Could Pandora Open Up Linux Games? | Linux Today

Could Pandora Open Up Linux Games?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 30, 2008

“A stealth-mode startup is readying a Linux-based handheld
gaming device with WiFi, USB, and a 4.3-inch 800×480 touchscreen.
The ‘Pandora,’ headquartered at OpenPandora.org for now, runs Linux
on a next-generation ARM SoC with integrated OpenGL 2.0 compliant
graphics processor.

“Powered by a lithium-ion battery, Pandora measures 5.5 x 3.3 x
1.1 inches–slightly smaller than Nintendo’s DS Lite, or GamePark
Holdings’ Linux-based GP2X player, from which it arguably evolved.
In terms of processing power, its designers claim Pandora will
compare to Nintendo’s GameCube, a non-mobile gaming
platform…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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