thatgui
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I know that nothing is really set in stone yet, but as craig already has a clear vision of the Pandora and taking the "community oriented" design process of the first Pandora into account, it seems the Pandora will be/have the following features:
By the time the Pandora will come out, the already full smartphone market will be overcrowded, leading to feature and price wars between the big manufacturers. As external controller support through mobile OSes themself will surely improve, addons like the ICP2 will surely sell more easy to the masses. Leaving possible surprises aside I guess it is safe to say that the mobile OS market will be split between Android and iOS.
Looking at these facts I ask myself how the Pandora 2 will differentiate itself enough from the market to snap a piece of it off:
- footprint will be basically a tad bigger than the ICP2s (to have enough room for hinge, additional electronics)
- 1080p Screen
- at least one, maybe two microSD slots
- HDMI Video out (probably miniHDMI)
- FULL USB Port
- most powerfull SoC currently on the market
- upgradable SoC
- Keyboard and game controls
- Wifi and probably bluetooth
- Android as main OS (as it will be supported by the SoC manufacturer), Linux as an Option
By the time the Pandora will come out, the already full smartphone market will be overcrowded, leading to feature and price wars between the big manufacturers. As external controller support through mobile OSes themself will surely improve, addons like the ICP2 will surely sell more easy to the masses. Leaving possible surprises aside I guess it is safe to say that the mobile OS market will be split between Android and iOS.
Looking at these facts I ask myself how the Pandora 2 will differentiate itself enough from the market to snap a piece of it off:
The P2 will be sleeker than the P1, but smartphones are sleeker and controllers are detachablefootprint will be basically a tad bigger than the ICP2s (to have enough room for hinge, additional electronics)
Craig says that they will be standard by that time, so every device will have one1080p Screen
Almost every smartphone already has one, a second one will be nice, but does it create the wants/need for a Pandora 2 ?at least one, maybe two microSD slots
I'm no sure about that, is it likely that more smartphones get video out (maybe through an adapter cable) in the future ?HDMI Video out (probably miniHDMI)
Something that surely will differentiate it from the marketFULL USB Port
Possible, at least for 4 or 6 months till the next big thing is released. But does this really matter that much ? Sure as with PCs now in the future there will be some games which will push the hardware requirements upwards, but most SoCs in the current Tablet/Smartphone market are already underused.most powerfull SoC currently on the market
This could be a dealbreaker, but I still have doubts how this will work out. What timeframe are we talking about ? maybe 5 or 6 months ?upgradable SoC
As said before my guess is that they will be far more common and cheaper than now, so no big plus for the Pandora 2 anymoreKeyboard and game controls
fairly standard, and with the Pandora lacking any other forms of communication (3g,4g,?g), not very attractiveWifi and probably bluetooth
Android will give the Pandora 2 a huge catalogue of games and applications, but every other device that runs android will have the sameAndroid as main OS (as it will be supported by the SoC manufacturer), Linux as an Option