Gruso said:If they meet that deadline, what we can expect is a message from them saying "we met the design deadline." According to the mini roadmap we'll see the first CNC model one or two weeks after that.
johnny_gadget said:I suspect that the CNC prototypes will be the left unpainted and will be milled out of a block of plastic that is a good colour for showing stress points - so a neutral grey or off-white is most likely.
Remember that a prototype is made to prove or test the manufacturing and assembly process, not as a "shiny shiny" to attract or appease buyers. All the devs want from the prototype is to see that the shapes fit together. colour and finish can all wait for production output!
John
Bosbeetle said:True, I was just wondering. Another thing this will be used for testing of course but are they likely to make a flull working prototype. WIth lcd etc all working. Would be nice to see pictures of that. Especially the controls
Oh yes indeedy. I just hope Hando has the servers jacked up on steroids when the first complete video lands, or we'll all be offline for a week.
craigix said:There probably won't be much to see, it's correct that the CNC case will be white and look a little strange, but it's the final step before MP of the cases.
We do have some photos of what the buttons will look like, which may be a little more exciting:
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That's obviously not the Pandora keys, but that's the style of coating they will have.
That looks like a nice style of coating, especially if it sits on a grey mat. (otherwise the edges might look weird with a white rim)
Squidge said: