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Gamepark’s open-source handhelds, including the GP2X, have gone through several revisions, all offering a fairly robust package at reasonable prices for savvy tech-heads not interested in picking up a Nintendo DS or a Sony PSP. But the devices make some sacrifices for the sake of portability, and that’s something that OpenPandora is hoping to take advantage of with its new handheld, Pandora, which is now available for preorder.

Designed specifically to improve upon GamePark’s GP handhelds, which also include the forthcoming Wiz, Pandora opts not to minimize computing power for the sake of portability. The unit features an ARM Cortex-A8 600MHz CPU as well as a 128MB of RAM, 256MB of internal Flash memory, and 3D OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant hardware. The unit boasts a full QWERTY keyboard as well as two analog sticks, a directional pad, and a number of game-specific input buttons as well as a 4.3″ touch-sensitive LCD screen with a resolution of 800×483. Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, dual SDHC slots, and a removable 4000MaH battery round out the feature set.

Pandora targeting Wiz in open-source gaming handheld war | Ars Technica

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