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By crowd funding I was also meaning getting pre orders direct from Dragonbox. I was guessing there might be a web page on the Dragonbox site dedicated to Pyra pre orders.

Agreed, however this does not reflect reality, from my experience of using a Z8300 SOC with a windows tablet, a lot of Windows software will run well, be usable with a small screen & not have such an impact on battery life. This is not from a Windows fan boy perspective, I love Linux as well...

Follow up questions for @EvilDragon : Would you like some help with translation/proof reading for the Pyra crowd funding campaign? If so then what languages would you like help with? English, French, Spanish & Japanese seem like sensible options to me.

Strange, the last time I looked Windows had a fairly extensive range of compatible of games & software. The thing that surprises me is how few backers they have got (compared to Pandora for example), I'm really hoping that this is due to their lack of any sort of video showing what you could...

Good calls, it would be sensible to have a pre prepared Why buy a Pyra? FAQ. What questions would you ask if you were a potential customer / tech journalist who hadn't followed the project closely? Off the top of my head here are a few : Are you the guys behind Pandora / iCP2? I hear that...

I'm not, see the original post. Personally I'd rather see the campaign run through Dragonbox. I'd be very happy to save 4%-5% and get a Pyra 1 month earlier. However my gut feel is that if an established fund raising method is used the advantages slightly outweigh the disadvantages in terms of...

I love the general idea of this and would like to see them do well. Can't understand why they chose Android for this as Linux seems a far better fit for a non touch screen, laptop type device. Wonder why they didn't go for a touch screen and allow a tablet mode with just the screen, battery &...

There is an additional risk attached to this though, payments will be in Euros, there is always the risk of a significant shift shift in currency exchange rates, imagine if the US$ tanked versus the Euro between your first and second payments. Not sure what you mean here, do you mean you wish...

Had another quick look at their campaign and this is in fact what they have done. :p I think you're right, 3 backers & 3 keyboards claimed. Maybe it's marketing where they are falling down, the $500 tablet + $49 docking keyboard seems like a good competitor to an MS Surface + Type cover to me.

I would've lost a similar wager on whether my CC Pandora would be able to run Diablo 2 full speed most of the time or be able to emulate many NDS games to a highly playable level. ;) How much is the wager? If it's enough we'll get Notaz & Exophase on the job ;)

I agree with both of the above, however I think a good crowd funding campaign will need a lot of time and effort put into it whether it's done via Kickstarter or in house, it's a positive for Kickstarter IMHO that they provide the tools to streamline this process.

Not at all, they are just suggestions for ED of things I think that would generate interest and backers. Please feel free to add you own suggestions, that is the purpose of this thread ;)

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4 Days, 3 Backers, $1650 pledged, not too clever. Linux fans where are you? Here's hoping they're all saving their money for Pyra. Wonder if they should have included an option of an attachable MS Surface style type cover complete with keyboard and touch pad and pitched this as a direct Linux...

The first batch of Pyra Production will be crowd funded by Pre Orders. There has been some discussion in this thread in the ask ED questions section. ED is currently trying to decide whether to do this via a campaign direct from Dragonbox or use an existing site such as Kickstarter / Indiegogo...

Are they looking to buy new hardware as well? If not then what is the specification of the XP based system?

Hi Blue Shadow, welcome to the forum :) I can completely see your reasons for this and it must be a really tough decision for ED. Just to throw in a few Advantages of Kickstarter/Indiegogo : Publicity : Many more people browse/use Kickstarter/Indiegogo than view this website. Use of the...

Suspect you're right, though by my (possibly faulty) logic the existing moulds could be altered some time in the future to allow this to happen as the change required would be the removal of existing metal rather than addition. I've no idea how difficult / expensive / time consuming it would be...

Wish I'd thought of this a bit sooner. One of the things I really like about the Pyra is the ethos of modularity / upgradability built into the core design. With that in mind would it not be better if at the rear of the unit where the external ports are (USB, Audio etc.) there was a hole...

Is there a mention of when they hope to start shipping the finished product? Can't help but think that this would have been a more successful project if they'd used existing hardware such as this and concentrated on the OS/Driver/Software side of things.