’t really see this taking over the roles of either my phone(diary, alarm, time, mobile internet, email, txt, gps), my laptop(browsing the internet), or my desktop(work stuff using specialist software).

I think it will take on the role of my GP2X. Which essentially is a mobile games machine.