Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
August 31, 2010
Posted by: gruso
Hotfix number 4 is live. It’s the usual swag of tweaks large and small, notable inclusions being improved wifi stability and bluetooth connectivity. Full details and download on the official support page (scroll down for the hotfix).
And a bit of news too for those still in the queue:
Just a quick message we got from the Nub company: The new nubs that have been produced and tested last week were already more stable than the ones we had before.
They are doing a bit more tweaking and have new prototypes ready within the next few days that will be tested anew.
We’re getting there. If all goes well, Mass Production for the new nubs can probably start at the beginning of next week 
(EvilDragon)
Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged evildragon, hotfix, nubs, OS | 40 Comments »
August 26, 2010
Posted by: gruso
A promising development from the US of A.
Michael had a looong conference call with the board production company today to discuss about how to proceed and speed up production.
Here is a short summary of the results of the discussion with them and the current plans of both us and the company:
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged Boards, evildragon, mweston, nubs, texas | 76 Comments »
August 25, 2010
Posted by: gruso
Hands up if you got an email! Lengthy debate on the correct plural of Pandora if you didn’t!
80 Pandora shipping today.
(craigix)
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged craigix, Shipping, twitterix | 52 Comments »
August 23, 2010
Posted by: gruso
The last mention of production status was back on the 14th, when EvilDragon told us there were 200 more boards on the way to the UK. Those boards are now making their way into cases, and out to customers. This will bring the total number of Pandoras in the wild to approximately 900. As for the next lot of boards:
Also we’re told to expect 500(!) boards in the next batch, so, wow, that will be a lot of work. Not sure we can manage 500 in a week but we shall see.
(craigix)
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ps. We’re trying something different on the old unofficial roadmap. No more tables or infographics, no more predictions, just a log of notable events. It’s not even a roadmap any more, but we’ll still call it that. Here.
Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged Boards, cases, craigix, production, Shipping | 24 Comments »
August 19, 2010
Posted by: gruso
From the official blog, EvilDragon fills us in on his trip to GamesCom, and the child he left behind.
Well, today I was visiting the GamesCom to meet some press guys to talk with them about the Pandora.
GamesCom itself wasn’t that interesting to be honest (mostly online games I didn’t care of, on the Playstation Move booth you could try Sonys cross between a torchlight and a Wii-mote and pop virtual balloons with that… while XBox360 showed with Kinect that you can play with virtual animals… yay!) – but what was really nice is that actually five guys recognized me (or the Pandora). Even a sales manager of a big game company recognized the Pandora and congratulized me that we really did pull it off. Cool.
Anyways, most interesting for some of you guys is probably, that I left a Pandora for the rest of the exhibition at one of the best booths there is at the GamesCom:
It’s at the “Haus der Computerspiele”, that’s in Hall 08.1, Booth B050.
That’s a major exhibition of video gaming consoles and gaming handhelds. I sponsored them a GP2X F100, F200 and WIZ – as well as a Caanoo and Pandora (though they have to send the latter two ones back after the show).
So, if you want to see a real living Pandora and are the the exhibition, be sure to check out their booth!
(EvilDragon)
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged evildragon, gamescom | 15 Comments »
August 17, 2010
Posted by: david attenborough
Today we observe one of the rarest specimens in the Pandora ecosystem: the TV out cable. Coaxed from its lair by trained handler EvilDragon, it treats us to a dazzling display of light and magic before withdrawing once again from the piercing gaze of onlookers. Perhaps this season, if the monsoon is on time, it will multiply.
Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged av cable, evildragon, tv out | 49 Comments »
August 16, 2010
Posted by: gruso
Posted a number of days ago (and shot a number of weeks ago, evidently), Craig gives us a speed run through a day on the floor at assembly HQ. Yep, the entire British console industry in that little room – it’ll either warm your heart or give you a start. Tell us which below, it’ll be fun.
Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged assembly, craigix, evildragon, fatih, mweston | 9 Comments »
August 11, 2010
Posted by: BackAssward
Sometimes EvilDragon says a bit, and other times he says a lot. This is one of those times where he must have spent his night up, making a post.
Let’s see… The current nubs are working great, the latest hotfix is looking pretty good. The team is very happy with the last hundred boards, and there and many more on the way. What more is there to say?
As usual, I’ll let EvilDragon do the talking:
Moving forward!
Hardware Production
We were really pleased with the last 100 boards! Only a few failed for different reasons, but the nubs were working fine! So it seems the mechanical testing is a fine solution until the next batch of nubs will be produced with added accuracy.
170 more boards are already on the way to UK, so expect more units to be delivered soon.
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Posted in Blog, Hardware, Official, Pandora, Software | Tagged evildragon, Hardware, production | 74 Comments »
August 11, 2010
Posted by: gruso
When a new device arrives, it’s only natural to plug everything you can into every available port. Well, hopefully it is, because that just what many Pandora owners are doing. This latest roundup comes courtesy of Alerino, who did his best to try them all at once.
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Posted in Hardware, UMPC | Tagged accessories, peripherals, usb | 8 Comments »
August 10, 2010
Posted by: gruso
A little update on production progress, which has been tiptoeing along since 100 more boards arrived last week. Quality checks on the nubs are still a significant slowdown, although it looks like things could be possibly thinking about looking up soon.
The last 25 of the 100 will ship today and tomorrow. It does look like this nub issue is solved for 99% of the units so we can get back on track. Over 700 Pandoras have now been shipped.
(craigix, yesterday)
I know things are going slow but 170 more boards are arriving soon and things will start to really speed up and those units should be very good quality due to this lengthy test process.
(craigix)
And on the cases:
we decided to order 7000 last month. 1500 are coming by UPS the rest by boat (4-5 weeks).
The 1500 are due here next week sometime (well, due in to customs!).
(craigix)
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Posted in Hardware | Tagged assembly, cases, craigix, nubs, production | 27 Comments »