Finding a proper name and logo :)

[SNESFAN]

How about Sangreal?

it's old french for "holy grail", it's kinda plays on the pandora's box as a inanimate object with supernatural forces tied to it.

hopefully this is the "emulation holy grail" that the pandora has been commonly nicknamed in the past

EDIT: another concept art

 

[Bosbeetle]

Paradora however maybe not since its apparently a type of beetle... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradora (and I don't like names with beetle in it )

 

[vcoleiro1]

I'll put in my day's suggestion -> DragonFire

 

[b_o_b]

Nice logo SNES! Lots of very nice names in this thread. I like a lot of them, even Elvis Piss

ED requested a name that is available for most top level domains though + not too much google hits and I am not sure if everyone realizes that. 

Name should also be pretty easy to remember. I think that is one of the best advantages of dragonbox. You see it once and I am sure most folks will remember it a day later. Certainly when you have a good logo that gives you an additional mental picture.

I agree dragonbox is not very mysterious, fancy or even interesting but it does the job. I then thought about using EDs P1 => P2 approach. No radical changes, same concept but improved.

So my day's suggestion ( © vcoleiro ) is pandopyx

Pretty easy to remember - not as good as dragonbox though but only 2 hits on google! and all toplevel domains available.

There is also a 'story' with a happy end

Pando - open - unfold  

Verb

present active pandō, present infinitive pandere, perfect active pandī, supine passum

1. I spread or open (out), extend
   
2. I unfold or expand

pyx

pyxis [ˈpɪksɪs]n pl pyxides [ˈpɪksɪˌdiːz]

1. (Historical Terms) a small box used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to hold medicines, etc.

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a rare word for pyx

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) another name for pyxidium

Not 100% accurate, but with a bit of imagination you could say pandopyx = openbox

 

[levi]

Interesting. I first read it as pando-pyx like you're suggesting but corrected myself immediately and thought it must be pronounced pand-opyx (like oryx, but with a P). Not sure having a word where it's not obvious how to pronounce it is a great idea.

 

[ShleeDragon]

Dragonfly edge.

Dragonfly one.

Dragonfire is good.. real good.

(+1 for Dr.Who Reference)

 

[Bosbeetle]

wow I like the pandopyx one

 

[pmprog]

wow I like the pandopyx one

Sounds like an Aussie photo collection of Pandas

 

[iprice]

The Boxx. There is no "www.theboxx.com" site (yet).

 

[bzar]

That's one Boxxy name

 

[Saber]

Pandora Redux Edition

 

[Askarus]

How about Sangreal?

it's old french for "holy grail", it's kinda plays on the pandora's box as a inanimate object with supernatural forces tied to it.

hopefully this is the "emulation holy grail" that the pandora has been commonly nicknamed in the past

EDIT: another concept art

Domain is already in use: http://sangreal.org/?hg=0&nr=0

Also for Dragonfire

 

[Grench]

Just a quick info:

Please also check that the main domains are still available (like .de, .org, .com)

It won't help much if we cannot get the domains

Not to derail this brainstorming session by overstating the obvious but...

Call the overall device (clamshell handheld computer), "The DragonBox".

You already own the domain.

Different models of the DragonBox could be readily distinguishable by having each edition be a different color.

Green DragonBox - Beta testing & developer gear. Pre-general release. Sell a dozen or so on Ebay to the highest bidders.

Red DragonBox - First general release. Sell them via auction (Ebay) for the first 200 or so with 10 auctions concluding daily for 20 days.

Blue DragonBox - Mainstream release. Set a price and allow open ordering at the DragonBox shop. This is the first unit that can get stocked and ordered by sales channels in the USA, France and Japan.

This leaves lots of colors (models) to move to as time goes on. Updated SoC, memory or whatever can be added and a new colored DragonBox produced to go with it.

 

[Seany]

The present Kanotix linux distro is codenamed dragonfire

 

[FaeMinx]

Grench, I like your idea... except for one thing.

When it comes to electronic gadgets, I like black, white or grey. I certainly wouldn't want a green, red, or blue device... I would be rather put out if a version of the device came out that I wanted but it came in a colour I didn't like.

By all means offer special edition coloured devices - but I think different versions should be differentiated by a simple sticker inside the battery compartment.

 

[Grench]

Grench, I like your idea... except for one thing.

When it comes to electronic gadgets, I like black, white or grey. I certainly wouldn't want a green, red, or blue device... I would be rather put out if a version of the device came out that I wanted but it came in a colour I didn't like.

By all means offer special edition coloured devices - but I think different versions should be differentiated by a simple sticker inside the battery compartment.

OK - then have it on the sticker and two options for colors?

Give a choice between 'Blue DragonBox in blue' and 'Blue DragonBox in black'.

Give black case as an option regardless of the 'version'. Heck, he could even charge $10 extra for the non-black version matching casing.

 

[FaeMinx]

Grench, I like your idea... except for one thing.


When it comes to electronic gadgets, I like black, white or grey. I certainly wouldn't want a green, red, or blue device... I would be rather put out if a version of the device came out that I wanted but it came in a colour I didn't like.


By all means offer special edition coloured devices - but I think different versions should be differentiated by a simple sticker inside the battery compartment.

OK - then have it on the sticker and two options for colors?

Give a choice between 'Blue DragonBox in blue' and 'Blue DragonBox in black'.


Give black case as an option regardless of the 'version'. Heck, he could even charge $10 extra for the non-black version matching casing.

Sounds good to me.

 

[ShleeDragon]

Holy grail?

 

[Neelix]

I think it's a bad idea to name the device DragonBox on its own for the simple reason that the name is already in use for ED's shop.  

It does make sense to me to combine it with another name as Brand+product (e.g DragonBox Myriad or DragonBox Pyragon as suggested earlier)  but I wouldn't choose colours to be the second word - Nintendo has been there, done that, and frankly it's gotten old.

- Neelix

 

[crosspoint]

FireBox

DrakenBox

Drakonia

DrakoniaBox

Dragonfire

Firedragon

FiredradonBox

Dragonflame

DragonflameBox

Draco

Dracon

DracoBox

DraconBox

ArcaDraconis (box of the dragon)

IgnisDraconis (fire of the dragon)

OpenDraco

OpenDraconux

OpenBox

OpenDragon

OpenFire

Draconux

ArcaDraconux

IgnisDraconux

Dragonra

OpenDragonra

Dragora

OpenDragora

DragoraBox

ArcaDragora

Drakon

OpenDrakon

Dracom

OpenDracom

DraCom

dra.com