Sorry for being a bit off-topic, but this may be of interest to some people:
I have just received my Pandora!
Timeline:
09-FEB-2010 Paid for my original order (UK, my contact was Jacquelyn)
04-JUL-2011 Paid for the upgrade to premium
30-SEP-2011 Was offered a model with WiFi dongle for immediate shipping, but I preferred to wait
26-OCT-2011 E-Mail: "Your order is being dispatched tomorrow"
03-NOV-2011 Arrived!! (model with internal WiFi working)
Everything works great! Good packaging, beautiful carrying bag, even a nice instruction booklet and an adapter for the plugs in my country. Well worth the two months wait!
Don't worry for a second if your Pandora still comes from CircuitCo. Quality tests seem to guarantee that there are no problems.
This is one awesome little machine! The attention given to details in the hardware design is impressive and the software side already looks good considering that not that many units have been shipped.
Not a computer for the masses, but I am sure there are plenty of people out there that will love the Pandora and have many uses for it. Aside from being a gaming platform it is a complete Linux computer with a unique form and size factor.
The only thing I would wish for in a next generation model (yes, I know) is a larger screen (aging eyes here) while preserving the size of the case. Will be a real engineering challenge, but if the screen had no or only a minimal bezel that would be terrific. But I am fully aware that this is a topic for the far future and the Pandora's current screen is fantastic and immensely usable the way it is today.