The Big List Of Official Dev Team Updates

[icurafu]

compliant XML is great. Now we can parse using existing parsers.

 

[hells_dark]

- We did some font tests for the GUI (gmenu2x - and another one is in development, so you should have two GUIs soon ).

I wonder if the second one is "Scale" :huh:

 

[DeMoB]

http://openpandora.org/blog.php

Final PCB pics have gone up. ^_^

Dan

 

[gruso]

Thanks Dan!

 

[Chip]

Since blog entries are not direct-linkable, below is the entirety of the latest entry for linking purposes:
QUOTE

PCB See
posted by craig
Here are some photos of the final version of the Pandora PCB as promised.

Click on them for bigger.



Fancy a game of spot the difference?

 

[morgushong]

I spotted a difference. The render has 11 keys on the last row while that picture shows 12.

 

[TaG]

I spotted a difference. The render has 11 keys on the last row while that picture shows 12.
I'm sure I just answered this...
The render shows the space key taking two, er, key spaces.

 

[sterling976]

I'm sure I just answered this...

Oh, you did. BTW, the new board is red, instead of green. But that's also been discussed.

For those not following along, look at the last couple pages here.

 

[bennyboy]

New blog update, with gmenu preview!
http://openpandora.org/blog.php

 

[PoisonedV]

shits mad hot.
also, nice to see they used a community design. was that novas?

 

[Chip]

Well, for example there have been posts about the firmware being based on Gmenu2x ontop of a desktop type linux, is that not significant?

Not really. When there are screenshots or videos or source code, then it'll make the list.

Now that there is a video, it's added

 

[-knowledge123]

Now that there is a video, it's added

Wow, just wow; amazing to see B) Keep up the amazing work guys

Chip, can you also link to the blog post here, please, i think that the photos are noteworthy of mention

 

[Esn]

Ok, since the "posting histories" links don't work for some reason, let me try this again.

Here are the links to the forum profiles of all the developers listed on openpandora.org (I think these should be added to the first post of this thread, so that people can check themselves if there's some news that has not yet been added):

craigix
DJWillis
EvilDragon
mfk (aka. Fatih)
MWeston
Squidge

notaz, while not listed on the official website, seems to also be part of the team

DaveC (listing DaveC on the bottom because his recent posting history doesn't seem to be very Pandora-related)

 

[Esn]

Would these be considered updates?
Oct. 25 Gmenu is default launcher in Simple Mode
Oct. 28 No money will be made on first 4000 because of the falling stock market
Oct. 29 600 LCDs arrived
Oct. 29 Considering changing banks for orders

P.S. That Oct.28 news about the screen having 16 levels of pressure-sensitivity is really cool. I honestly was not expecting more than one level.

 

[torpor]

ERrmm... No money will be made on the first 4000 orders because of the falling stock market?

That *TOTALLY* sucks. I was hoping you guys would have made some cash to keep you happy for a year or so, at least, as a group .. Sorry to hear that. I'll put some more cash in the dev fund ..

 

[WizardStan]

it's not because of the falling stock market, it's because of the crazy money markets. Currency exchanges are sliding in unpredictable ways.

 

[TaG]

ERrmm... No money will be made on the first 4000 orders because of the falling stock market?

That *TOTALLY* sucks. I was hoping you guys would have made some cash to keep you happy for a year or so, at least, as a group .. Sorry to hear that. I'll put some more cash in the dev fund ..

The dev fund does not benefit the Pandora Hardware/OS etc devs but software devs.

Currency rates probably mean that costs in $/£ for parts have now increased. The other reason for profit reduction is the increased RAM and NAND.

 

[mali]

http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?showtopic=45038

(MWeston about battary drain effects because of the doubled RAM)

 

[MilanC]

Wasn't this topic pinned before the forums crashed last month?

 

[OrR]

Yes. Now the pinned topics have been cleaned up and only one remains which links to this one and the others.