Pandora Availability In June

[PoisonedV]

The first batch probably won't even be released till June. I say don't spend any money until you can buy it straight up

puzzles me why the devs don't just release a realistic date instead of the constant "oh um yeah we'll have it in 6-8 weeks" and then "6-8 weeks from _now_" when that time comes around.. <_<


This time last year they were promising it by summer (08 mind you). At that time I stated it would never happen, that it would take longer and everyone gave me shit. Told me to give them a chance blah, blah blah.
Meanwhile, the Wiz should be available soon and I hope that people get it. It might not be as powerful as the Pandora, but at least you will be able to get one.

I don't know if the global slowdown will cause the Pandora more delays. I know for myself, given the economic problems in the US, I'd go with the smaller, cheaper Wiz over the Pandora. For less than a pandora I can get a Acer aspire one and while it might not be quite as small as the Pandora, it's about the size of a med sized book and it's only $299 at staples, runs Windows and all x86 software. Best portable dosbox machine I could ask for.

Chris

Oh please. Wiz has had as many delays as pandora.

 

[lizard808uk]

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The first batch probably won't even be released till June. I say don't spend any money until you can buy it straight up


Best piece of advice I've seen in a long time My Pandora money recently got diverted into a Yamaha R6. I don't feel too bad about it and will more than likely cough up the readies for the second batch when that becomes available. (Hopefully by then we should have some stable & mature software too).

 

[ttcircus]

Man.... I ordered it like now and sent the check. Do you think theyre gonna send me an e-mail saying they got it? If they dont, my dad is going to be really mad and think we got ripped off. I do not want to live through that for 3 months until I get me Panny

So, not in March or April?

March, I really doubt so. April, maybe. May sounds realistic. But once again, It's been like that for a year.
Well, it was fun, exciting at one point and now really boring. The pandora is the first thing I got bored of before even getting it. That's why I cancelled. That's why I wont buy it, even second batch. Not talking about third batch because there wont be any.

 

[hedwards]

Oh please. Wiz has had as many delays as pandora.

Pretty much, I think there's still some question as to which is going to be released first, the wiz or the pandora. I'd like to think that it'll be pandora, but that's mostly because I've got my money in for that.

 

[Deed]

Oh please. Wiz has had as many delays as pandora.

Really ? Apparently you were not frequenting these forums two years ago, because initially the pandora was announced for Mar/April 2008
On the other hand, if I am not mistaken, the Wiz "only" suffers from a 4 month delay (I think it was intially annoucend for late December 2008)

 

[Kyo]

That march/april thing was an estimate. The pandora had more delays because it was more open about the information (to a degree) whereas the wiz wasn't.

 

[ttcircus]

"The pandora had more delays because it was more open about the information (to a degree) whereas the wiz wasn't"

That's the best one! Funny, I don't have the same memories at all. I remember a period, from november to january where there hasn't been a single official and true update. But I guess, because it says "Open" in the name, we should shut our face.

 

[Kramy]

"The pandora had more delays because it was more open about the information (to a degree) whereas the wiz wasn't"

That's the best one! Funny, I don't have the same memories at all. I remember a period, from november to january where there hasn't been a single official and true update. But I guess, because it says "Open" in the name, we should shut our face.

Hehe.

Wasn't the Wiz originally supposed to come out mid-2008?

These delays must be from a bunch of different factors - I bet one of the primary ones is MesDigital. Their website appears to be distributing spyware, and their company's email addresses are either broken/disabled, or ignored?

Must be pretty difficult getting processors from a company, when they can't even keep their own site up? :unsure:

I'm still expecting further delays - for both projects - but I'm not mad about them.

 

[Deed]

Hehe.

Wasn't the Wiz originally supposed to come out mid-2008?

It seens quite unlikely, since apart from some selected devs nobody never heard of the wiz before end of august last year ...

 

[dsleaf67]

Hehe.

Wasn't the Wiz originally supposed to come out mid-2008?

It seens quite unlikely, since apart from some selected devs nobody never heard of the wiz before end of august last year ...


The public only even found out about the wiz when they actually had a proto type already built and was initially set to release end of october early november. They pandora seems longer because most of us have been following this since when it was simply and idea.

Who really knows how many delays they (a big company - by comparison) went through getting that proto type built before the money crisis. and we found out they were already at shows etc. and taking orders.

 

[Exophase]

Wiz was originally announced for October. It hasn't been delayed nearly as many months as Pandora (although that gap will keep narrowing the more time passes), but it is on its fourth or so planned release time. And I imagine they were pretty confident about October or they wouldn't have dropped GP2X so suddenly.

Calling Wiz a big company is also kind of humorous, I think they employ maybe six people. I also think the people working most on the Pandora actually have more collective experience, while GPH has had to rely on questionable outside parties for software.

Yeah, GPH might have had some huge unknown number of internal delays, but who cares? It's the external ones that gets everyone riled up.

 

[fusion_power]

Calling Wiz a big company is also kind of humorous, I think they employ maybe six people. I also think the people working most on the Pandora actually have more collective experience, while GPH has had to rely on questionable outside parties for software.

But somehow they have a finished Unit with Case since last Year. It really works, you can really touch a real surface of a real case, it really shines and collect real Fingerprints... \^_\^ I don't know how GPH do this stuff so fast (Design changes of the Case included) but it looks like they don't build their cases in China.

 

[lulzfish]

"they have a finished unit last year"

We have a working unit in FDM.
And later this year, we'll have 4000 finished units.

 

[Exophase]

Calling Wiz a big company is also kind of humorous, I think they employ maybe six people. I also think the people working most on the Pandora actually have more collective experience, while GPH has had to rely on questionable outside parties for software.

But somehow they have a finished Unit with Case since last Year. It really works, you can really touch a real surface of a real case, it really shines and collect real Fingerprints... \^_\^ I don't know how GPH do this stuff so fast (Design changes of the Case included) but it looks like they don't build their cases in China.


Yeah, but who knows how long they've had it working? It took them a few months to change that right dpad...

I give them credit for doing the hardware in secret and for the most part the hardware really does work properly (save for that 320x240 thing that may not even be hardware related), but everyone officially involved in software on the Wiz is doing a shoddy job.

 

[dsleaf67]

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Yeah, GPH might have had some huge unknown number of internal delays, but who cares? It's the external ones that gets everyone riled up.

Thanks for the extra clarifications Exophase. However you're last statment reflects the more important point I was trying to make. Things go so much more smoothly when no one knows. Much less delay when none are set publically until 'you think you're done'

I work in tech support and the best thing I can relate to all this is just how slow things go when you're trying to fix someone's computer and they are standing over you and want to know why, when and how you are doing everything.

Thumbs up to the dev team. I think they've handled this microscopic scrutiny rather expertly. Even though I sure its frustrating at times for all invovled (and not involved - like us). B)

 

[PoisonedV]

Oh please. Wiz has had as many delays as pandora.

Really ? Apparently you were not frequenting these forums two years ago, because initially the pandora was announced for Mar/April 2008
On the other hand, if I am not mistaken, the Wiz "only" suffers from a 4 month delay (I think it was intially annoucend for late December 2008)

Thats entirely different. We're talking about stated, almost sure release dates vs. wild speculation before the project is done. Apparently, you don't know how to read in context

also please quit your my console is better than your console garbage

 

[unclechicken]

Satan will be ice skating by the time the Pandora gets released!

Im really glad I didnt pre order one of these last year.

 

[Bronek]

Satan will be ice skating by the time the Pandora gets released!

Im really glad I didnt pre order one of these last year.

Please remind me to tease you in May, when I have mine in hands.

 

[b._.o._.b]

I was very skeptical about the launch dates (see articles on my blog), but that it would take so long is kind of a surprise to me. I think that is due to the optimistic personality of Craigix, his lack of realism or even amateurism.. pick the one you feel most comfortable with

Still hoping to see it soon although I have to admit: the initial thrill is gone....