I'm just gonna ramble here for a bit. Anyone who wishes to read...well, it's your time that you're using.
So, I have a PS Vita and a Nexus 5 and plan to get next year's Shield (if that's the one that houses the future Tegra "Parker" SoC). Now, I'm pretty satisfied by Vita's graphics output; with its ability to push beautiful visuals on nearly the same level as the PS3 and 360, but on a handheld device.
I also like how the Snapdragon 800 in my Nexus 5 could potentially push out better visuals than the Vita. Now this next bit is probably pointless, but I also have 2 PSPs, a 3DS, and an overclocked Xperia PLAY for what I call my "legacy gaming" (I guess gaming with 6th console generation level graphics). My Vita, Nexus 5, and the Shield I'll obtain in the future fall into what I call "modern gaming" (I guess gaming with graphics that satisfy me enough on handheld devices; beautiful and fast enough that I could stare at environments and models and appreciate the graphics artists' work for longer periods of time). Reason I'm waiting on the Shield is because I only want ONE Shield and do not want to be feel buyer's remorse knowing that the next version comes out within a year with much more power; I believe that a version with Tegra "Parker" should keep me happy for a long time.
I guess my point in all this is that I believe that for something as complex and potentially very powerful as the Pyra, the OMAP 5 probably isn't the greatest choice. Your choice of display is already perfect and that 2 GB sounds great (would be even better if this increases by the end of development), but if you guys were to somehow get the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 or equivalent for the Pyra, it'd be a device that I would really love to have. If you do end up going for the OMAP 5, then I'll hope for the success of the Pyra and hope that a Pyra 2 would become viable in the not-too-distant future.
Anyway, I do understand that you guys are a small company intending to manufacture a small amount of devices and that sourcing your components (especially current higher-end parts) is extremely difficult, but that's all the things I've wanted to say. I really liked Pandora's concept, but didn't like the high price for something that's essentially just for emulation enthusiasts, device enthusiasts and Linux developers. I'm glad that you guys chose to continue the concept and improve on it and would love to own one in the future once there's a version that I won't regret purchasing. And I thank anyone who actually bothered to read this entire things; have a good day/night.
So, I have a PS Vita and a Nexus 5 and plan to get next year's Shield (if that's the one that houses the future Tegra "Parker" SoC). Now, I'm pretty satisfied by Vita's graphics output; with its ability to push beautiful visuals on nearly the same level as the PS3 and 360, but on a handheld device.
I also like how the Snapdragon 800 in my Nexus 5 could potentially push out better visuals than the Vita. Now this next bit is probably pointless, but I also have 2 PSPs, a 3DS, and an overclocked Xperia PLAY for what I call my "legacy gaming" (I guess gaming with 6th console generation level graphics). My Vita, Nexus 5, and the Shield I'll obtain in the future fall into what I call "modern gaming" (I guess gaming with graphics that satisfy me enough on handheld devices; beautiful and fast enough that I could stare at environments and models and appreciate the graphics artists' work for longer periods of time). Reason I'm waiting on the Shield is because I only want ONE Shield and do not want to be feel buyer's remorse knowing that the next version comes out within a year with much more power; I believe that a version with Tegra "Parker" should keep me happy for a long time.
I guess my point in all this is that I believe that for something as complex and potentially very powerful as the Pyra, the OMAP 5 probably isn't the greatest choice. Your choice of display is already perfect and that 2 GB sounds great (would be even better if this increases by the end of development), but if you guys were to somehow get the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 or equivalent for the Pyra, it'd be a device that I would really love to have. If you do end up going for the OMAP 5, then I'll hope for the success of the Pyra and hope that a Pyra 2 would become viable in the not-too-distant future.
Anyway, I do understand that you guys are a small company intending to manufacture a small amount of devices and that sourcing your components (especially current higher-end parts) is extremely difficult, but that's all the things I've wanted to say. I really liked Pandora's concept, but didn't like the high price for something that's essentially just for emulation enthusiasts, device enthusiasts and Linux developers. I'm glad that you guys chose to continue the concept and improve on it and would love to own one in the future once there's a version that I won't regret purchasing. And I thank anyone who actually bothered to read this entire things; have a good day/night.