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Peanut
10-04-2010, 09:53 PM
But seriously, Panasonic is making a new handheld called...THE JUNGLE! Apparently there's a lot of focus on it being used for online games, specifically MMO's...on the go. Seems really really strange. It's got a full QWERTY keyboard and touch sensitive d-pad and buttons.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/10/panasonicjungle530px.jpg

Just looking at it brings to mind something as clunky as the N-Gage and as wrist-shattering as the DS phat. I see this being an immediate failure, but what are your thoughts? If we see a new remake of BALLZ and the rebirth of the FMV I'll be all over it!

Slighty more info. (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/04/the-jungle-panasonics-new-online-enabled-portable-gaming-devic/)
Eiko
10-04-2010, 11:29 PM
Sounds like its another Nintendo DS wanna be.
Peanut
10-04-2010, 11:32 PM
Which part makes it seem that way? The fact that it's got a keyboard, no dual/touch screens, or the fact that it's online focused?
愛
10-04-2010, 11:34 PM
Looks great. Can't wait to not line up in the non-existant preorder line. :)
ThirdMarioBro
10-05-2010, 03:18 AM
Looks fugly. Also looks like a ripoff of the Pandora which.... you know, actually released. Have one sitting on my desk. It's pretty much just a Linux rom box, but it serves well as a portable SNES/Genesis/N64/CPSII rig. The QWERTY keyboard is extremely usable and the D-pad/analog stick/buttons are as good as the Sega Saturn. I love the thing.

http://openpandora.org/images/stories/pandastart.jpg
Peanut
10-05-2010, 02:36 PM
Apparently the Jungle runs on a modified Linux setup as well, so the similarities are pretty striking.
ThirdMarioBro
10-06-2010, 03:26 AM
Yeah, they keep sounding more and more similar. Honestly, the Pandora isn't a bad little portable computer. I had to use it for a two week span when my laptop and PC went down at the same time. I was actually able to use it comfortably as a work computer. The ten hour battery certainly helped.
JameO
10-06-2010, 09:48 AM
Looks fugly. Also looks like a ripoff of the Pandora which.... you know, actually released. Have one sitting on my desk. It's pretty much just a Linux rom box, but it serves well as a portable SNES/Genesis/N64/CPSII rig. The QWERTY keyboard is extremely usable and the D-pad/analog stick/buttons are as good as the Sega Saturn. I love the thing.

http://openpandora.org/images/stories/pandastart.jpg

It is finally out? I got to get my hands on this thing, I was following it when they were still making the boards for it. So it all around works great? And surprised it was usable as a computer as well, pretty neat.