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If you're fitting the case yourself, can't you just take the empty case part to your local jeweller and get them to engrave something?
Aluminium Case ready for preorder! (2014-07-18)
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rygD
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Probably, but I think the idea was suggested to increase preorders.
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Well, if the value of my Pandora fitted with the Aluminum case increases 10-fold (since it's a rare device) I would sell itIt's always Fusion_Power by the way. -_-But then it will be hard to sell your pandora later because I don't want my Pandora to have "Fusion Power" on it
Engraving would be optional of course and overall, if you want to sell your Pandora on day, maybe you should not buy the Alu-case then.
Or just sell the internals with the old case and keep the Alu Case. ^^
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Pity how few people have already ordered. I was away on vacations and will be away again soon, so I won't order too soon either.
And I have to say it again: I would really like to know how that plastic window will look like. If it doesn't look well or reduces stability too much I'd prefer no window.
I guess I'll decide whether I'm ordering one in three weeks or so.
And I have to say it again: I would really like to know how that plastic window will look like. If it doesn't look well or reduces stability too much I'd prefer no window.
I guess I'll decide whether I'm ordering one in three weeks or so.
FaeMinx
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I would also prefer no window. But I've imagined the ugliest possible placement of the windows and decided I still want the case. I thought it would be wisest to go with the black aluminium case to hide the window, but I really want the mouse grey colour... A weirdly placed off center black plastic window on the grey case might even look pretty cool... much akin to the tilted chip on the Pyra board.
I've made peace with whatever it looks like.
It will be awesome.
=~. O =
I've made peace with whatever it looks like.
It will be awesome.
=~. O =
rygD
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I tried to think of the worst possible look, but I also tried to think of how something of this sort might look good.
Those are on the back of this:
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What is that device? It looks cool!
Null
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It's a laptop from Star Trek Voyager.
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But no keyboard no buy for me
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A keyboard? pffft that's so 21st century.
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rygD
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I don't think you can buy them since some of the technology used doesn't yet exist. There is a keyboard looking thing. Maybe it is a chorded keyboard.But no keyboard no buy for me
Fixed.A keyboard? pffft that's so 20th century.
Null
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My crystal ball never lies.Fixed.A keyboard? pffft that's so 20th century.
rygD
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There is the possibility of temporal displacement, so you might want to check it out. I could be wrong, however it sure seems most portable devices being sold now, in the early 21st century, lack a keyboard. Also, I believe portable devices are currently the most sold electronics. I think if keyboards are going to be popular in this century they will be found on most of these.My crystal ball never lies.Fixed.A keyboard? pffft that's so 20th century.
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It also says that Craig will win a businessman of the year award and ED will hand over the reins of the Pyra project to him, so it seems like it's working fine to me.
Compared to today's netbook-designs the vision from the late 90ies of how things will look like in the future are incredibly bulky and clumsy ... when watching Star Trek TNG nowadays you don't really think about it, but when they made the series things like tablets and touchscreens really were a thing of the future. Today it doesn't seem strange at all to have a shiny black screen where things pop up and you can touch them to interact with the controls ... imagine showing a tablet or smartphone to a Trekkie in 1994 ...
rygD
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I don't apply that label to myself, although I do like Star Trek. Devices such as these were available to consumers at that time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon
Also the Fujitsu Stylistic 500 was released around that time, but Wikipedia doesn't have a page for it so here is a different tablet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRiDPad
Also the Newton was around.
By 1996 a tricorder was available to consumers. I knew someone with one, but thought it was too expensive and not close enough to the screen used props after which it was modeled:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorder#.22Real.22_tricorders
rygD
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Many found items are used for props, sometimes in their original form, sometimes with little touch ups to make them more, uh, futuristic, or advanced, or something. Unfortunately the Zodiac was not used as intended, unless there was a lot of behind the scenes stuff done, which I think should be included in such shows. This is always one of my complaints. Screw ratings, show me how to use a Zodiac with a naquadah generator. The Zodiac as a prop is something I have looked into a couple times before. If I had a lot of disposable income I would be making plenty of replica props, some even functioning as they are depicted on screen.
I am now looking into OQO. Do you know which model was used?
Eight Bit
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36 cases sold + 20 for ed. I'm starting to get a bit pessimistic about whether it will ever see the light of day :-/
Fingers crossed
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Only 44 more! And I haven't yet ordered mine, but will soon. Hopefully there are a few more lazy people like me.
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