poll about upgrade options

Would you buy a pandora 2 if you owned pandora 1 if available today?

  • yes

    Votes: 16 32.7%
  • no

    Votes: 2 4.1%
  • yes but give it 6 months

    Votes: 8 16.3%
  • no even after 6 months

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • yes but give it 1 year

    Votes: 10 20.4%
  • no even after 1 year

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • yes but give it 2 year +

    Votes: 12 24.5%
  • no even after 2 years +

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • Total voters
    49

You forgot the case of somebody who already has a pandora...


EDIT: eg. "Would you upgrade your current preorder if the option was there" Huh? what current preoder?
 
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I do think you actually mean Pandora 1.5, not Pandora 2.


Though there are no such official versions, in my mind the Pandora 1 is the OMAP 3530, the Pandora 1.5 is the DM3730 and the Pandora 2 is an OMAP 4. I think you are referring to the minor speed upgrade, not the major feature upgrade and board revision here.
 
think of the time when it could have applied to you, or if it does apply to you think what you would choose, not too hard


I'm not being specific on the actual numbering of versions, I'm just asking general questions


if you concentrate really hard you can figure these out I'm sure ;)
 
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If it's already possibleto make a faster Pandora, I think it should by all means be made. To deal with the possible "unfairness", raise the price for these "special-edition" Pandoras and get higher profit without guilt :)
 
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think of the time when it could have applied to you, or if it does apply to you think what you would choose, not too hard


I'm not being specific on the actual numbering of versions, I'm just asking general questions


if you concentrate really hard you can figure these out I'm sure ;)
I have already voted, but my point was not about time or version numbers but about capability. What's a Pandora 2? A major upgrade (new unit, new capabilities (HDMI)) or a minor speed increase. You're too vague on that.


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To deal with the possible "unfairness", raise the price for these "special-edition" Pandoras and get higher profit without guilt
I think the team could certainly use a higher profit and it would be quite fair to earlier preorders too, but a lot of buyers already consider the Pandora to be expensive (those that compare it to handheld gaming devices rather than smart phones), so it might have quite some repercussion on the demand.
 
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I have already voted, but my point was not about time or version numbers but about capability. What's a Pandora 2? A major upgrade (new unit, new capabilities (HDMI)) or a minor speed increase. You're too vague on that.
well until OP releases any official word on what they're going to do on a remake or upgrade whatever, all of it is here-say and speculation, so interpret the poll however you want to interpret it.


See the pandora 2 as anything different spec wise than what you can currently buy.


delete your vote if you want to re-vote, or if you don't feel like voting at all, if I change the poll all votes get deleted so take from it what you will, I personally was curious to the questions I asked regardless of how vague or misinterpreted they may be.
 
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I think the team could certainly use a higher profit and it would be quite fair to earlier preorders too, but a lot of buyers already consider the Pandora to be expensive (those that compare it to handheld gaming devices rather than smart phones), so it might have quite some repercussion on the demand.

That's why normal Pandoras should still continue to be sold until they are obsolete. The faster "special-edition" Pandoras should be only for those who "must have it" and willing shell out at an inflated price.
 
I don't see how any production of an upgraded Pandora doesn't interfere with the production of the current product production so lets just concentrate on getting this one first. No major company on earth drops plans on any product because new parts become available. Replace the processor now, the ram in a week, the screen in a month, things just don't ever get moving that way. I would love an upgraded Pandora but I really like the way the first one looks, so unless the team can save a few bucks by swaping a part, carry on with production...
 
On the other thread you were gun-ho about a poll on a incremental upgrade but now your saying Pandora2. ED made it sound like the Pandora2 isn't even being worked on yet. I'm guessing you mean the current board with a faster chip?
 
On the other thread you were gun-ho about a poll on a incremental upgrade but now your saying Pandora2. ED made it sound like the Pandora2 isn't even being worked on yet. I'm guessing you mean the current board with a faster chip?
I was gun-ho but then I started thinking of what it might actually benefit me personally of having a faster pandora.


For me, the only potential benefit would be one or two more consoles being emulated(nintendo ds and psp) I personally might not jump at the option of a next gen (dual core) pandora, unless the price is right of course. If we're only talking about a speed boost 600mhz->1ghz, I would more than likely pass.


As I stated directly before, unless someone says officially that an incremental upgrade is actually only a mhz boost or an actual dual core upgrade or more, or what specifically qualifies it to be called a pandora 2, it's all hear-say.


I'll say it agian, view the pandora 2 in reference to this poll, to be anything at all different in spec than the current model until someone (not a community member) says otherwise.
 
I already voted thinking you meant an incremental update but if it was Pandora2 I would cancel my order and pre-order the Pandora2. I dislike e-waste, I use phones until they no longer function instead of upgrading, so I would see no point in getting the Pandora if Pandora2 was going to be out within a year. I might also not get the Pandora2 since they hadn't shipped the pre-orders for the first one yet, I would seriously be questioning the OP team at that point.


Craig already said a 2 year cycle, or that is what I recall, so I don't think the Pandora2 will be released for two years. It would be stupid also, let the software grow for the first Pandora. It isn't outdated, I play my DS and it is running games that run on a 6 year old DS fat. All these arguments have been made before though so I'll just stop here.
 
I already voted thinking you meant an incremental update but if it was Pandora2 I would cancel my order and pre-order the Pandora2. I dislike e-waste, I use phones until they no longer function instead of upgrading, so I would see no point in getting the Pandora if Pandora2 was going to be out within a year. I might also not get the Pandora2 since they hadn't shipped the pre-orders for the first one yet, I would seriously be questioning the OP team at that point.


Craig already said a 2 year cycle, or that is what I recall, so I don't think the Pandora2 will be released for two years. It would be stupid also, let the software grow for the first Pandora. It isn't outdated, I play my DS and it is running games that run on a 6 year old DS fat. All these arguments have been made before though so I'll just stop here.
Well ED already said that they aren't going to make it available while preorders are waiting to be filled as it wouldn't be fair to us. I would go far as to say he means batch 2 as well. I could see batch 3 having an option for an upgrade.


well 2 years from when exactly? The first off the line, cause we're already 6 months into that one? Or when the last person in batch one gets theirs? Or 2 years from the preorder date? That's already past. Or is it one of those Two Years™ floating timelines?
 
What is the real difference between the OMAP 3530 and DM3730?


Just more Mhz, this could just mean they modified the specs on the paper and say "it can run faster". Then we can easily overclock and reach the same goal.


Or is it a different chip (longer pipeline) or a new building technology (45 instead of 65 nanometer transistors)?


I'm curious about it.
 
Besides a faster CPU, what about a camera? It could be optional, so the buyer chooses to include it or not. The pandaboard (and the beagleboard?) already have camera headers, so the feature is supported by the CPU.
 
how about we leave this thread now and make it again when the pandora is a proven success? no one is going to be mad enough to start investment in a hardware upgrade when the original two year old hardware hasnt even be produced in its initial numbers. i wouldnt expect a hardware update til beyond batch 5 at least and we are still in the front quarter of batch 1. speculation is all well and good and Oh What Could Be! but all this talk really just distracts from the existing project which needs to be a success first.
 
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