Look Who Flew The Nest!

[multiplex]

I agree, I don't want greasy fingerprints all over my precious Pandora. Working all day on an assembly line will make your hands sweat profusely, not only from physical effort but also because this type of work is extremely stressful, causing clammy hands. I think they should use gloves even though it might slow them down a touch.

+1
I thought it was a common standard to use gloves during assembling an electronic Device. There are soft, light gloves for this kind of stuff so I also would recommend to use them.

From sampling a quick google search, it would seem gloves are few and far between.
And I realize those are actually antistatic, but I'd be plain creeped out wearing something that looks so similar to wool while handling electronics, never mind the tactile feedback.

Hah, look at this, we don't need no stinking webcam to bikeshed the assembly line.

 

[Mithrildor]

You make me so jealous x68000

 

[EvilDragon]

Typing this all right now on the Pandora. How surreal is that

Very I know this is all possible... did this for the last few months... but seeing "normal" users are doing this certainly feels surreal for me

 

[skeezix]

Has to be quartet - one of my favorite games ever

maaan I so can't wait for working wifi and screen.. I'm approx #39 so should be Monday batch
jeffphone

 

[Trip]

Cheers for sharing your experience x68000.
Nice to know that it works as advertised and it sounds like your not regretting the purchase or wait

 

[juniorm33]

Has to be quartet - one of my favorite games ever

Sounds like a poll closer to the time

 

[Prometheus]

I know it's waaaaaay too early, but here's the local Mega Man geek hoping for "M" to be "Mega Man". :lol:

@x68000 - It sounds like it's living up to expectations! Looking forward to your impressions on the emulators.

 

[BackAssward]

I was in a major rush last night, so just took the photos on my iphone. plus there was little natural light left (10pm) and the light in the room came from halogen downlighters.

I hope you don't mind that I edited your pic for the unofficial blog. I did my best to fix the colors.

As I said in the blog post, we are grateful that you helped with the assembly, and that you took pics.

 

[Sander Hoksbergen]

I go to university (Eindhoven UoT). A few weeks ago I decided to buy an HTC Desire to replace my dying iPhone 2G, right after the phone's launch date here. As soon as classes started again (had exams) I saw FIVE PEOPLE in ONE DAY that also had the same phone >_>. It's geek territory. Once the pandora gets shipped en masse to the NL, I expect the same to happen.

Wow, I didn't expect to find a Pandora user this close to home. I'm a PhD in the computer science department. You reside in E-hoog?

The building was renamed Potentiaal . And yeah, I'm a second-year Electrical Engineering student. But see, this is exactly what I mean !

 

[Vlynndar]

I go to university (Eindhoven UoT). A few weeks ago I decided to buy an HTC Desire to replace my dying iPhone 2G, right after the phone's launch date here. As soon as classes started again (had exams) I saw FIVE PEOPLE in ONE DAY that also had the same phone >_>. It's geek territory. Once the pandora gets shipped en masse to the NL, I expect the same to happen.

Wow, I didn't expect to find a Pandora user this close to home. I'm a PhD in the computer science department. You reside in E-hoog?

The building was renamed Potentiaal . And yeah, I'm a second-year Electrical Engineering student. But see, this is exactly what I mean !

I was thinking of going to Eindhoven to study. Now that I know that there are that many Pandoras there, it's probably best that I decided not to!

There seem to be surprisingly many people from the Netherlands with Pandoras. I wonder if that's true or if the Germans just use their own board and other countries just don't use English a lot. Yay stereotypes.

Also, renaming that building Potentiaal... Cringeworthy, but secretly I'm laughing.

 

[Joshwaan2k]

Cheers for the update x68000 good to know about the battery life on the beast. look forward to more impressions on emulators later

 

[cappuchok]

Huge congrats to x68000 for getting your Pandora. Now there's just the torturous wait for the shipping confirmation email for the rest of us (I should be in the 300-350 range, so hopefully won't have to wait too long - these pictures sure are making me impatient though).

 

[magicman5421]

Guys if we enhance the picture enough, we'll be able to see who killed him for his pandora!

Craig?!

 

[Dead1nside]

Hey Craig, that's great news. You guys have already managed to ramp up production already. Was that 90 semi-completed units I counted on that table? Hopefully you can provide the feedback to the manufacturers, so they can tweak these things a little (uh oh) or at lest help you by doing the sticky pads and the like.

You're all doing a smashing job.

 

[Fzero]

Great snaps, you is lucky x68000

Y version Yoshimitsu

 

[WizardStan]

Was that 90 semi-completed units I counted on that table?

I hope not. Counting that much is probably a sign of insanity or something

 

[A_SN]

Was that 90 semi-completed units I counted on that table?

I hope not. Counting that much is probably a sign of insanity or something

lol...... either that or the guy is a genius who multiplied 15 by 6

 

[Tensuke]

The X release should be Xyzzy. When we install it, a message pops up that says 'Nothing happens...'

 

[Asmo]

Just leave it by this. We all know the picture was bad and editing will make it look worse.

Not necessarily, all it needs is the RGB channels tweaked to reduce red and yellow, then boost blue (on several levels), a bit of desaturation (the thing is black after all) and then a quick wipe with the desaturation sponge round the screen edge. Fiddle with the brightness curves, a smattering of unsharp mask and -

desame

My apologies in advance, but I think you mean 'the same'?

 

[Arkay Firestar]

Considering I have a bit of a wait until I receive mine, I'm just hoping that a unit ends up in the hands of someone with a real camera soon. I don't think we've ever had crisp, clear, professional high-res stills or 1080 video of the Pandora. It would certainly make the wait easier seeing just how good the thing looks up close.