darklight1138 said:
Wow, I would love to see those pics! Would you know what to look for?
I know, the thought of seeing the internals is very tempting for me too.
Yes, more or less; the bigger issue here, though, would be I'd need to get someone(or find myself) pictures of a non-ThinkGeek "working" Wiz. That way we can compare the two and see if there are any significant hardware differences. Also, I'll probably look for a version or revision number on the board itself.
In fact, I may or may not do that tomorrow. Depends on if I have time, and whether or not I feel daring enough.
EDIT: I popped my Wiz apart and have taken pictures of the hardware. I will post them later tonight, once I get them uploaded. I am already having series doubts that this is a hardware issue. I discovered the hardware version of the board is v7.0, documented on 2009.06.02(or 20, forgive my memory, but it'll be easy enough to check if someone else has 20 or 2; I can also check the picture).
This is a mere month or so after the release of the Wiz. So I see it as highly unlikely that ThinkGeek is the only one distributing this version. Even considering the first version may have had a large padding due to mass manufacturing(which is a case like a small out-of-states opensource handheld, is pretty unlikely), the first version should have run out long before now.
But there's always the possibility of a small undocumented hardware change, so I will post the pictures none-the-less.
I also noticed on the inside of the battery casing, is a series of identifiers: GPX-GP2X-WIZ(B)
Normally this wouldn't intrigue much, but the "(B) " is what interests me, I want to see how many people have this "(B) " in the product name.
I'll post again when I post the pictures, as it will probably be another thread.
