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First Pandora Console Reaches Customer

Posted by Soulskill on from the insert-pandora's-unboxing-pun-here dept.

neogramps writes "It's been a long time coming, but the first Pandora consoles are finally rolling off of the production line. (Well, this one actually walked out the door to a customer who lived near the 'factory.') Initial estimates had put production and development at taking two months, but Murphy had other ideas. Banking issues, design problems, problems communicating with the Chinese moulding company, escalating assembly costs, and even a volcano all managed to get in the way, but the small and dedicated team soldiered on, and just over a year and a half later, the wait is coming to an end for the 4,000 pre-orderers."

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  1. Re:Already seems obsolete.... by ThoughtMonster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are you implying that our needs have changed so much during these two years?

    I'm pretty sure that the Pandora is still the most powerful portable game console out there. The battery is a dog (10+ hours of gaming), the controls are said to be more than solid, and the platform (ARM Cortex-A8) is far from obsolete.

  2. Re:Seems underwhelming. by migla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > the market will be a final arbiter of this beastie...

    Market schmarket. This is the most powerful handheld gaming device out there, running linux, developed by and for an enthusiast community. As far as I'm concerned it is allready a success.

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  3. Re:Already seems obsolete.... by BikeHelmet · · Score: 5, Informative

    My PSP does that & plays all my old PSX games. I got it for $100 used.

    But can your PSP play N64 games? Can it browse the web, or use 3G sticks? Nope?

    Will it have tons of homebrew games? (you might think so, but gp32x's community pumps out way more homebrew stuff than the PSP community does. Source: The devs coming over from the PSP community)

    Does your PSP have awesome controls, a great screen, a 14 hour battery life? Nope?

    Does it run hackable linux, with off-the-shelf compatibility with your favourite tools? Nope?

    There's many features that make a Pandora desirable. If you want enough of them, its value shoots up far above other handhelds.