Android ported to Pandora, in the name of science or something
By Ross Miller 
posted February 1st 2010 7:12AM
posted February 1st 2010 7:12AM
posted February 1st 2010 7:12AM
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"Yo dawg, I heard you like Pandora on Android..."
@virtual
More like "Yo dawg, I heard you like Pandora so I put some Pandora..."
Don't want to kill the momentum by shoving Android in between now do you?
@graey Really? I think the first way's more fun (Yo dawg, I heard you like Pandora on Android, so I put Android on your Pandora so you can listen to Pandora on Android on your Pandora).
@virtual Yo dawg, I heard you like Pandora so I put Pandora on your Pandora so you can Pandora while you Pandora.
This is not in full production.
@mrspiteri This is also not a pineapple. Your point?
@nicholiservia
The dead horse, you beatz it, lul.
Seriously homie, either you enjoy the PSP or you don't. It's been out for 5 years, there won't be a 2nd analog stick until Sony decides on a PSP2 or whatever; and even then it's not guaranteed. You want to boycott it? Good, don't buy one. Now that you made that decision, why not go ahead and point out where the PSP was mentioned in this article before you showed up?
You could listen to Wilco (the Song) by Wilco while using Pandora (the App) on your Pandora.
I wouldn't have thought the tree of souls was compatible with linux..
@Steve Ballmer
Hey Steve!
Remember that one time, at the back of CES 2005?
"OHMIGODICANT waaaaaiiiiiiiiiit....."
ala Eric Wareheim
I would like to see moblin or maemo on there...
Stop sending androids to Pandora, quit attacking the poor Na'vi!
@suncho
ROFL
@Martha Stewart
Ha ha ha ha! That is even more amusing
than the article.
The Pandora is most definitely NOT in mass production. The Pandora is still in the same state as it has been for over a year: The state of "As soon as this-and-that-is-done, mass production will start." Delivery is always just a month away. The Pandora was a great product to begin with, but it is becoming more and more outdated and the hardware is no longer worth the price. Kinda sad, actually. Also, the developers always blame the delays on the hardware, while even the GUI is not completely finished yet, so even with a finished hardware a year ago, the whole thing would still not be ready to ship today. And try to find some information about the toolchain for developing software for this device. For some reason, the developers have still not been able to write a simple and concise summary of what tools you need to develop software for this thing. After all, they've only had 2+ years to do exactly that, while supposedly just waiting for the chinese factory to deliver the next batch of samples.
It is nice to see though that they managed to port something other than an emulator for an outdated gaming console onto the Pandora. Recently, it appeared to me that the community is completely satisfied with playing 15-year-old console games and yet another port of Doom and Quake on a device that could really do so much more.
@Bauer GCC and SDL. There's your damn toolchain. Want an app? Try QT or GTK.
@Bauer
It's Linux, for crying out loud. It's just running on ARM. Developing for it shouldn't be much different than developing on x86 linux. Just make sure the compiler you use can compile for ARM and that all the libraries etc you are planning to use have been ported for ARM. If you've developed for linux before, it shouldn't cause you any problems.
like atomicthumbs said, GCC and SDL are a safe bet.
Pandora, still trying to ship huh... been ~1.5 years now... sad.
@nicholiservia lol good luck showing the hurt that your "hurt" needs a "remedy" of a new Sony device. What were you suing them for in the first place, breach of implied contract for dual analog gaming device?
No thanks. I'll stick withy ipad $499,this is too archaic.
@logic thinker ipud 499 good deal for to aoutwit 330 linux system white case bad tinker put together assembly.
@atomicthumbs I think one of your thumbs blew-up, atomic.
My beef with Pandora is the devs willfully lied to people in order to raise the funds. There was no possible way they could have believed their lies that it was shipping 2 years ago about 2 months after starting orders.
As mentioned, they just recently finished getting an OS installed that boots as well as a keyboard design. Still no cases.
It is a pretty neat device but it's being run by a bunch of frauds who refuse to tell the truth and are living off people's money for 2 years.
@beheybirder
You are very wrong and I am tasty.
@beheybirder They admitted that they basically didn't know anything about how long it would take to get the parts made.
linux build ported to a linux device?
mind = blown.
You're not in Windows anymore, you're on Pandora...
>Open source
>Hacked
Oh Engadget...
@(Unverified)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28programmer_subculture%29
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28hobbyist%29
;)
Ugh... Pandora is not in mass production, it is nowhere near it. Second, this wasnt some buyer that got his hands on it, this prototype unit was sent to a dev. Third, how was this hacked, when it is an open platform?
Less Ipad BS and more informative reporting please.
When the Pandora is something I can order, and then receive a week later via UPS, I'll buy one.
Until then, it's kind of a sucker's gamble to throw $300 at strangers for vaporware.
This device is *IN PRODUCTION* .. the PCB's have been produced and assembled and the only part that is missing is the case, and this is due to be ready any day now, as anyone watching this project closely can tell you .. The fact that there are thousands of boards ready to go, and that the only bit missing is the case, means "IN PRODUCTION".
Not that they've produced one, yet, other than development prototypes, but you cannot say its not IN PRODUCTION. Because it is. And it will ship in Two Months (tm) ..
Cool news...
http://www.androidz.co.cc