Pandora Business Edition

[menno]

I was just thinking, that maybe with minor adjustments to the bottom part of the Pandaora, you could make it a nice follow up device for all Zaurus fans and also disappointed Palm device users.

Have u guys ever looked into making a sort of business version where the bottom part of the clamshell features no joysticks but a larger keyboard?
Or am I now officially cursing in the church?
I was just wondering if this might be a possibility to boost your market potential etc.
I suppose many current Zaurus users, and also Palm TX users would appreciate such an upgrade.

Or Am I seeing problems which arent even there, and is the current keyboard functional enough to make notes and do a little of office applications on the road etc?

I am aware where this devices comes from, and who intiated the development etc so dont get me wrong, i am just throwing in an idea, to diversify your potential market And if it doesnt require a full seperate production line it might be worth looking into!

 

[gaterooze]

In before flames: search the forum, it's been discussed endlessly before.

 

[hch]

i have a zaurus now and it looks to me like the layout of the pandora is close to optimal also for the 'business' user. honestly, what you use most are the cursor keys anyways.

 

[CronoTrig]

Gaming controls are perfect for those boring 'business' meetings.

 

[sindbad]

The business consumers will most likely (and with good reason) look towards Android and whatever devices running it crop up. It would be possible to use a pandora, but being designed for games has some drawbacks.

 

[craigix]

Maybe we should just sell a little plastic plate to hide the dpad and ABXY buttons so it looks very business like, we could even print a fake flow chart on it.

X - Work Done.
Y - Gaming.

 

[Kyo]

I like the sound of that! *presses X*

 

[Megamixman]

Now you're making it sound like a transformer craigx. What's next, a theme song?

 

[chad78]

Now you're making it sound like a transformer craigx. What's next, a theme song?

PAN-DOR-A More than meets the eye!
PAN-DOR-A Gaming in disguise
Pandoras wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Nothings-to-do

 

[emil10001]

Couldn't you just put a company sticker on it that says 'For Business Use Only'?

That'd fool 'em.

 

[Cervante]

buy a linux umpc and leave this extra unit for me to buy

 

[fusion_power]

Business Pandora should look more business like. To match with all the iPods in Design, there could be also a Expencive Business-Metal-Case like this:

 

[_VWV_]

buy a linux umpc and leave this extra unit for me to buy

Pandora is a LInux UMPC.
@menno
The thing is if you remove the gaming controls you wont make the keyboard bigger. Width of the device is the limiting factor here.

 

[Kyo]

buy a linux umpc and leave this extra unit for me to buy

I've had the urge to reply that to every single topic like this, ever since craig told us there were more than 10k people who signed up for the newsletter

 

[emil10001]

Or they could take a page from Despair, Inc's book and release the 'Manager' and 'Executive' models, where nothing changes but the packaging (and maybe the default wallpaper). Take a look at their stuff, it's brilliant!

http://despair.com/

 

[Ravnos]

Business Pandora should look more business like. To match with all the iPods in Design, there could be also a Expencive Business-Metal-Case like this:




That actually reminds me a lot of an old co-worker's HP laptop. It was a pretty nice machine, aside from being a bit bulky.

 

[Lorkile]

buy a linux umpc and leave this extra unit for me to buy

I've had the urge to reply that to every single topic like this, ever since craig told us there were more than 10k people who signed up for the newsletter


Woh, over 10k eh? Seems like this is getting very popular even before it's really gotten a chance to get out the door.

 

[atiflz]

Business Pandora should look more business like. To match with all the iPods in Design, there could be also a Expencive Business-Metal-Case like this:





I Really liked this render. A future edition, maybe? (Answer to myself: No)

 

[Sphinxter]

More like pimp slapped a nun and peed in the holy water.

 

[Spray190]

a 'this is a work machine' badge or something on the back would definatly fool my lecturers into thinking i was typing up notes rather than playing psx games.... count me in for the sticker.