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Official Pandora forum launched

August 30, 2010
Posted by: gruso

As announced via Twitter last Friday, and heartily discussed all weekend on GP32X, the Pandora now has its own official forum. The new forum is a slimmed down version of the Pandora section at GP32X, and will largely serve as an official support channel and news feed, also catering for the team’s other project, the iControlPad. EvilDragon is administering the new site alongside GP32X, and will ensure that all official news is posted on both sites. For y’all, the usual flow of news (official blog, Twitter, Pandorapress) will remain unchanged, so you don’t need to check yet another source if you don’t want to.

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Buy a little something, win a Pandora!

August 19, 2010
Posted by: gruso

This may well be the first (unofficial) store to sell USB accessories tested on a Pandora, and as part of their launch, they’re giving away the Pandora the accessories are being tested on! To be in with chance, you’ll need to spend at least 10GBP/10EUR/15USD or 500THB (before shipping) at www.panda-usb.com before September 16th. The catalogue is a bit thin at the moment, but they’re testing and adding more things by the day. Note: Before jumping in with your cash, do read this forum thread for the complete story behind this promotion, and what exactly is being given away.

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Official Blog: A big Thank You!

August 14, 2010
Posted by: BackAssward

EvilDragon seems to be sleepless. He looks to be over-joyed with the support the team has received, and seems a bit saddened by some of the negativity.

We sometimes forget the magnitude of what each and every member of the Pandora team has done; It can be easy to be jaded, or lose sight of the point.

In the end: The Pandora is a device born from a community, made by people just like you or I, and it is gorgeous… have some faith, there is a lot of good going on.

As usual, I’ll let EvilDragon do the rest of the talking:

A big Thank You!

What? No news? Dammit!

Well, the boards (200 AFAIK) are on the way to UK due to arrive next week and will be built then, no more news in that area.

BUT I wanted to make a big thank you post!
Not another of those boring “thank you for waiting”-posts (we are thankful, REALLY thankful, but I think I thanked you for that for quite a few times already… and I think you know we are thankful :) )

No, I wanted to personally say thankful for all the encouraging eMails, messages and words I (and the whole team) got from you during the last few days.

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Official Blog: Software: What’s happening

July 15, 2010
Posted by: BackAssward

Brace yourselves, we have had two official blog posts in no less than 33 minutes!

Now, I know you are asking yourself… how can this be? Two official blog posts, both right away? You might think to yourself, what could they possibly say in such a short time? Official blog posts are few and far between, usually weeks apart. Right?

Well, I’m here to tell you that they contain a very welcome and descriptive insight into the current state of the project. The most recent post is on the software currently available, the software in the works, program updates, and some work on the OS, (plus an extra special feature you will have to read the post for). There have clearly been contributors who went above and beyond, but I don’t want to spoil it for you, and EvilDragon says it so much better.

In case you missed it, here is our previous article about the hardware news. Wait no further:

EvilDragon on the official blog:

Software: What’s happening

Wow, what amazing six weeks!

The Pandora has just been delivered to the first 600 users – and software comes flooding in.

Besides the official hotfixes (where a few contributions have come from the community, too) which fixed most of the bigger problems, quite a few ports, games, emulators, etc. have been released.
So all of you still waiting for your Pandoras: You will have a LOT of cool stuff available ready to play! I know it’s hard to wait – but just think about what you can do with it once you receive it…

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Posted in Community Links, Emulators, Games, MIDI, Music/Media, OS Updates, Official, Other Apps, Pandora, Software, UMPC | Tagged , , , , , | 24 Comments »

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PandoraPanic! just got better

June 17, 2010
Posted by: foxblock

The PandoraPanic! team around PokeParadox has been very busy in the past few weeks fixing the occurring bugs after the initial release. While the non-patched release candidate still is playable with all its joy and glory, you might want to consider updating to the NEW and IMPROVED bugfix4 titled release to not miss out on some of the (previously not attainable) achievements.

Additionally, you are invited to share your comments and ideas about the game and in case you are a C++ developer (or want to become one) you can create your own small game for the collection and carve your name in the Hall-of-Fame of PandoraPanic! contributors. Just hit the “More information” link at the bottom of the page and follow the instructions.

The team is constantly searching for new ideas for games and achievements, too! So in a case of sudden inspiration give them a shout by replying to the forum topic linked below.

Download – Mirror 1 – Mirror 2 (W32 and Linux releases here, too)

Discussion – More information

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Production update, review roundup

June 17, 2010
Posted by: gruso

200 more patient Pandorians will recieve shipping notifications in the coming days, as the production line edges towards the 1,000 milestone. You’ve probably (heh) noticed that assembly has slowed since the initial burst, which is being attributed to more thorough quality checks after a series of first-week hiccups at the receiving end (ranging from sticky buttons to bowed LCD bezels and the occasional RMA). It’s also been revealed that there were a significant number of board issues in the first 400 (faults that were picked up by OPT prior to assembly) which has prompted Texas tighten up QC at their end as well. In addition, MWeston has built them a nub testing rig to futher weed out the problem children before they hit the UK production line.

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The reviews linked below tell the story of the early-early-adopter; lots of praise, a handful of warts, and good indications that the QC lessons are being learned quickly.

Coder Tim_T | Bosbeetle | MDave | 7zark7 | mindlord | rook

Also: A thread full of Youtubes

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Production tracking: a new (unofficial) source to watch

June 15, 2010
Posted by: gruso

Snapshot only, obviously.

A source, a source, my kingdom for a source. You might have noticed the lack of activity on the Pandorapress roadmap of late; time & sanity constraints mean that it’s probably going to stay at the current “everything is in progress” status, and updated with major production milestones. Thankfully some more community help has stepped up to the plate; namely a mysterious forum signup called “pandoraproduction”. He/she has thrown together a little site which collates all known information into a neat graphic like the one above.

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Hellollo

May 27, 2010
Posted by: gruso

Damn if this fella isn't wearing the face of the community right now.

Yes, we’re back, and no, we don’t want to talk about it. So let’s jump straight into a summary of Pandora’s best week so far (and Pandorapress’s worst!).

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A thing of Beauty: First MP Pandora in the Wild

May 22, 2010
Posted by: BackAssward

You saw it here first! Well, not first if you are a regular on the forums, but don’t let that lessen your excitement. If you saw this previous post, you’d know that GP32X.com forum mod X68000 has been volunteering at the assembly site. As a result, today he has walked away with the first End User owned Mass Production Pandora. Before nodding off, he decided to grace us with some pictures he took of his very own Pandora.

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More pictures from X68000 after the break, plus another production photo from Craig.

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Is your delivery address correct?

May 18, 2010
Posted by: gruso

So, Michael Weston is due to land in the UK in around 24hrs. Cause for excitement? Maybe – but that volcano continues to do its spewing thing over yonder, so the situation may still be a little fluid. Murphies and doom aside though, it’s probably a good time to double check that your delivery address is correct. If you have moved house since ordering, or you think getting your Pandora delivered to your workplace is a better idea, tireless GBAX frontwoman Jacquelyn will be happy to help you out. If you do need to change your address, include your order number, original address, and new address in your email.

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