Preorders Have Started. (Previously named starts in two hours)

[rygD]

It is fun for me to ruin your fun.

It is one of those things some people react oddly to, like Fridays that fall on the 13th day of a month. Silly superstitions.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

It is fun for me to ruin your fun.

It is one of those things some people react oddly to, like Fridays that fall on the 13th day of a month. Silly superstitions.

Like today!

 

[rygD]

Like today!

That is what made me think of it (some people claiming today must be terrible, because of the date/day of the week, yet it has been a pretty good day for me).

 

[mius]

Last I knew, it still needs some work either by Ti or a community member I will keep nameless to avoid harassment, either would need to have a prototype unit to attempt to get it working.

Given that I wasn't around for the first gig... how long did it take to get the 3D drivers up and running on the Pandora?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

What's the procedure if I want to add another unit to my order ?

 

[ible]

probably order another pre-order voucher, you can use them both at the final buy time. (and probably save the 5% there.)

numbers seem to be picking up today.

 

[vcoleiro1]

The 14th 24 hours of pre-orders is now up.

It seems we got :

350 Pre-orders the first 24 hours (350)
79 Pre-orders in the second 24 hours. (429)
49 Pre-orders in the third 24 hours (478) (Some double up Pre-orders were removed though)
29 Pre-orders in the fourth 24 hours (507)
18 Pre-orders in the fifth 24 hours (525)
26 Pre-orders in the sixth 24 hours (551)
12 Pre-orders in the seventh 24 hours (563)
10 Pre-orders in the eight 24 hours (573)
17 Pre-orders in the ninth 24 hours (590)
11 Pre-orders in the tenth 24 hours (601)
9 Pre-orders in the eleventh 24 hours (610) - Note , the number would have been higher, however a number of duplicate orders were removed.
11 Pre-orders in the 12th 24 hours (621)
8 Pre-orders in the 13th 24 hours (629)
16 Pre-orders in the 14th 24 hours (645)

Note: Daily figures also include converted Pre Pre-orders. As such , actual new pre-orders would be a little less than quoted figures.

 

[BeMoreViking]

I noticed the pre-order rates seem to be picking up. Did we get any additional media coverage recently or something?

 

[stevenc99]

I assumed that was because of ED's announcement it will definitely come in black...

 

[BeMoreViking]

I assumed that was because of ED's announcement it will definitely come in black...

Ah. Yes. That might do it too. I would like a black Pyra...

It does make me wonder about the psychology of using a red pyra on the landing page versus some other color and whether or not such a thing influences the purchase rate...

 

[stevenc99]

It seems odd, black is the only colour we know *definitely* will be available... and that's like the only colour rendering not shown on the home/shop pages.

Maybe should have done a study, showing random colours to different people, and see what percentage of people complete a preorder...

 

[BeMoreViking]

Yeah that's an interesting observation. It probably wouldn't hurt to get a few renders of the black one in there.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

I doubt very much the Pyra coming in black has had much impact on increased pre-orders. It can easily be stated that it will come in black and also a few other as yet unspecified colours.

 

[stevenc99]

Well, some people said they wouldn't preorder if it's the red colour shown; some said they'd refuse to preorder unless it comes in black. Not sure these people really would have pre-ordered anyway if it was the colour they wanted, but...

FWIW:
my favourite black rendering: https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyraimages/
my favourite other-coloured rendering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pyra-Render-Backside-with-Ports-new.png
my favourite photo of the keyboard backlighting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pyra-Proto-BacklightClose2.jpg
I would still keep the picture of the clear plastic prototype though.
[doublepost=1463268010,1463267619][/doublepost]Also in ED's announcement, was reassurance that there are enough funds already to fulfill the preorders, and of various other little things that people were apprehensive about. That might also be a reason for the increase in preorders.

 

[rygD]

I thought the increase in preorders was because I had a sandwich yesterday. Or maybe because those that were waiting to get #666 found out they already missed out on it.

It would be nice to know if people are hearing about it elsewhere. Maybe an optional "Where did you hear about the Pyra?" question when preordering could help track that.

 

[mecksg1]

I happy that people are ordering still. Hoping that we all have our pyra by July if not August since we hit the 1st goal

 

[rygD]

I would be really happy if we got them in July. Also, we need stretch goals.

 

[Stainy]

Hi... I`m wanting to order.. I did read that you can pay for a voucher and use that as payment. I can`t see where I can buy vouchers.
I`m from the US and my card will be declined for the overseas payment.
Any help please?

thanks

 

[elvissteinjr]

Probably won't be anytime before September, ED hinted something in that direction on the German boards.
No fun.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

@Stainy I don't know the details about the voucher way, but can you not call your bank and tell them that you are going intentionally to make that payment?