mindlord
Notices Two Things
Well I got my Pandora last nght. US customs had their way with the packaging. I chose not to do an unboxing video this time. I will however be posting some video reviews later on. For now, wall of text.
Hardware -
One word sums it up stunning.
The long winded version is...
DaveC, thank you. the controls are superb, nearly flawless, dreamy, as close to perfection as humanly possible. I love the Dpad and action buttons. The keypad is totally usable for even long winded speeches, and five paragraph forum tirades. My shoulder buttons are a might stuff, but I've learned the special technique to get perfect response from them.
The case itself is sturdy, professional grade, and beautiful. My case has a small blemish on the right hinge, but t's barely noticable. Otherwise the fit and finsh on my Pandora is top-notch.
Software -
Here's where it gets shaky for me. I know it's beta level software, and for how mature it is I've got to say it's servicable. I wll be issuing several bug reports over the next few days. But rather dwell on what's wrong I'll talk about what's right. It's fast... way faster than I initially had hoped. the menus are 1000% more snappy than in ED's videos from awhle back. Browsing is slick [when not crashing] and It's a total joy to surf like a desktop in the palm of my hand. While all the browsers currently available have certain issues, between the three you can get some stuff done. Everythng else appears to work fine (with a few major exeptions) in the OS i had zero issues setting up Wifi, My connection has been very stable to a Belkin 54g wireless router. These routers are notorious for being picky, so I consider myself lucky there. I haven't yet tired any emulators yet, but look forward to trying out Picodrive very soon.
I'll try to fill some video requests, but my game library is at home, and I'm at work so no PSX games for now. ;P
I've got quite a bit of USB hardware at my disposal, My first vdeo will likely talk about that.
I'll post some pics here in a few.
Hardware -
One word sums it up stunning.
The long winded version is...
DaveC, thank you. the controls are superb, nearly flawless, dreamy, as close to perfection as humanly possible. I love the Dpad and action buttons. The keypad is totally usable for even long winded speeches, and five paragraph forum tirades. My shoulder buttons are a might stuff, but I've learned the special technique to get perfect response from them.
The case itself is sturdy, professional grade, and beautiful. My case has a small blemish on the right hinge, but t's barely noticable. Otherwise the fit and finsh on my Pandora is top-notch.
Software -
Here's where it gets shaky for me. I know it's beta level software, and for how mature it is I've got to say it's servicable. I wll be issuing several bug reports over the next few days. But rather dwell on what's wrong I'll talk about what's right. It's fast... way faster than I initially had hoped. the menus are 1000% more snappy than in ED's videos from awhle back. Browsing is slick [when not crashing] and It's a total joy to surf like a desktop in the palm of my hand. While all the browsers currently available have certain issues, between the three you can get some stuff done. Everythng else appears to work fine (with a few major exeptions) in the OS i had zero issues setting up Wifi, My connection has been very stable to a Belkin 54g wireless router. These routers are notorious for being picky, so I consider myself lucky there. I haven't yet tired any emulators yet, but look forward to trying out Picodrive very soon.
I'll try to fill some video requests, but my game library is at home, and I'm at work so no PSX games for now. ;P
I've got quite a bit of USB hardware at my disposal, My first vdeo will likely talk about that.
I'll post some pics here in a few.
