Pandora; open source handheld console II

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Op maandag 8 februari 2010 16:32 schreef jimjim1983 het volgende:
wow vat een vet apparaat
als ie C&C draait dan wil ik m ook

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Op maandag 8 februari 2010 16:38 schreef jimjim1983 het volgende:
wat vet
maar C&C draait in dos, heb t op die manier ook op mn macbook.

hoeveel kostte die eerste batches trouwens?

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Well I got my pre-release Pandora recently I am not a coder but for those who don't know the story, I designed the case, pad, buttons etc (basically all plastic stuff). So as a member of OP it is logical for me to have one to test things with. I didn't do pictures as others already have so it would just be repetition.

After seeing those close-up pictures of the flaws I was expecting the worst. I was suprised at how cool it looks in person though! Very slick! While it is not up to Apple and Sony perfection yet it is pretty damn nice. It is especially good considering it wasn't produced by a huge multi billion dollar mega corporation like Sony or Nintendo. It has this kind of badass industrial look to it. It is hard to explain but it doesn't look like a toy. The LEDs look awesome, kind of looks like a spaceship cockpit or something.

I think this thing is going to be HUGE when it hits the stores. I don't want to sound like a commercial but if you were on the fence I would try to get on the pre-order list soon (if you can, I don't know the status, that is not my area). I just have a feeling these will be in demand and be very hard to get until production is at full power.

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The feel of the unit is very professional and it looks good; the keyb will take a little getting used to (key placement, such as the spacebar in the bottom right, and the location of shift and so on), but it is a very solid keyb. The d-pad and buttons and nubs are great!

My hands are normal size I'd say -- coder hands; not construction worker thick hands, but not little kid hands either I'm actually really surprised the controls feel as good as they do -- I had always assumed that either one set would feel better than the other, or both be awkward.. assumed nubs woudl be too far in, and d-pad too far out or something. But the reality, both sets of controls feel natural. I guess they looked awkward in folks videos since they're holding cameras in their mouthsm, you know?

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Op maandag 11 februari 2010 11:11 schreef seventhseagulll het volgende:
Dat van die controls daar maakte ik me ook nog wel zorgen over, want ik zag het niet echt lekker werken. Toch nog maar even afwachten totdat onafhankelijke mensen hun mening erover geven.

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L/R are 'okay'; handhelds never have good shoulder buttons, so these are about as good as everyone elses, maybe better -- when holding the nubs and d-pad, your hand is a certain way, so curling your fingers onto the shoulders seems right. Its just the whole idea of shoudler buttons on a small device isn't right imho

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Op maandag 12 februari 2010 09:37 schreef seventhseagulll het volgende:
Kan je die appstore dan een beetje vergelijken met Synaptic of add/remove in ubuntu? Dat is wel heel handig namelijk.

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Op maandag 15 februari 2010 12:24 schreef jimjim1983 het volgende:
lijkt nu net op iets van fisher price

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We have been sorting the orders again, weirdly even now people still cancel, and a few orders are always never paid (we are cancelling every single one of these now).

So while you might get an email at the moment saying 'Please wait' or even no reply for a few days, if there is a Pandora available you will get an email, we just need to do the final 'sort'.

After that we will email out information on batch 2.

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The main thing to remember is you got the Pandora for less than cost price. We lose money on every one.

Batch2 will be more expensive.

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We don't have the final bill yet for the board population, but it will probably put the Pandora just a little over ($20-$30) the price charged.

Fingers crossed we can lower all that on batch 2, but due to high lead times some parts are actually now MORE expensive! FFFuuuu...