30 September 2008, 17:42 | #1 |
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Pandora (Open Hardware) now available to pre-order
3000 units have been made available for pre-order, with delivery sometime towards end of November
http://openpandora.org/retro.html You might have seen the Amiga emulation running on this - it looks great, and for me it'll be the portable amiga I dreamed of back in 1991 when I was selling Amigas and monochrome Philips laptops as a saturday job whilst studying for my a-levels Very, very excited about this. It looks superb ! |
30 September 2008, 19:27 | #2 |
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My order's in!
Had a small concern that they weren't asking for a delivery address, but on enquiry the very helpful lady at gbax said that they knew about the problem and would use the billing address on the card used as payment unless you mail them and ask for it to be changed. Pandora and 16gb SDHC card for less than 250 notes - get in! D. |
30 September 2008, 19:38 | #3 |
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does it have wifi?
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30 September 2008, 19:47 | #4 |
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Yes it has Wifi (and bluetooth).
Wish I had the money to pre order one |
30 September 2008, 20:02 | #5 |
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damn! gonna get me one!
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01 October 2008, 04:00 | #6 |
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http://gbax.com/pandorax.html for Americas, Australia, Japan, and Korea.
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01 October 2008, 10:35 | #7 |
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They are still yet to be made... I'll hold off.
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01 October 2008, 10:36 | #8 |
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Pay with a credit card. If it doesn't turn up, you've got the full protection of the consumer credit act behind you. It's zero risk.
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01 October 2008, 10:37 | #9 |
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Hmm, I'll still wait.
Last edited by alexh; 01 October 2008 at 10:42. |
01 October 2008, 11:26 | #10 |
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01 October 2008, 11:28 | #11 |
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I agree there Alexh
While it seems to be genuine .......the lack of functionality of the rest of their website beggars the question as to their competence in actually supplying what they promise Too many times have Amiga enthusiasts parted with money only to be let down with long delays & NO REFUNDS when weeks turn to months... IMHO please use caution |
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01 October 2008, 12:32 | #13 |
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gbax have been around for a while, they originally imported the gp32 to the UK and then became the exclusive UK distributor for the gp2x. There may be delays but I don't doubt craigix will deliver. It is an ambitious undertaking. EvilDragon is the German gp2x distributor and is also tied into this project. Both have never given anyone any reason to doubt their intentions. They have delayed the pre order again and again to make sure the hardware is ready and everything is right.
They have my support, this is everything I could want in a handheld. |
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About seven weeks left until my full speed portable Amiga 500 (and Super NES) arrives... I'm usually very sceptical about such things - but those gp32x-folks and EvilDragon have my trust. Last edited by john4p; 01 October 2008 at 13:07. |
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01 October 2008, 14:05 | #15 |
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Please post here when yours arrives, pics included!
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01 October 2008, 16:04 | #16 |
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The site is very slow and at some points unavailable as well as the GP2x forums. Sell out on the cards?
It has been slashdotted and edgadgetted so that explains 99% of the traffic I guess! |
01 October 2008, 16:15 | #17 |
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It really does look like a great gadget. I have reservations over the screen size, there is certainly space for something bigger. Maybe even bin the speakers. Who doesnt use Headphones on these things?
Regarding it not yet being available, the credit card act is a nice backup, however it doesn't protect against delays and potential credit card interest... Caveat Emptor... |
01 October 2008, 16:33 | #18 |
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01 October 2008, 17:45 | #19 |
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For that price you get a small Asus EEE PC, you can even run XP on it and play emulated games.
I know coz I tested Raine and played Gigawing on a borrowed 7 inch eee PC with a Japanese Saturn pad converted to USB. |
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