Quick update and summary

[levi]

my cellphone has started to take a subconscious beating! hurry with the release but not too fast though because of clumsiness... im an American, of course I'm backwards in relation to you, can't you tell that German is the backwards English lol.

I'm done rambling, so keep up the good work!

Welcome to the future; it's Pyra.

 

[Revan]

Question. Will upgrade boards be a definitive possibility?
I have been following the Pyra for quite some time and am very enthused with the idea. However, despite it being the only handheld able to meet my specific use cases in many regards, using an OMAP 5 in 2019 seems like even web browsing on modern sites would be very slow. IIRC, it's the same SoC as in the Moto Droid/Milestone, and back then mobile sites were super stripped down...
Is that not a concern though? Am I missing something?

 

[Silent-Hunter]

Question. Will upgrade boards be a definitive possibility?
I have been following the Pyra for quite some time and am very enthused with the idea. However, despite it being the only handheld able to meet my specific use cases in many regards, using an OMAP 5 in 2019 seems like even web browsing on modern sites would be very slow. IIRC, it's the same SoC as in the Moto Droid/Milestone, and back then mobile sites were super stripped down...
Is that not a concern though? Am I missing something?

There was a video demonstrating web browsing not too long ago and it was fine, even with several tabs open. I think because it doesn't have the overhead of Android, it runs more efficiently or something. The things I've seen the Pyra do surprise me, like running Dreamcast emulation at full speed using only software rendering.

 

[WizardStan]

Question. Will upgrade boards be a definitive possibility?

EvilDragon has talked about how the design always intended for there to eventually be upgrades, but in order to get to the point where an upgrade board can be made his company needs to survive the initial release.

 

[Askarus]

My Pyra with Vivaldi is not slower than my Phone witha Snapdragon 810.
And the Pyra displays the Desktop version, not the mobile versions I don't like.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

using an OMAP 5 in 2019 seems like even web browsing on modern sites would be very slow.

The OMAP5 is fine, I use the devboards, and they are fast for about anything.

 

[mius]

[...] using an OMAP 5 in 2019 seems like even web browsing on modern sites would be very slow. IIRC, it's the same SoC as in the Moto Droid/Milestone, and back then mobile sites were super stripped down...
Is that not a concern though? Am I missing something?

Yeah, I'm with ya; would be nice to have a reference with some real-life stress tests.

 

[docbroke]

Moto droid / milestone had OMAP 3 with cortex a8 cpu, pyra is using OMAP 5 with cortex A15. Huge difference.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

My Pyra with Vivaldi is not slower than my Phone witha Snapdragon 810.
And the Pyra displays the Desktop version, not the mobile versions I don't like.

Pyra runs Vivaldi? Awesome!

 

[TrashyMG]

Pyra runs Vivaldi? Awesome!

They have an arm .deb installer on their page.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

Moto droid / milestone had OMAP 3 with cortex a8 cpu, pyra is using OMAP 5 with cortex A15. Huge difference.

Oh yeah, the OMAP3 was in the Pandora, no wonder he thinks it's going to be slow!
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They have an arm .deb installer on their page.

Oh yeah! I forgot about that.

 

[docbroke]

...
So I didn't find a lot of time to work on building the prototypes. At least I finished replacing one resistor on all mainboards (which limited the charging to 1.4A) and worked a bit on the software side, but I couldn't find the time to do much, sadly.

I'll try to catch up ASAP and work build those prototypes this weeked (or at least as many as I can!)
I'll also try to catch up with the results from Uniqueplast.
...

Any update on prototypes

 

[jacob martinelli]

Welcome to the future; it's Pyra.

PLEASE!!!!! if I could audio you the sound of men squealing like Asian girls I would, but that is from a commercial from like 10 years ago, the baconator is awesome Wendy's and there is another crack on this freaking thing that I want to get rid of!

I don't have an awesome sword but show me your pyra!!!!!

 

[levi]

Ah, we didn't have that. Closest here was probably 'The future's bright. The future's Orange' for a now defunct telephony brand.

Unfortunately, I don't have a pyra yet, only a prepreorder for one. The best I can do is to show you my pre-pre-order bonus board:

 

[ClockworkCoder]

Don't think I've seen a photo of those boards myself before either. Very cool; and signed too!

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

Has the Pyra project been canceled?

 

[ClockworkCoder]

Has the Pyra project been canceled?

Have you not been reading the updates? No.

 

[crazyhorse]

I think the software side of things needs a little polishing before the prototypes can be released into the wild.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

I think the software side of things needs a little polishing before the prototypes can be released into the wild.

I think, you got that backwards.

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

Have you not been reading the updates? No.

This thread os from 1 moth ago. Is there any other source of news? If so, I have not read that, that's why I was asking .