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Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
People that play games as a primary goal seem more obsessed about apperance from what I see, they have those big tower cases with blue lights everywhere, and useless gauges. Games machines in general come in a variety of colours, which people seem to clamour for. The PSP seemed to get more popular when they redesigned the case a bit.

It seems to be pitching into a market where people are more concerned with form than normal.
Well, I don't run with gamers of any stripe much, but I think those gamers are pretty distinct from th emulovin' Pandora's target market; They'll probably ditch it anyhow; I'm not gonna search for it, but there was a post somewhere asking "Will the Pandora have any games, or will it just run emulators?" I think that's the typical PC/console gamer's attitude, and I don't think Pandora's marketed to them at all.

Anyhow, I don't think it's all that ugly, but the clamshell form-factor limits it from my non-gaming perspective. (There's no way you can form a tablet, unlike slate, slider, or flippin' clamshell designs; and half the time the keyboard is in the way, since non-gaming applications tend (for me) to be either extremely light on keyboard, or heavy enough to usually have an external keyboard vs. chiclet...) It's great for games, I think, but I still think the N900 will be the way to go.

/me prays for binary compatibility (with extra libraries as needed) between the mad gods of OMAP3