That took a while...

[Yogurt]

Plus one for wine red. That default render has really grown on me

 

[guacamole]

4GB version is currently 97.9% of all orders

 

[rSl]

thanks for this nice video-update!
i'm ok with any color, as long as it is coated with c64c light-beige.

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

 

[Eight Bit]

This got my heart pounding! More pictures please!!!

 

[Yori]

So close, yet so far

 

[FBnil]

Is the Pyra still 3.2cm thick? It looks thicker in the Video.

haha, don't be silly... it is a πra... so it should be 3.14159 cm thick...

In fact, if you divide the width by the length, you get the golden ratio...

LET PHI => 1.6180339887498948482
13.9/PHI = 8.59067244362354 (real length 8.7cm, 0.1 cm off from the golden ratio).

 

[waGL]

I so want to rip the foil off those displays…

 

[Grench]

I so want to rip the foil off those displays…

Agreed. When I first saw those images I thought he might have cracked displays during assembly. It took closer inspection to realize it's just the peel-away shipping & assembly scratch guard layer.

 

[rygD]

Does anyone else sometimes leave that on for a bit?

 

[kabaiakh]

Does anyone else sometimes leave that on for a bit?

Sometime, until I get a screen protector.

 

[netcat]

Sometime, until I get a screen protector.

you guys are psycho
I'll take scratches over plastic film any day

 

[TrashyMG]

I just barely use the touchscreen, it's an inferior input method anyway.

 

[Eight Bit]

Really? I use it all the time... To draw, play games, start programs... It's like an automatism for me to get the stylus out when I open my Pandora.
The screen is starting to show some scratches when light reflects on it now, because of Opsu mostly so I bought a spare screen just in case.
Any one have experience with polishing a resistive screen with toothpaste?

 

[TrashyMG]

@Eight Bit, I use the D-Pad and keyboard almost entirely for XFCE4 navigation and program launching, I don't like being forced to break out a stylist and I'm a bit of a clean freak when it comes to touching the screen so I don't use my fingers. Also I can't Draw on paper let alone touchscreen. only game I really can affectively use with the touch screen is Diablo 2. But if I'm in the mood to play that game, I break out my Mouse.

 

[Grench]

@Eight Bit, I use the D-Pad and keyboard almost entirely for XFCE4 navigation and program launching, I don't like being forced to break out a stylist and I'm a bit of a clean freak when it comes to touching the screen so I don't use my fingers. Also I can't Draw on paper let alone touchscreen. only game I really can affectively use with the touch screen is Diablo 2. But if I'm in the mood to play that game, I break out my Mouse.

There were a few games that I played on the Pandora where the stylus became very useful. Playing Master of Magic even resulted in a few scuff marks on the lower right of my screen from repeated, 'next turn' pokes from the wear.

Pandora & Pyra are all about flexibility though. For some it's the stylus. I do both keyboard navigation &/or stylus depending on what I'm doing and the mood I'm in. Having the option is a plus.

 

[kabaiakh]

I just barely use the touchscreen, it's an inferior input method anyway.

 

[Pyramancer]

@Eight BitI don't like being forced to break out a stylist and I'm a bit of a clean freak

Me too. Consequently, when my hairdresser is in gaol I wash my own hair; freeing the incarcerated is just too stressful.

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Does anyone else sometimes leave that on for a bit?

Yeah, I'm guilty of that. On my five-ish-year-old laptop there's still a piece of plastic film over the power button / LED. I get so much satisfaction from peeling those off, that I like to save the gratification for "later".

 

[levi]

Yeah, I usually take screen film off quite quickly, but any other film protecting shiny plastic I leave on until it gets really quite grotty. I don't really like shiny plastic, so while the film looks no worse than it would look being off, I'm not fussed.

In terms of not using the touchscreen, my forced TV-out only unit doesn't have one, so I'm quite used to keyboard shortcuts and the likes. The only thing I absolutely have to use the nubs for is to get the system menu up (the one containing CPU speed, and options to turn on/off wifi, USB host, bluetooth etc.). Yesterday, my right nub decided it was going to turn off (or otherwise not report any value but [0,0]) so I finally had to figure out how to do all of that stuff using the /usr/pandora scripts. Turns out setting the cpu speed is surprisingly easy; '$ sudo /usr/pandora/scripts op_cpuspeed.sh 600' sets it to 600MHz. It's probably got the special privileges meaning I can run it with 'sudo -n' and not even have to enter a user password, thinking of it.

 

[Eight Bit]

To each his own First thing I do when I get new electronics is pull all the plastic stuff off, it annoys me.
I take good care of it though, and tend to spend extra on a good case or sleeve to protect portable stuff.
I still have a 3rd gen ipod that looks like new while it's traveled 1000's of km's with me, all over the world. The DAC broke down though so it's useless now... The irony

For those who don't use their touch screens, the Pandora one is awesome!
It's precise, sensitive (Remember this when in the heat of a battle! It's not necessary to push hard) and has good pressure sensitivity when drawing. It's remarkable how light a touch will be registered.
And it's tough! Some times I cringe and regret it that I let one of my kids draw on my Pandora but the screen keeps up well!

I hope the Pyra will have a touch screen as good as the Pandora's.