Stripped down Pandora "light"?

[Blue Protoman]

As I've said, removing the keyboard would need a redesign of the entire case and the entire board!

 

[Nardella]

Upon consideration it shouldn't be super hard to make a tablet style device that could serve as a "Pandora Light"


Why not just put a touch screen on top of a beagle board in a case, do some coding to make an app that will simulate nubs and buttons and keyboard with the touch screen and call it a Pandora Light. What else needs to be done?


And yes that was a semi serious question.

 

[WizardStan]

1) I think you are seriously overestimating the cost of the nubs and keyboard, or severely underestimating the cost of the OMAP, battery, and touch screen.


2) Been done: the tablet version is still $300.

 

[may88]

Back in the days when we still thought that two months TM was still funny and a possiblilty albeit with some optimisum, Craig was looking for another market for the pandora's motherboard. His idea at the time was to drop the screen, controls, battery and keyboard. This is a major change in form factor, so if there was sufficent interest then it may have been viable. A glut of motherboards has never been a problem so far more's the pity.


The spec originally suggested here is too similar to a full Pandora and would involve new boards. it's a new product, a commodore C14 if you will, with no market.

 

[DaMummy]

there was also talk of creating a pandora like arcade

 

[Prometheus]

This one, right?

 

[may88]

Pro! You look different. Have you done something with your hair?

 

[Nintendo]

there was also talk of creating a pandora like arcade

Or a Pandora XL.

 

[CubeFreak]

then it would be a PDA...