Im Very Interested In The Pandora But Have A Few Questions!

[#1 GameMaster]

thanks guys for all the comments and perspectives! I read all of them and some are very good

probably the main reason Im leaning over the psp side is because I can get it soon and now

unlike the Pandora which I will probrably get in December, leaving me to sell my ipod touch now and wait till dec. no thanks

however, Im still in deep thought about this issue

I have a PSP and have pre-ordered a Pandora because of it being open source, having dual nubs, having a better/actual OS, more memory(in every way ROM, RAM, and actual storage 2 SD's ), ect, and it's what I have been looking for ever since I got my PSP and wasn't completely satisfied with it's homebrew capabilities. The actual games for the PSP are all right but not worth having a PSP over a Pandora, to me anyways. (If I was wanting something strictly for it's commercial games I'd wait for the 3DS over getting a PSP now.)

Plus if you buy a new PSP they have yet to release a new CFW to set it up because the pandora battery doesn't work with the 3000's and you can't even access the PSP Go battery, so if I were you I would stick with the Pandora if your wanting a homebrew device. B)

Those were just my thoughts, hope this helps you out.

 

[obiwan22]

hey guys I have a few more questions about the Pandora:

does it have a microphone?

do you think in the future connecting a web camera is possible?

do you think skype will ever come out for pandora?

I think I seen this answer but I forgot:

is shipping included with the price? to the usa?

thanks

 

[mali]

hey guys I have a few more questions about the Pandora:

does it have a microphone?

Yes. One built in and one optional via headset port.

do you think in the future connecting a web camera is possible?

Yes, via USB port.

do you think skype will ever come out for pandora?

It has been open sourced recently, so it's likely that someone might port it.

I think I seen this answer but I forgot:

is shipping included with the price? to the usa?

thanks

Check GBAX.com

 

[obiwan22]

which website should I order from?

gbax.com

or

openpandora.com


Last question:

If I preorder end of august which point in line will I be in preorder.? How many models have been shipped out in batch 1 already? out of how many?

 

[mali]

which website should I order from?

gbax.com

or

openpandora.com

The first mail address on OP.com is from EDs shop in Germany, the second one is from Craig's shop (GBAX.com).
I don't know where you live, so I can't tell you where you should order.

Last question:

If I preorder end of august which point in line will I be in preorder.? How many models have been shipped out in batch 1 already? out of how many?

It's impossible to predict your place in the queue. 650 or so out of 4000 have been shipped, IIRC.

 

[obiwan22]

when was the first one shipped out?

 

[Exophase]

when was the first one shipped out?

Mid May

 

[Caine]

do you think skype will ever come out for pandora?

It has been open sourced recently, so it's likely that someone might port it.

Was this confirmed? I though only an API to a binary was released, not an open protocol specification / implementation.

 

[mali]

^ There was a thread about it recently. Apparently it didn't include "skype" in the title, so I rely on your search skills as I'm lazy right now

 

[obiwan22]

dam it.

I really want to preorder this pandora but the wait will kill me.

IF I were to preorder it, then I would have to sell my ipod touch and I wouldnt get my pandora till DECEMBER!

 

[Caine]

^ There was a thread about it recently. Apparently it didn't include "skype" in the title, so I rely on your search skills as I'm lazy right now

There was this thread, but it wasn't conclusive on this issue either.

<edit>
So more random searching yielded this page which confirms what I feared from the vague description which on the skype site. It's an interface to a client application.

This makes it highly unlikely that it will run on the Pandora.
</edit>

 

[mali]

^ Yep, that's what I meant. Sounds like maybe yeah why not eventually.

 

[obiwan22]

im done with this thread