Pandora I cant believe its almost here

pubzombie · 03 November 2009, 19:57

Hi folks,

Got news in the mail the other day YAY that the Pandora is at last in production.
Going to have miggy emulation on the go with a qwerty keyboard

not long now I hope?
http://openpandora.org/index.php?opt...mid=13&lang=en
Any of you guys going to the Retro Computer Museum gig on Nov15th?
laterz
PZ

chiark · 03 November 2009, 21:25

I unfortunately bailed out last year... I was naively expecting that it would have been ready a year ago.

Will be very interesting to see if it finally arrives!

Photon · 04 November 2009, 02:12

Only clicked on this cos I thought the title was accurate and funny

Was it on purpose?

It's nice that they don't keep us in the dark, though. Haven't seen that chart before though, has it been online long?

Kitty · 04 November 2009, 02:37

Pandora looks awesome, I hope they use matt finish on the screen, the shiney screens pick up dust and scratch so easily, looking at the videos on the website it seems to be a matt finish but I'm not 100% sure.
How much is the Pandora gonna be?

Samurai_Crow · 04 November 2009, 04:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitty

Pandora looks awesome, I hope they use matt finish on the screen, the shiney screens pick up dust and scratch so easily, looking at the videos on the website it seems to be a matt finish but I'm not 100% sure.
How much is the Pandora gonna be?

According to http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php...an-email-back/ it's going to be 266.20 UKP (VAT included) due to the changing exchange rates.

Kitty · 04 November 2009, 23:14

Quote:

According to http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php...an-email-back/ it's going to be 266.20 UKP (VAT included) due to the changing exchange rates.

Wow thats pretty expensive! You could buy a low end pc for that kind of money.

chiark · 04 November 2009, 23:23

Aye, it was a lot cheaper when it started off

, and it was cutting edge last year. A year is a hell of a long time in mobile devices, but it's still pretty good value for money IMHO.

If they'd been a little more realistic on delivery times in the first place, I'd still be happily waiting.

I still hope it's a resounding success, and I'll be in the second or third batch!

DH · 04 November 2009, 23:23

@Kitty
And stick it in your pocket too

mattbarton.exe · 05 November 2009, 17:11

I have some friends over at Armchair Arcade that pre-ordered them a long, long time ago. Good to hear some progress is being made; I think a few had concluded it was vaporware.

tonyyeb · 05 November 2009, 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiark

Aye, it was a lot cheaper when it started off

, and it was cutting edge last year. A year is a hell of a long time in mobile devices, but it's still pretty good value for money IMHO.

If they'd been a little more realistic on delivery times in the first place, I'd still be happily waiting.

I still hope it's a resounding success, and I'll be in the second or third batch!

Still going the be the most powerful hand held 'gaming' device available.

cv643d · 05 November 2009, 22:04

Great that its finally out, as someone already said 1 year is a long time.

At the time when the Pandora project started they compared it with Netbooks, now the Netbook phenomenom seems dead, instead people want Windows and big harddrives in their netbooks instead of SSD and mini-Linux.

So the Pandora needs to stand on its own feet IMHO.

From a scale of interest from 1 to 5, I am at about 2.4

Paul_s · 05 November 2009, 22:41

I'm on a scale of two more weeks

I'll stick with my Mini9

pubzombie · 07 November 2009, 15:30

*SIGH* how much longer? before xmass?

Anemos · 07 November 2009, 15:35

doh,the project still live?

03 November 2009, 19:57	#1
pubzombie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: westmids Posts: 900	Pandora I cant believe its almost here Hi folks, Got news in the mail the other day YAY that the Pandora is at last in production. Going to have miggy emulation on the go with a qwerty keyboard not long now I hope? http://openpandora.org/index.php?opt...mid=13&lang=en Any of you guys going to the Retro Computer Museum gig on Nov15th? laterz PZ

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03 November 2009, 21:25	#2
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	I unfortunately bailed out last year... I was naively expecting that it would have been ready a year ago. Will be very interesting to see if it finally arrives!

04 November 2009, 02:12	#3
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,611	Only clicked on this cos I thought the title was accurate and funny Was it on purpose? It's nice that they don't keep us in the dark, though. Haven't seen that chart before though, has it been online long?

04 November 2009, 02:37	#4
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	Pandora looks awesome, I hope they use matt finish on the screen, the shiney screens pick up dust and scratch so easily, looking at the videos on the website it seems to be a matt finish but I'm not 100% sure. How much is the Pandora gonna be?

04 November 2009, 23:23	#7
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	Aye, it was a lot cheaper when it started off , and it was cutting edge last year. A year is a hell of a long time in mobile devices, but it's still pretty good value for money IMHO. If they'd been a little more realistic on delivery times in the first place, I'd still be happily waiting. I still hope it's a resounding success, and I'll be in the second or third batch!

04 November 2009, 23:23	#8
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	@Kitty And stick it in your pocket too

05 November 2009, 17:11	#9
mattbarton.exe Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Cloud, MN/USA Posts: 328	I have some friends over at Armchair Arcade that pre-ordered them a long, long time ago. Good to hear some progress is being made; I think a few had concluded it was vaporware.

05 November 2009, 22:04	#11
cv643d Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 762	Great that its finally out, as someone already said 1 year is a long time. At the time when the Pandora project started they compared it with Netbooks, now the Netbook phenomenom seems dead, instead people want Windows and big harddrives in their netbooks instead of SSD and mini-Linux. So the Pandora needs to stand on its own feet IMHO. From a scale of interest from 1 to 5, I am at about 2.4

05 November 2009, 22:41	#12
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,336	I'm on a scale of two more weeks I'll stick with my Mini9

07 November 2009, 15:30	#13
pubzombie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: westmids Posts: 900	SIGH how much longer? before xmass?

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