portable computing

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Computers >

http://openpandora.org/

Tiny Linux QWERTY gaming palmtop

  • aka the OpenPandora
  • By default, runs the Angstrom Linux distribution.
  • (will be) Replaced by the Pyra.
  • 2012-05-09 — received
  • ~2010-01-24 – This was replaced by my Zaurus SL-C1000.

    • 2018-01-09 — I’m not sure what this note is.



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TODO – My notes are in deep archives.

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Computers > Portable computing >
Sharp Zaurus SL-series >

(on Wikipedia)

A QWERTY clamshell palmtop which runs Linux.



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Hardware > Music >

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Back when it was a thing, I had a CD player which could play MP3s.

This unit is entirely out of date now, but the assurance of quality which would be created with this one may well carry forward to their newer models. Be assured that my opinion of both the brand and the reseller is still poor.

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Entertainment, Hardware > Game consoles / Computers, Portable computing > Portable gaming >

(on Wikipedia)
was english.gamepark.com

The GP32 is a brand new handheld game console. It has double the resolution of a Game Boy Advance SP and up to four times the processing power. It is an open platform (like the PC) and a lot of private development has already begun, including emulating other game consoles on it.

Hot damn this thing’s got potential.

  • Abandoned
  • It looks like this will be overtaken by the XGP and GP2X.
  • There were problems in 2002 with Game Park finding a European foothold, but that problem has apparently long been resolved.



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