GPD WIN MAX ANNOUNCED


The name of device has changed to GPD WIN Max. They dropped the 2

That should help a bit with the confusion then. I was having a difficult time trying to figure out if/what this had in common with the Win 2.
 
With one small plastic part inlay, they fit and could theoretically be used :)
Pretty easy, actually. I made sure the Pandora battery fits perfectly from one side, so you only need the plastic inlay (or some other padding) on the other side and on the backside (as it's thinner).
But it doesn't really make much sense, as Pyra batteries are newer and have more capacity.
Sounds good. Of course the Pyra batteries are newer and better than the old ones. I just see the compatibility as little "bonus" and it never hurts to have an spare Battery for emergency cases around that can fit in your device. Even if it's only an old Pandora Battery.

Replacing is not the issue. Opening the case, and unplugging the battery, replugging a new one is not that bad (except for the glue... I hate that stuff).
The problem is the availability.
Well, if you can manage to make a decent replacable Battery solution for Pandora and Pyra, it should be also possible for a much bigger company to do the same, if they wanted to.
 
Errrmm.... that defeats the purpose of using it on the go.
I am playing with Launchbox, RetroArch and an SN30 Pro at home :)

So are you using Windows ? Or launchbox was also released for linux at some point ?

Also is the SN30 working on Linux at all ?
 
I have an FC30Pro or something like that (there are so many 8bitdo controllers now that it's easy to get mixed up), and it just speaks HID USB or similar bluetooth just fine. I had it running with my Pandora just fine.

The 8bitdo website reports it works with RaspberryPi, by which they mean any linux.

Edit: Launchbox seems to be windows only though.
 
I asked because in the main site the tech specs are these (but yeah, I see now Raspi too somewhere in the page):

Compatibility
  • Windows, Android, macOS, Steam, Switch
 
That should help a bit with the confusion then. I was having a difficult time trying to figure out if/what this had in common with the Win 2.

Yes, for a long time I had mentioned to them that the name would be confusing and that they should at least drop the 2. Finally they agreed and changed the name
 
But are they going to bring the numeral back for the next standard sized version? And is the next max sized unit, assuming this is popular enough going to be the Win 2 max or the Win max 2 or something?
 
But are they going to bring the numeral back for the next standard sized version? And is the next max sized unit, assuming this is popular enough going to be the Win 2 max or the Win max 2 or something?

The next iteration to the WIN 2 will be the WIN 3. They are waiting for Intel to launch a suitable SOC ie IceLake 10nm. But you know how Intel's 10nm plans are going so far.

As for the Max , the next one I assume will be the WIN Max 2
 
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The GPD Win 2 was only a little larger than the GPD Win 1. The GPD Pocket 2 was about the same size as the GPD Pocket 1. I suspect the GPD Max might be more along the lines of a GPD Pocket, but maybe a bit larger (Perhaps 10" instead of 8"), as the sneak picture we see with the two fans, if it is part of the same unit appears to show the underside of keyboard buttons indicates it might be around the same size perhaps of an Asus Transformer? I would love to see some concept images of what they are considering for this device.
 
The WIN Max is a big boy.

Also this, and it's not the WIN Max:


 
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Although I'm not specially attracted to any of its products. I admire they effort on devices with form factors or features that are different to anything on the market.

It's really refreshing in a market that focused in tablets and smartphones for the last 10 years.
 
Yes, mostly clamshells with keyboards has been marginal for a lot of years. But also gpd xd was interesting. And of course the versatlity of the micropc is appealing to me.
 
Although I'm not specially attracted to any of its products. I admire they effort on devices with form factors or features that are different to anything on the market.

It's really refreshing in a market that focused in tablets and smartphones for the last 10 years.

It's nothing new though. The clamshell form factor of gaming devices that GPD keeps on making is basically just a micro laptop/netbook with gaming controls or imo they just copied Pandora.
As for the GPD XD form factor, it's just a Nintendo DS with 1 screen, instead of 2.

Imho, what GPD are doing is nothing new, is not refreshing and lacks zero effort...but is appreciated and welcomed by me.
 
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I am missing Nokia a lot... it was always playing with very different kind of forms, but also when it was finding the "top" of a line it was constantly upgrading it while not changing its "soul".
Sony Ericsson was great too, even if not so innovating, like Nokia gave a lot of support for the devices, in the form of dev kits, documentation, and even softwares to update the firmware of their "feature-phones" (that anyway were a lot more useful than the ones that can be found now...)

The GPD seems somehow of the same idea, but compared to those two, it lacks a lot of support for its devices... they didn't even have to make the OS for them.
 
Yeah, Nokia were okay. I was especially glad that when my E61 broke after a few months of carrying it around in my jeans pocket, I simply took it to a shop and a week or two later they called me and told me I could pick up my replacement.

The only problem was they were beholden to the operators, and the operators didn't really know what would sell, but at least they were convinced that battery life was king. So they had to use underpowered processors that limited what you could do with their phones. When the iPhone came out rocking a 600MHz ARM core, Nokia's fastest cores were clocked at up to 200MHz absolute max from memory, and the screens were tiny and lacking in bling. Apple redefined the market; all of the things the operators kept telling Nokia were essential, from battery life to reception and call quality, are the things that are bottom of the pile from the iPhone and on, yet they still sold like the proverbial hot-cakes.

I was using my Nokia E71 up until last year though; I was on my third battery for it, but it kept rocking on. I'm not sure any device I were to buy from GPD would have that kind of longevity to it to be completely honest.
 
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