My money's a bit tight atm, but once I have the funds I'll definitely get the $200 deal. Good luck on this and I hope know it's going to be a huge success.

I'd totally buy a developer edition if I had the cash, but currently I don't, but when I do get enough money (and if I remember ) You can count me in for buying one, I don't know if it will be in time for helping fund at the beginning though

@graphmastur: I'm pretty sure others could help fund the project before summer starts. You can order one at the end of the year if you'd like then. Also, I read that part you quoted from their FAQ. That's why I kind of was thinking the site aims for art or film projects.

Anyways, I decided to postpone submitting my to Kickstarter. I don't think it would be fair to have you guys place money down to wait for something 2 or 3 months away. I think it would just be better if I focused in the next month or two on a full blown prototype (near to production model with casing and finalized hardware) and try to find a way to get it funded myself. I've been lucky getting the last two prototypes to work, but this time I need to shrink down the board which requires the PCB to be rerouted and add in the lithium-ion charging circuitry. This will require another prototype to be made.

In the meantime, we also need to discuss about the software, especially for the Standard Edition. For now temporary discussion about all the technical details (programming and software development) happening in the development of the ubercalculator will be concentrated here: http://uberspire.com/. The domain is temporary until an official name is given to Project Paradise and it gets trademarked.

I've also considered about getting other communities (besides just the calc communities) interested in the device. The Developers Edition is essentially a compact Linux computer. People can find many uses. Some I imagine:

• Portable gaming
• Portable media player
• Portable web browsing
• Note-taking device
• Portable computing for various hobbies (programming PICs or AVRS, controlling robots, etc.)
• Data logger and sensor interfacing
• PDA (keep track of contacts, meetings, appointments, etc.)
• Cheap and compact alternative to netbooks
• All-in-one supercalculator (Emulate any other calculator on the market: HP-50g, TI-nSpire, TI-8x series, Casio Prizm, etc.)
• On the fly text and speech translation for traveling
• Much, much, more

So you might have a friend who's not interested in graphing calculators, but maybe something on this list might pique their interest.

@graphmastur: I'm pretty sure others could help fund the project before summer starts. You can order one at the end of the year if you'd like then. Also, I read that part you quoted from their FAQ. That's why I kind of was thinking the site aims for art or film projects.

Okay, your decision.  I'm like 85% getting one of these, it's just money + time atm.

It would be nice if we managed to attract some people here with the device in the future, so it would be good to showcase it elsewhere maybe, in case other people might be interested.

Yeah, that's what I had in mind. I think this calculator can really bring a lot of interest into calc programming.

I was hoping to get a pandora, but this is cheaper! and it's essentially the same, looks like the same CPU, does it have 3D accelleration?

It's funny you should say that. I emailed my distributor for an order of parts to prepare the next prototype. Today, I got emailed back that they would like to offer an ARM Cortex A8 processor as a replacement, noting that it's pin compatible with the part I'm using and for the same price as the old part since they think the project is cool (I told them a little about it). It would be the third time I switched processors, but I couldn't say no to something faster, compatible and for the same price, so I ordered some for the next prototype.

So, if the next prototype works, you should be seeing a 800MHz Cortex A8 calculator coming soon this summer. I know it's totally over overkill, but I figured I should fit in as much power within the $150-$180 price range to really make it worth it. Who wouldn't want to play HD 720p movies on their calculator? The processor also uses the same graphics accelerator as OpenPandora (PowerVR SGX535), so Paradise will have the same graphical capabilities. So, the next prototype (and hopefully the last prototype of the board I have to make) should be really, really exciting.

Oh nice you changed the CPU? However, what is the screen size? Will it really be HD?

The screen is still a 4.3 inch display with 480x272 pixel resolution and 24-bit color. You can't get the HD experience on the LCD since the resolution is not high enough, but I'm planning on swapping out the TV RCA jack on the previous prototypes for an HDMI port. I'll have to look into the costs just to make sure before I can fully promise on that feature. Potential educational uses for HDMI is that it might make it easier for some teachers to plug it in to TVs or classroom projectors that have HD capability, so it can be pretty useful. So this actually might be the very first HD calculator.

@Eems, thanks. That's how I really feel about calc development and why companies shouldn't be crippling or prohibiting community development.

Nice. With the cortex A8 at 800 Mhz that is just behind the iphone 4 which is many times the price of ubercalc. I'm thinking that the hdmi could be expensive so another possible option could be the mini display port if it is cheap enough. It seems that almost all monitors being manufactured today are equipped with a mini display port. Unfortunately TV's rarely have one, but it might replace hdmi soon.  A much cheaper alternative could be a heavier vga.