Is The Plastic Case Design Open Source?

[b1llygo4t]

would OP condone sold case mods?

 

[gruso]

Nope, not open source. There's nothing stopping you from reverse engineering it, but they won't give you the CAD files.

 

[banjeed]

Short answer..not yet. Would they be amazed and thrilled by third part support by lads and lasses figuring out mods on their own?...probably.

Edit: Damn you Gruso!! How do I acquire a direct neural link to the boards?

 

[gruso]

"Do I amaze you?"

 

[Nova]

Gruso: 100 points for the IT Crowd reference. Very nice.

b1llygo4t: As above, but feel free to purchase a pair of calipers and a AutoCAD license and see what you can do.

 

[b1llygo4t]

will they sell replacement cases? (i would like a non first batch case to chop up)

@ nova, my buddies dad ownes a machine shop with a few different size cnc mills and lasers. they only do custom work, and anything done off the clock is free (materials not included)

 

[Dead1nside]

will they sell replacement cases? (i would like a non first batch case to chop up)

I believe so. They're intending to sell spare parts for practically everything.

 

[Nintendo]

The Chinese will make cheap rip-offs!!!

 

[WizardStan]

The Chinese will make cheap rip-offs!!!

if by that you mean "cram generic MP4 parts inside poorly made case" then maybe, though most likely Pandora is so far under the radar that knock-offs won't happen for a long time.

 

[elwing]

The Chinese will make cheap rip-offs!!!

if by that you mean "cram generic MP4 parts inside poorly made case" then maybe, though most likely Pandora is so far under the radar that knock-offs won't happen for a long time.

also, people targeted by the pandora won't be caught by one of those knockoff MP4...

 

[Mithrildor]

No.

If it was the chinese would use them to make cheap devices.

 

[NLS]

I'd make a case mould, and then use it as a bread mould, and bake my own bread with it.
Delicious Panwich...

 

[Consequence_9]

No.

If it was the chinese would use them to make cheap devices.

BLANDORA... or Brando-ra knowing that company

 

[craigix]

We would love it to be, but we know we would then see fake Pandoras with crappy SOCs forced in to them and probably a fake keyboard. (shudder).

If you think this is unlikely, there was even a fake Gizmondo.

 

[elwing]

If you think this is unlikely, there was even a fake Gizmondo.

hum, was it more successfull?

 

[torpor]

What about working with those of us who want to make cases directly then, Craig? You could have a level of 'license' of the case that can only be used to make authorized case upgrades .. I for one would very much love to have a silver case and would be willing to pay for it if it could be done by people I know and can interact with directly.

 

[rabidpoobear]

What about working with those of us who want to make cases directly then, Craig? You could have a level of 'license' of the case that can only be used to make authorized case upgrades .. I for one would very much love to have a silver case and would be willing to pay for it if it could be done by people I know and can interact with directly.

Isn't that amount of silver prohibitively expensive?

 

[NLS]

What about working with those of us who want to make cases directly then, Craig? You could have a level of 'license' of the case that can only be used to make authorized case upgrades .. I for one would very much love to have a silver case and would be willing to pay for it if it could be done by people I know and can interact with directly.

Hmm, licensed use of the case files sounds good to me.

 

[mali]

^Would this actually stop someone from producing a rip-off?

 

[Dead1nside]

It shouldn't be open source, as has currently been happening OP should just be supportive of mods.