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[Bosbeetle]

On a lighter note we are all going to die sooner or later!

[vadsamoht]

EDIT: Removed what was in hindsight a somewhat inappropriate post.

Edited by vadsamoht, 08 July 2010 - 11:33 AM.

[CoLD SToRAGE]

For anyone thinking of cancelling, have a long hard think first. I did. A LONG hard think, and it was a close run thing. If the Pandora ticks all your boxes then it's really worth waiting, so hang on in there... the O.P. Team WILL get there in time. If not, there are some other good choices out there to sate your appetite, and who knows, maybe later on you might come back to the Pandora when stock > orders?

I cancelled partly due to expected ship date for my Pandora, partly due to wife asking "has it shipped yet?" 7 months after she ordered it for me, and partly because I spotted something else that seemed to fit the bill a bit better for me right now.

I've always been a fan of Psion organisers, and hand-held computers in general. So the Pandora was a really exciting prospect.

Then by accident I saw the Viliv N5 and I decided that was more up my street. The amusing thing is, that to get a Viliv N5 I have to pre-order tomorrow, and the it 'should' ship July 19th. Part of my brain is laughing at me... saying, "Hahaha! Off one train and onto another, you silly boy!"
But hopefully it will arrive in time for my Birthday at the end of the month. Then of course my wife will want my Samsung NC10.

Edited by CoLD SToRAGE, 08 July 2010 - 11:35 AM.

[Bosbeetle]

Aw sad to see you cancel good luck with the Viliv

(I removed your connection to the last.fm group, that you didnt ask for anyway)

Edited by Bosbeetle, 08 July 2010 - 11:40 AM.

[SomeGuy99]

On a lighter note we are all going to die sooner or later!

That is unbelievably macabre! Jesus man.

I bet you die before me.

[Bosbeetle]

On a lighter note we are all going to die sooner or later!

That is unbelievably macabre! Jesus man.

I bet you die before me.

I'll do my best.

[vadsamoht]

On a lighter note we are all going to die sooner or later!

That is unbelievably macabre! Jesus man.

I bet you die before me.

I'll give Big Reg and One-Eyed Harry a call. We can make it happen.

[Bosbeetle]

On a lighter note we are all going to die sooner or later!

That is unbelievably macabre! Jesus man.

I bet you die before me.

I'll give Big Reg and One-Eyed Harry a call. We can make it happen.

[mali]

Heh, you are all dead anyway. I might continue that philosophy thread next winter when I'm depressed enough for that stuff

[torpor]

I'm not dead!

[EvilDragon]

On a lighter note we are all going to die sooner or later!

I'm already dead

But yeah - give devs some time. Doing quick ports by simply recompiling will get something working. Takes a couple of hours (if there are no major problems), and you have the app or emulator.
Unoptimized, yeah. No really menus except for maybe the same clickable interfaces you have on the PC, sure.
But you HAVE something.
This is what we have in the archive right now.

On the GP2X, this didn't happen - since he didn't have X, the devs NEEDED to code the menu.
However, it took time... after the gp2x was released, what did we have after a few weeks?
No playable emulator, but games like Shanghai and Mahjongg. And the emulators that were working, didn't have menus - that's why the Selector-App has been written.

Porting is easier on the Pandora, since you have more CPU power and a proper Linux system, but it also means, that there will be more unoptimized ports at the beginning.
But I think it's better than having nothing at all - and people will eventually take a look and work on it if they are interested and have time.

Another advantage is that we have games like Battle for Wesnoth - without having to work on optimizing it for weeks. It simply runs. And it runs very well.
This wouldn't have been possible on the WIZ or GP2X.

So don't whine about what we have now - just compare what the other systems had after a few weeks and you can see we're heading the right way

[Bosbeetle]

I'm not dead!

That's what you think [insert evil laugh here]

[Bosbeetle]

On a lighter note we are all going to die sooner or later!

However, it took time... after the gp2x was released, what did we have after a few weeks?
No playable emulator, but games like Shanghai and Mahjongg.

yeah where are shanghai and mahjongg and minesweeper and sudoku and patience???

Edited by Bosbeetle, 08 July 2010 - 12:12 PM.

[Alerino]

For a 1+ month-old device, it's great accomplishment being able to play my all-time favorites: 2600, master system, nes, megadrive, snes, msx, psx

[Bosbeetle]

I have my pandora now for about a month and Ive used it every day for a lot of stuff. I wouldnt want to go without it It is really reviving my msx days