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Actually it has always been this way for me, even recently. You get a full size SIM (credit-card sized) which has some important info written on it (PUK number...). As you said, the outline is drilled out for MiniSIM or a smaller version depending on the size you ordered. I've always thought...

I had no idea it was called MiniSIM... and that SIM refered to credit-card sized. Glad I learned something :) Here is a Wikipedia graphic showing all sizes: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/GSM_Micro_SIM_Card_vs._GSM_Mini_Sim_Card_-_Break_Apart.svg

I had already pre-pre ordered the Pyra so it was mostly a formality. Still, really glad the preorder started and that I secured my EU4 version :) It is interesting how the 4GB memory option is playing out. I guess the 30EUR price difference is small enough for most people to go for it. I...

I've heard positing things about Stripe from a developer using it. I don't know enough about it to really recommend it, but it certainly seems like a viable option.

I agree... there are other alternative for payment processing. Most people have credit card. If people are willing to prepoder a Pyra I think most won't mind using something else that Paypal, especially if you provide an explanation. Paypal is popular and having it as a payment option might...

Thx for the update. I really like the idea of a 4GB Pyra. While I can a lot of people be happy with 2GB I feel the extra memory will prove useful for multitasking or other memory intensive task. Also there really are not that many nice ARM device out there with 4GB to run Linux. Making the 4G...

Thanks for you post. That was some very interesting reading :)

It makes sense that lowering the volume would lower the bitdepth. So maybe something to considering... however it's unclear to me how much real impact this could have.  For the final audio reproduction, even 16bit (96db SNR without dithering) is considered good enough. Even more so if you...

Just pre-ordered and got my voucher.  Quite happy to be in the first 100. ;) I was just randomly checking Pyra news... was not aware this was going to happen today. I imagine the 200 will be gone before the end of the 2 week. And... Happy Birthday ED !!

Completely agree about vim and ESC. It's a non issue for me and I am a pandora. Also t's quite popular to avoid using the espace key in vim as it's out of reach when touch typing. I personnally try to use "ctrl + ]" instead. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Avoid_the_escape_key An interesting fact...

Nice. Thanks for the update / pictures. The decision about the esata port seems perfectly rattional. I thought esata/usb combo port are still used in laptop so I am slightly surprised about the availability issue. Evildragon, you might want to update the spec on the...

Thanks for the update. Sound good except for the lead time issue. Concerning the case color. I think that is always difficult without seeing it. Even with black... I imagine there can be quite a few difference in the exact color and finish (mate / brilliant...). Personally I would go for a...

The price of the Pyra is a very good point. It might indeed be too high for most people. The mainstream audiance is also very much into phone and tablets. I think retro gaming is somewhat popular even in some younger crownd (people exposed through  AVGN...). But convincing them to buy a Pyra at...

Happy New year ! 2015 will be the year of the Pyra. I like the fact that you are making sure to have a prototype / everything ready before starting to take preorder. With any kind of pre-order or funding campain, it will definitely help to have a realistic shipping date. Concerning...

The Pyra / Pandora are supposed to be handheld gaming devices. We are talking somethign similar to a Nintento DS / DS XL. 7'' or 8'' screen is a completely different category of devices. I understand different people have different opinion on how the Pyra should be and some would preffer to...

To be honnest I had mixed feeling about BtrFS. I definitely would prefer ZFS for important storatge. I use Freenas at home as a NAS. ZFS need some ressouce and lvoes RAM. So while it is great on a storage server or server in general, it is not well suited for a mobile device. I know ZFS can be...

I am really exited about the Pyra... if everything work out as intended it is going to be epic ! I would really like it to have 4gb of ram unless it is really unreasonable in term of price. That would make it very close to a real laptop.

Very interesting, well done video. Can't really call it a series for now as there is only one video, but hopefully there will be more to come.

I couldn't agree more about having some sort of vanilla Linux distro on the Pandora 2 (be it Ångström or another distro). There really aren't that many device with good old plain linux around. I am really happy with my Linux experience on the Pandora 1, although having access to a full...

Happy Birthday ED. I hope you're doing something nice for the occasion. Now... need to update my Pandora :)