<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
is	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
and	O
mobile	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
originally	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
existing	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
and	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
target	O
for	O
homebrew	B-Application
development	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
several	O
features	O
that	O
no	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
have	O
previously	O
had	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
a	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
and	O
a	O
subnotebook	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
former	O
distributors	O
and	O
community	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
and	O
GP2X	B-Device
handhelds	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2013	O
,	O
multiple	O
batches	O
of	O
slightly	O
updated	O
Pandora	B-Device
variants	O
were	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
redesigned	O
and	O
upgraded	O
successor	O
,	O
called	O
DragonBox	B-Application
Pyra	I-Application
,	O
was	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
began	O
when	O
Craig	O
Rothwell	O
,	O
Fatih	O
Kilic	O
,	O
Michael	O
Mrozek	O
and	O
(	O
later	O
)	O
Michael	O
Weston	O
teamed	O
up	O
and	O
planned	O
a	O
portable	O
system	O
that	O
would	O
excel	O
in	O
the	O
areas	O
where	O
they	O
thought	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
and	O
GP2X	B-Device
systems	O
(	O
from	O
Game	O
Park	O
and	O
GamePark	O
Holdings	O
respectively	O
)	O
were	O
flawed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
was	O
designed	O
based	O
on	O
ideas	O
and	O
suggestions	O
contributed	O
by	O
GP32X	O
forum	O
members	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
creating	O
the	O
ultimate	O
open	O
source	O
handheld	B-Application
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
announcing	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
designers	O
of	O
Pandora	B-Device
stated	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
any	O
handheld	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
that	O
had	O
yet	O
existed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2008	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
wiki	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
created	O
;	O
as	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
contains	O
a	O
thousand	O
pages	O
and	O
is	O
translated	O
with	O
the	O
MediaWiki	B-Language
Translate	I-Language
extension	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenPandora	B-Device
began	O
taking	O
payments	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2008	O
and	O
began	O
shipping	O
to	O
customers	O
on	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2011	O
,	O
after	O
production	O
problems	O
,	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
shifted	O
its	O
production	O
from	O
Texas	O
to	O
Germany	O
,	O
delaying	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
device	O
was	O
upgraded	O
from	O
256	O
MB	O
to	O
512	O
MB	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
pre-order	O
queue	O
of	O
the	O
German	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
GmbH	O
company	O
(	O
owned	O
by	O
Michael	O
Mrozek	O
aka	O
EvilDragon	O
)	O
was	O
finally	O
cleared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaining	O
pre-order	O
queue	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
Ltd	O
.	O
company	O
(	O
owned	O
by	O
Craig	O
Rothwell	O
)	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
significantly	O
larger	O
than	O
originally	O
reported	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
UK	O
company	O
has	O
requested	O
to	O
be	O
struck	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
legal	O
connection	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
companies	O
,	O
the	O
German	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
GmbH	O
company	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
help	O
those	O
UK	O
customers	O
by	O
offering	O
them	O
significant	O
discounts	O
(	O
if	O
they	O
decide	O
to	O
buy	O
a	O
unit	O
from	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
instead	O
of	O
waiting	O
for	O
the	O
UK	O
company	O
)	O
and	O
by	O
organizing	O
community	O
donations	O
to	O
get	O
them	O
peer-funded	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
Pandora	B-Device
batch	O
has	O
been	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
7500	O
Pandoras	B-Device
have	O
been	O
made	O
and	O
sold	O
altogether	O
between	O
2010	O
and	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
further	O
production	O
made	O
impossible	O
due	O
to	O
shortage	O
of	O
WiFi	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
the	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
project	O
opened	O
the	O
hardware	O
design	O
files	O
to	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
a	O
kind	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speculation	O
and	O
discussion	O
about	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
has	O
started	O
on	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
and	O
a	O
demo	O
prototype	O
were	O
announced	O
at	O
FOSDEM	O
2014	O
;	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
called	O
DragonBox	B-Application
Pyra	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
with	O
high-end	O
PDA	B-Application
capabilities	O
,	O
but	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
low-power	O
full-featured	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
by	O
default	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
OS	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Ångström	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
even	O
install	O
other	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
distributions	O
like	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
or	O
Gentoo	B-Application
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
Pandora	B-Device
's	O
major	O
intended	O
uses	O
is	O
for	O
homebrew	B-Application
gaming	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
emulation	O
of	O
older	O
computer	O
systems	O
and	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
possible	O
through	O
efficient	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
resources	O
made	O
available	O
by	O
the	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
OMAP	O
3530	O
SoC	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
developers	O
have	O
already	O
shown	O
working	O
emulators	O
for	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
(	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
emulator	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
)	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
software	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
is	O
thought	O
by	O
its	O
developers	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
potential	O
to	O
emulate	O
most	O
if	O
not	O
all	O
machines	O
older	O
than	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
software	O
and	O
video	O
games	O
where	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
(	O
see	O
List	B-Application
of	I-Application
commercial	I-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
with	I-Application
available	I-Application
source	I-Application
code	I-Application
)	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
emulation	O
,	O
source	O
ports	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
;	O
notable	O
examples	O
are	O
Jagged	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Homeworld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
uses	O
standard	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
and	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
which	O
are	O
freely	O
available	O
,	O
allowing	O
anyone	O
who	O
wishes	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
develop	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
developers	O
from	O
the	O
GP2x	B-Device
community	O
have	O
publicly	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
developing	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Debian	O
packages	O
built	O
for	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
using	O
APT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Git	B-Application
repository	O
offers	O
the	O
latest	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lists	O
on	O
the	O
community-maintained	O
Pandora	B-Device
Wiki	O
keep	O
track	O
of	O
new	O
software	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
all	O
,	O
Pandora	B-Device
software	O
is	O
uploaded	O
to	O
either	O
the	O
,	O
the	O
or	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
File	O
Archive	O
existed	O
first	O
and	O
is	O
run	O
by	O
Michael	O
Mrozek	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pandora	B-Device
Apps	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Craig	O
Rothwell	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
viewing	O
on	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
's	O
smaller	O
screen	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
Repo	O
(	O
yet	O
unnamed	O
)	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
with	O
help	O
from	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
Repo	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
community	O
created	O
which	O
allows	O
native	O
clients	O
to	O
get	O
applications	O
from	O
the	O
pandora	B-Device
repo	O
without	O
actually	O
visiting	O
the	O
website	O
(	O
much	O
akin	O
to	O
Synaptic	B-Language
package	I-Language
manager	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pandora	B-Device
community	O
is	O
also	O
notable	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
tools	O
required	O
to	O
achieve	O
several	O
successful	O
static	O
recompilations	O
of	O
complex	O
binary	O
software	O
to	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
in	O
2014	O
an	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
version	O
of	O
the	O
1998	O
video	O
game	O
StarCraft	B-Application
was	O
generated	O
by	O
static	O
recompilation	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
x86	B-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
similar	O
port	O
of	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
Pandora	B-Device
variants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
Pandora	B-Device
Classic	O
with	O
following	O
changes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
Pandora	B-Device
Classic/Rebirth	O
with	O
following	O
changes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
single-board	B-Device
computers	I-Device
using	O
OMAP3500	O
series	O
processors	O
include	O
OSWALD	O
developed	O
by	O
Oregon	O
State	O
University	O
students	O
for	O
computer	O
science	O
education	O
,	O
Beagle	B-Application
Board	I-Application
,	O
IGEPv2	B-Device
,	O
Touch	B-Application
Book	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Gumstix	B-Application
Overo	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gizmondo	O
2	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
potential	O
commercial	O
competitor	O
of	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
,	O
but	O
the	O
Gizmondo	O
2	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPD	B-Device
Win	I-Device
can	O
also	O
run	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
