Yet another of these: My ideas for a pandora 2

[kuru]

That's why it should have two. One jack for each orientation.

i can see that working. An audio jack is cheap as chips. It may be weird esthetically at first look, but it totally makes sense in our case.

 

[klapse]

One solution is to use headphones with an L-shaped jack. I am using one right now on the side of my phone and it hardly bothers my hand at all.

 

[takato14]

The pandora is already almost unacceptably thick when it comes to pocketability. That just looks awful.

Disagree completely.

Take the HP 620LX PocketPC. Yes, that monster on the left.

I can fit this beast in my pocket. The Pandora is like a blessing in comparison, and I'd much rather have a thicker handheld if it meant the controls were better. If I can handle that massive thing I'm sure the extra 7mm of thickness that would be needed for the L2/R2 buttons won't be a problem.

 

[slaeshjag]

One solution is to use headphones with an L-shaped jack. I am using one right now on the side of my phone and it hardly bothers my hand at all.

I have searched mountains and dungeons for headphones like that, and I can't find them when I want them.

 

[takato14]

One solution is to use headphones with an L-shaped jack. I am using one right now on the side of my phone and it hardly bothers my hand at all.

I have searched mountains and dungeons for headphones like that, and I can't find them when I want them.

Just use a right angle adapter...

 

[slaeshjag]

They do not exist in shops here, I have looked

 

[3_bit]

So pretty much the same idea behind Samsung's "future proof" TV with replaceable motherboard but with the OP?

 

[slaeshjag]

Well. It's not the full motherboard and all periphials being replaced, just the SoC/RAM. Motherboard upgrades can already be done by users with the current design, but the savings compared to buying a new unit isn't that great.

 

[Kajayacht]

• two shoulder buttons (I'd really really like four, but I can't see how this would be done,)

Four shoulder buttons are indeed possible if we place functionality before form. A la nVidia Shield:

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I understand this device will be less pocketable than the P1, and quite frankly the more I think about it the more I prefer it over the alternative of an inferior controller.

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All in all, I like the ideas, hopefully the fixes will be focused on first. But since our first glimpses of the device through Craig's eyes show a very different device, the fixes may not even be necessary or relevant.

I understand people's want for 4 shoulder buttons, after all PSX has 4, but something like that picture, barf.

Instead of 4 shoulder buttons, why not 6 face buttons?  It would work just as well in most situation (not all, but most) but IMO would be more beneficial in more situations (think more authentic Genesis feel, 6 button Genesis, arcade, ect).  Remember, SEGA Saturn and original Xbox had 6 face buttons and 2 shoulder buttons and they were able to work effectively control-wise for cross-platform games from PSX and PS2 respectively.