Open Pandora Almost Reaches Production with Mini-Clamshell Gaming / Hacking Device.

Posted on 15 December 2009, Last updated on 15 December 2009 by

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Bringing a computing device to the market is, quite frankly, a nightmare. 90% of the work is in the last 10% of the detail and timescales will always slip. For the first-timer, the success rate must be pretty low. For a community project, the success rate must be even lower so we’re truly happy to see that the Open Pandora project is just a few steps away from the finishing line. (Actually, a new starting line!)

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Production of the cases was due to start in time for Christmas shipping but a hiccup on the case has held things up. Fortunately, some production sample units are out there and the videos keep rolling in.

The Open Pandora product is aimed at hobbyists and hackers who want a relatively high-powered product for gaming-focused software projects. The device is just 140mm wide but contains a relatively powerful TI OMAP 3 board inside. That’s as good as the best ARM-based devices on the market right now!

Information, specifications and previous news on the Open Pandora project available here.

3 Comments For This Post

  1. MiKeN says:

    It’s too bad that production didn’t make it for a Christmas release but I’m not surprised. We’ve waited a year we can wait a month or 2 more. It will be a pretty awesome device when it comes out hopefully.

  2. Allan Permann says:

    Hi just stumbled your site and have been browsing around, do you also own a pet website that looks exactly like this one?

  3. Graham Yvon says:

    How can that be? I find that hard to believe

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