nubie
Recovering Jerk-A-Holic
I just wanted to post about this thread: http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?act=S...=28&t=43590
I like the "idea" of "another console", not in the way you might be thinking though.
What if you could transform the BeagleBoard into a console? They are $150 and come with just about everything.
This way anybody who wanted their own with a slide keyboard or a 7" mini laptop style Pandora would be all set to go.
Think of it as a benheck way to sell the Pandora.
As long as there is support for the Pandora OS/Gui/apps/games/emulators/media players on the BeagleBoard this could work right?
It wouldn't really "compete" with the Pandora as it wouldn't be nearly as small or "together", besides the fact that there is no way to build anything like the Pandora for $330 on your own. (lithium Ion, Dual SD, touchscreen, case, keyboard, wifi and BT just to name a few.)
What you DO get is DVI/HDMI video output (DVI and HDMI are really the same for video), and a lower price point.
This is perfect for ideas like this "pandora/PSP clone" as they can play with the beagleboard and be part of the community on the software side while they enjoy their own hardware features.
I wouldn't even mind $200 knock-off pandoras based on the BeagleBoard, cause lets face it, they will never be as good and you will always buy a pandora anyway. I am sure there is a way to slap a crap LCD and some buttons into a case with the BeagleBoard and sell it for $50. It probably would need 6 AA batteries or a wall charger, and they wouldn't be included. But hey, opportunity is the mother of chinese crap.
You might notice that myself and other board members sport benheck style projects in our sigs, I am sure that a BeagleBoard spinoff of the Pandora software will be forthcoming (and who knows, maybe most of the homebrew/emulators would work on a BeagleBoard with the Pandora OS on it?)
I like the "idea" of "another console", not in the way you might be thinking though.
What if you could transform the BeagleBoard into a console? They are $150 and come with just about everything.
This way anybody who wanted their own with a slide keyboard or a 7" mini laptop style Pandora would be all set to go.
Think of it as a benheck way to sell the Pandora.
As long as there is support for the Pandora OS/Gui/apps/games/emulators/media players on the BeagleBoard this could work right?
It wouldn't really "compete" with the Pandora as it wouldn't be nearly as small or "together", besides the fact that there is no way to build anything like the Pandora for $330 on your own. (lithium Ion, Dual SD, touchscreen, case, keyboard, wifi and BT just to name a few.)
What you DO get is DVI/HDMI video output (DVI and HDMI are really the same for video), and a lower price point.
This is perfect for ideas like this "pandora/PSP clone" as they can play with the beagleboard and be part of the community on the software side while they enjoy their own hardware features.
I wouldn't even mind $200 knock-off pandoras based on the BeagleBoard, cause lets face it, they will never be as good and you will always buy a pandora anyway. I am sure there is a way to slap a crap LCD and some buttons into a case with the BeagleBoard and sell it for $50. It probably would need 6 AA batteries or a wall charger, and they wouldn't be included. But hey, opportunity is the mother of chinese crap.
You might notice that myself and other board members sport benheck style projects in our sigs, I am sure that a BeagleBoard spinoff of the Pandora software will be forthcoming (and who knows, maybe most of the homebrew/emulators would work on a BeagleBoard with the Pandora OS on it?)
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