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I picked up three of these Blaze handheld development platforms at the recent hamfest, for about $3 each.

Texas Instruments created these back in 2010, to streamline application software development on their OMAP 4430 ARM Cortex A9-based system on a chip (SoC). The OMAP 4430 SoC was also used in the Pandaboard.

Blaze technical docs and firmware:
http://omappedia.org/wiki/Blaze

OMAP 4430 SoC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMAP#OMAP_4

Pandaboard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PandaBoard

Specifications

• dual 3.7″ capacitive WVGA touchscreens
• 3 multi-megapixel cameras
• DLP pico projector
• HDMI out
• accelerometer
• compass
• light sensors
• temperature sensor
• barometric pressure sensor
• proximity sensor
• Wi-Fi
• GPS
• Bluetooth
• FM receiver
• microphone input
• stereo speaker output
• PCIe slot for 3G modem