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Hi,
I am thinking about investing in an open source handheld device in the next few months.
The choice for me is between the Caanoo and the Pandora. Currently, I am leaning more towards the Caanoo.
The main things I intend to use them is of course emulation gaming. But I also would like to have a certain usability in other areas.
Most importantly the reading and ebook capability of these devices. I know the Caanoo comes with an inbuilt reader and I don't doubt the Pandora has a similar offering in its software library. However, I would like to hear actual experiences and opinions about how good and how long you can read before feeling uneasy. Since I am considering buying an ebook-reader instead, it would be interesting to see people's opinions on how good a substitute the Caanoo or the Pandora is for a dedicated ebook-reader.
I also have questions about dosbox emulation on both devices. They both have touchscreens and styli, so it should be possible to have dosbox emulate the mouse by using touchscreen input. This would be interesting, because it would allow for a rather faithful representation of old DOS strategy games, like the first Master of Orion. So my question is basically, whether this has already been done with the ports, is in the works or will not happen at all.
And a more general question about dosbox; how good is the emulation performance in terms of dosbox cycles?
Concerning the Pandora's built in keyboard, I'd also like to know how good you can really type with it. Is it feasible to write code or small texts containing a few hundred words in a realistic amount of time? If I could really type with it in a reasonable time frame, this could be a huge plus for me.
I am thinking about investing in an open source handheld device in the next few months.
The choice for me is between the Caanoo and the Pandora. Currently, I am leaning more towards the Caanoo.
The main things I intend to use them is of course emulation gaming. But I also would like to have a certain usability in other areas.
Most importantly the reading and ebook capability of these devices. I know the Caanoo comes with an inbuilt reader and I don't doubt the Pandora has a similar offering in its software library. However, I would like to hear actual experiences and opinions about how good and how long you can read before feeling uneasy. Since I am considering buying an ebook-reader instead, it would be interesting to see people's opinions on how good a substitute the Caanoo or the Pandora is for a dedicated ebook-reader.
I also have questions about dosbox emulation on both devices. They both have touchscreens and styli, so it should be possible to have dosbox emulate the mouse by using touchscreen input. This would be interesting, because it would allow for a rather faithful representation of old DOS strategy games, like the first Master of Orion. So my question is basically, whether this has already been done with the ports, is in the works or will not happen at all.
And a more general question about dosbox; how good is the emulation performance in terms of dosbox cycles?
Concerning the Pandora's built in keyboard, I'd also like to know how good you can really type with it. Is it feasible to write code or small texts containing a few hundred words in a realistic amount of time? If I could really type with it in a reasonable time frame, this could be a huge plus for me.