Sep 2 2008, 11:13 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Washington, DC Member No.: 21,423 |
Most of you have likely heard of this thing, but I'm really starting to become interested in it.
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Dec 5 2008, 12:23 PM
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 975 Joined: 25-June 03 From: Silicon Valley Member No.: 208 |
Hey kids, just received the infamous refund/re-order email regarding Pandora...
If I re-order this will be the 3rd time! First time PayPal, that got refunded for some reason, so paid again with credit card and now that's being refunded.... While I do understand that it's not really the Pandora people's fault, it does seem excessively complicated.... Anyway, now that I have a chance to either go or no go on this lil' guy, I'm really debating whether or not to re-order. One reason for my hesitation is that I really don't need or would use the Pandora as a portable gaming machine, just don't have the time for that given my work schedule... So, my main reason for buying if I do, is as more of a scaled up Zaurus replacement. Specifically, I'd want Pandora to be similar to the last setup I had on the 3200 I just sold. I put Debian/LXDE on it per the forums here and could use Zaurus like a very small linux laptop in terms of apps... Now, I know that from Pandora forums that I should in principle be able to do the same kind of thing on it, but I realize that given the ARM cpu I'll be very dependent upon a small group of hacksters to put out a workable distro/apps to do this. And given the Pandora dev community on games, I wonder if I'd end up with the setup that I want... Also, concerned that while the display and keyboard on the Pandora are larger than the 3200, they're not that big and thus wonder how usable it will be for my purposes.... So, anyone here want to take a stab at convincing me that I should re-order? |
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espi Pandora Is Starting To Really Interest Me Sep 2 2008, 11:13 AM
Capn_Fish I'd get one if:
-It had a better (eg, higher-... Sep 2 2008, 12:29 PM
espi From what I can tell it can run Ubuntu and it seem... Sep 2 2008, 12:47 PM
Capn_Fish Somehow I thought it had a 400x240 or 320x240 scre... Sep 2 2008, 04:24 PM
Chero Just check out the videos on the blog page.
I thi... Sep 2 2008, 10:17 PM
desertrat It seems like they've toned down the keyboard ... Sep 3 2008, 04:47 PM
pelrun Damn, I think I might be sold - held off on the gp... Sep 3 2008, 06:01 PM
Capn_Fish I'm actually sort of hoping to ditch my N810 f... Sep 3 2008, 06:20 PM
harvell QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Sep 3 2008, 07:20 PM) I... Sep 3 2008, 08:27 PM
Capn_Fish QUOTE(harvell @ Sep 3 2008, 11:27 PM) QUO... Sep 4 2008, 03:35 AM
Cresho This Looks Interesting! Sep 4 2008, 02:12 AM
matthis if only it had no joysticks and more keys instead.... Sep 9 2008, 02:02 AM
RX Shorty Well also want it, but it takes some while to fini... Sep 9 2008, 05:57 AM
barmalei Sooo... The pre-order sites are up. Anyone is goin... Sep 30 2008, 11:48 AM
Tom61 QUOTE(barmalei @ Sep 30 2008, 07:48 PM) S... Sep 30 2008, 12:13 PM
relapse808 they have Ubuntu running on it now.
http://www.ha... Sep 30 2008, 12:40 PM
canguy247 QUOTE(relapse808 @ Sep 30 2008, 04:40 PM)... Sep 30 2008, 03:15 PM
Capn_Fish I got one in too!
We're among the .000000... Sep 30 2008, 05:12 PM
InSearchOf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Sep 30 2008, 09:12 PM) ... Sep 30 2008, 05:36 PM
ArchiMark I tried to pre-order one, but I couldn't get P... Sep 30 2008, 05:20 PM
Chero I ordered one as well .
I'm pretty sure it ... Oct 1 2008, 11:01 AM
ArchiMark QUOTE(Chero @ Oct 1 2008, 12:01 PM) I ord... Oct 1 2008, 02:22 PM
chyang QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Oct 2 2008, 06:22 AM) Q... Oct 2 2008, 12:48 AM

ArchiMark QUOTE(chyang @ Oct 2 2008, 01:48 AM) Does... Oct 2 2008, 04:54 AM

chyang QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Oct 2 2008, 08:54 PM) Q... Oct 2 2008, 05:43 AM

ArchiMark QUOTE(chyang @ Oct 2 2008, 06:43 AM) Than... Oct 2 2008, 05:41 PM
Chero QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Oct 2 2008, 12:22 AM) A... Oct 2 2008, 10:03 AM
Capn_Fish It supports worldwide ordering (IIRC that's wh... Oct 2 2008, 03:45 AM
chyang QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Oct 2 2008, 07:45 PM) I... Oct 2 2008, 05:40 AM
pelrun Oh dear, I seem to have preordered it too - going ... Oct 2 2008, 04:01 PM
espi Wow, I've started a real topic and am just get... Oct 3 2008, 02:29 PM
Capn_Fish I'm sure everybody will hear about how the Pan... Oct 3 2008, 07:33 PM
speculatrix if only it had a better keyboard, it makes it seem... Oct 4 2008, 01:24 AM
Chero QUOTE(speculatrix @ Oct 4 2008, 10:24 AM)... Oct 30 2008, 12:51 PM
Capn_Fish I don't care what people call it. It runs Linu... Oct 30 2008, 01:00 PM
ArchiMark I'm ready for Pandora....
Just hope that it d... Oct 30 2008, 02:19 PM
canguy247 Ooops. I need some tissue. Oct 30 2008, 06:38 PM
relapse808 Guys in case you havent read and you preordered I ... Oct 31 2008, 10:11 AM
ntw1103 Depending on what the keyboard is like, I might ge... Oct 31 2008, 10:32 AM
espi Ok, damn, that extra bump of NAND and RAM is...awe... Nov 4 2008, 11:18 AM
Capn_Fish QUOTE(espi @ Nov 4 2008, 01:18 PM) Why o ... Nov 4 2008, 12:02 PM
Tom61 It looks like they're looking for developers t... Nov 16 2008, 02:19 PM
the_oak Nobody has received theirs yet? Dec 4 2008, 11:45 AM
Capn_Fish More delays...
They're hoping to have some o... Dec 4 2008, 01:03 PM
Chero QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Dec 4 2008, 10:03 PM) M... Dec 5 2008, 12:01 PM
speculatrix they're waiting for Duke Nukem Forever to be r... Dec 4 2008, 01:57 PM
Capn_Fish QUOTE(speculatrix @ Dec 4 2008, 03:57 PM)... Dec 5 2008, 11:37 AM
Capn_Fish Ubuntu's officially supporting the Pandora... Dec 6 2008, 07:50 PM
ArchiMark QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Dec 6 2008, 07:50 PM) U... Dec 6 2008, 11:21 PM
Chero QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Dec 7 2008, 08:21 AM) Q... Dec 7 2008, 01:22 AM
ArchiMark QUOTE(Chero @ Dec 7 2008, 01:22 AM) QUOTE... Dec 7 2008, 07:57 AM
Capn_Fish This kind of goes with the RAM/NAND thing, but it... Dec 7 2008, 08:54 AM
ArchiMark QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Dec 7 2008, 08:54 AM) T... Dec 7 2008, 03:30 PM
Tom61 QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Dec 7 2008, 11:30 PM) Y... Dec 7 2008, 05:15 PM

ArchiMark QUOTE(Tom61 @ Dec 7 2008, 05:15 PM) QUOTE... Dec 7 2008, 06:47 PM
Capn_Fish QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Dec 7 2008, 05:30 PM) Y... Dec 7 2008, 07:44 PM
gojira QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Dec 8 2008, 02:44 PM) N... Dec 8 2008, 03:07 AM

Capn_Fish QUOTE(gojira @ Dec 8 2008, 05:07 AM) QUOT... Dec 8 2008, 04:39 AM
Tom61 QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Dec 8 2008, 03:44 AM) I... Dec 9 2008, 02:02 PM
Capn_Fish QUOTE(Tom61 @ Dec 9 2008, 04:02 PM) QUOTE... Dec 9 2008, 05:47 PM
Chero new blog post on openpandora.org including a nice ... Dec 16 2008, 03:33 AM
the_oak Still no news? Anyone got theirs yet? Jan 1 2009, 08:20 AM
urkden QUOTE(the_oak @ Jan 1 2009, 05:20 PM) Sti... Jan 1 2009, 01:02 PM

ArchiMark QUOTE(urkden @ Jan 1 2009, 01:02 PM) QUOT... Jan 1 2009, 02:23 PM
apink QUOTE(the_oak @ Jan 1 2009, 08:20 AM) Sti... May 23 2010, 03:27 PM
Chero I've got mine !
Check this for a start : ... Jun 16 2010, 07:31 AM
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