Some of this is subjective, but I though it might be worth looking at while daydreaming about its successor
Points in groups from myself, bismuthdrummer, ekianjo, Sepulep (in that order)
Right:
Points in groups from myself, bismuthdrummer, ekianjo, Sepulep (in that order)
Right:
- Fits DS stylus and PSP charger - i.e. compatible with third-party products
- Removable, upgradeable storage
- Hardware volume wheel
- Can be repaired by a skilled user
- Huge, easily replaceable battery
- Indicator lights visible when lid closed
- Good game controls
- Hacker-friendly software
- Near drop-in replacement to use better processor
- Good resolution and bpp screen -- 800x480 @ 32bpp is still valid today
- Internal microphone -- doesn't see a lot of use, but little surprises like DS emulation do come along
- Full headset support (TRRS jack)
- Mains and USB charging (contingency for jack/port degradation/failure)
- Boot from removable storage (SD), although USB should be added
- Unified standardized software system -- not perfect I've heard, but .pnd is a great start
- USB Host
- good screen (not OLED but pretty good LCD nonetheless!)
- PNDs. Great system to install software in a single step.
- Great audio capabilities.
- firmware: in spite of some rough spots, I really like the firmware, it is stable and all the power saving features actually work.
- PND system and repo: the PND system is very convenient, both for the user and for the packager (genpxml and pnd_make scripts!!). Together with the repo, it is brilliant
- double sd slots: this is something that I did not expect beforehand, but the sd storage works excellent to run the OS from - to the point where I wonder why the device has NAND at all..
- Oddball/proprietary TV-out socket
- No easy access to GPIOs (see above)
- USBhost incompatible with USB 1.x
- Mushy keyboard (probably fixed in iCP2)(is it really so bad?)
- Low quality/volume/bass internal speakers (debated)
- Painted case easily damaged (cosmetically)
- Poor case manufacture
- Slow internal wifi
- Poor case aesthetics - design is ugly and utilitarian
- though much improved, even the silver case has the screen bezel and battery lid problems...
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