Any pandora fans?

[od@N0roc!]

The Pandora

Im really thinking about investing in this. It looks very promising. Here are some specs:

ARM® Cortex™-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux
430-MHz TMS320C64x+™ DSP Core
PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
800x480 4.3" 16.7 million colours touchscreen LCD
Wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth & High Speed USB 2.0 Host
Dual SDHC card slots & SVideo TV output
Dual Analogue and Digital gaming controls
43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
Around 10+ Hours battery life

...now i just have to convince my wife that this is a good iead lol.

This is the last OpenPandora newsletter before we start shipping Pandora consoles to customers.

Yes, we have finally, after a lot of serious tweaking, decided the Pandora is ready to roll.

You will have already seen all the videos, the emulators, the various game ports, firefox, they are on the website if you have not.

Just before we get going, how about one more? The Pandora running a Dreamcast emulator:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Right, now, this email is about what happens next.

Well the Pandora is being made in Dallas, Texas, USA. We decided not to go down the usual 'Made in China' route.
It might cost a little more but we believe the level of service you will get from us will be far greater due to this.

For those of you who still want a Pandora from the first batch there is a small number (about 100) still available to
preorder, on a first come first served basis, at $330 each, if you want one email: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
These are limited to one per customer.

We are also able to offer a very limited number of consoles to web stores (less than 150), again on a first come basis.

There won't be another batch until 2010.

So, between now and then, what's going to happen?

Currently we have 105 test mass production Pandoras, as well as numerous full pre-production Pandora consoles.
A lot of these are with developers who are working on software, you will have seen a lot of it in the videos we have posted on youtube.

In October the factory will start to populate 4000 Pandora PCBs, this will be a slow process at first
which will become substantially faster after the initial 800.
As the PCBs are completed, they are tested then put in to cases, boxed up and shipped out to you.

After we ship the first 4000 units , and before the second batch, we will then be concentrating on software
development, looking after the current customers and, well, trying to make the Pandora the best open hand held ever made.

Also consider that there is still nothing like the Pandora on the market; digital dpad, dual analogue nubs, qwerty keyboard,
800*480 touch screen, over 10 hours of battery life and lots more, we think you will really like it.

Source: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[cyboargninja]

this thing looks ****ing sweet

its like a psp, only better. i wonder what ill be able to run on this.....if this thing plays xbox, psp, etc games, im going to buy one. and if i can manage to configure xbox live with the wifi or with bluetooth, ill be willing to pay 100+ bucks for this hot little sex toy

[od@N0roc!]

Originally Posted by cyboargninja

this thing looks ****ing sweet

its like a psp, only better. i wonder what ill be able to run on this.....if this thing plays xbox, psp, etc games, im going to buy one. and if i can manage to configure xbox live with the wifi or with bluetooth, ill be willing to pay 100+ bucks for this hot little sex toy

lol, this bad boy is around 300USD. I think its worth it. Here is a link to some of the programs and apps that can be ran on this monster .

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]