Pandora preorders start September 30th

[bustaballs]

http://www.openpandora.org/

Also, the Wiz has already started preorders.

http://www.gp2xstore.com/Gp2x_Wiz_Handh ... _p/158.htm

[GagaMan]

I think I'd rather own the Wiz as I'm not too keen on the whole pocket PC keyboard thing of the Pandora, I'd rather have a handheld tats like a handheld with just the essential buttons. I currently own a GP2X F-100, but might upgrade eventually depending on what they get running on the Wiz. How much more powerful is it than the previous GP2X?

[bustaballs]

The Wiz:

533MHz ARM9 CPU
64MB RAM
1GB internal storage
3D accelerator
touch screen
rechargeable battery that lasts 5~ hours


Pandora:
* ARM® Cortex™-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux
* 430-MHz TMS320C64x+™ DSP Core
* PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
* 800x480 4.3" 16.7 million colours touchscreen LCD
* Wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth & High Speed USB 2.0 Host
* Dual SDHC card slots & SVideo TV output
* Dual Analogue and Digital gaming controls
* 43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
* Around 10+ Hours battery life


Pandora > Wiz because:
The CPU can overclock to 900MHz.
Bluetooth
Wifi
full keypad
much longer battery life
two sdhc slots
probably a much better 3d accelerator


Wiz > Pandora because:

Much much cheaper
All of the apps and games on the GP2x can very easily be ported to it so there will already be a nice library of stuff to use on it. The PSX emu should easily run at full speed once it's ported.

[bustaballs]

Forgive me. I misunderstood your question.

The GP2X CPU ran at 200MHz and it didn't have a 3D accelerator. That along with the rechargeable battery, 1GB internal memory, and native flash support seem to be the only major upgrades. I wish they'd release more info on the 3D accelerator. I'm getting a pandora for sure. I can't pass up on a handheld PC designed for gaming.

[Niode]

The Pandora looks sweet.

I was always wary of getting a GP32x due to the unofficial nature of the homebrew support. Not being a C coder and I don't have the time to learn another programming language I don't think I could dedicate enough time to port any games to the system and would have to rely on others for software.

So I could never guarantee enough software to support such a purchase.

I may get one in the future if the support and the software is worthy of buying it but I can't bring myself to buy a system who's support appears quite flimsy on the outside...

[gibberoids]

i got my pandora pre-order in on the 30th... roll on november!