Posts Tagged ‘cases’
March 12, 2010
Posted by: gruso
Battery covers with the final matte finish
Didn’t we all dream about that the case mass production should become reality?
Well, it has. We got some brand new pictures for you.
The mould has been successfully calibrated and mounted on the machine.
The pieces you see are the first that has been spit out by the machine, so those are testing ones which are being checked.
Not all have the finishing applied – one nice picture (above) that does show how it will look like with finishing applied is the one with the battery lids.
Those samples are being checked – and if they are okay (and they really do look fine), they will continue to spit out the cases and apply finishing.
Enjoy!
(EvilDragon)
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged cases, evildragon, production | 39 Comments »
February 20, 2010
Posted by: BackAssward
We expected the worst; Chinese New Year would be two weeks, but, a tweet from Craigix:
Chinese mould factory are back at work 
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Could it be? We have production before we hoped? I can’t say for sure, but this is good news.
Posted in Hardware | Tagged cases, craigix, new year | 43 Comments »
February 18, 2010
Posted by: gruso
It’s the last nagging detail of the Pandora accessory suite. We’ve seen the AV cables, we’ve seen the power supplies, but where are the cases? No, not the ones in China. We know where they aren’t. The carry cases. Finally, Craig has posted a picture in the forums that believe it or not, introduces another question. Craig describes this as “the hardcase which will probably come with the carry case free.” This could mean that the case you ordered is larger, with this one thrown in for free. Or that the case you ordered is this one, and it comes with a limited edition Tote Bag (with Craig screenprinted on the front). Whatever the case, it does look pleasing. Better get one for Justin.
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged carry case, cases, craigix | 34 Comments »
February 10, 2010
Posted by: BackAssward
Just as a child can’t wait to open his presents on Christmas morning, so have most of us been sitting here, trembling with anticipation, waiting to open up our Pandora. Some people have claimed ‘Vapourware’, or that is an outright con. Well, some lucky children have received a late Christmas present, and their excitement is palpable!
For those who follow Craigix’s Twitter, you might has seen the following and wondered what he was talking about:
Craigix via Twitter – Some threads showing up on gp32x of people receiving their Pandora. I can’t stop smiling at them.
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Posted in Community, Hardware, Pandora | Tagged cases, psx4all, skeezix, zodttd | 52 Comments »
February 9, 2010
Posted by: gruso
The green light shone. The roar went up. The blog went down. And here we sit, pensive in the afterglow. So what happens next? Let’s take a look at what the coming weeks have in store.
We are pushing them to ship us 500 on friday. [...] The factory have already been instructed to get on with it, we should hear something today. We don’t know if they will manage it, but we hope they will. They have told us pretty much every customer makes this week hell for them.
(craigix)
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Posted in Hardware, Software | Tagged cases, Cpasjuste, craigix, evildragon, mweston, notaz, pickle, Shipping | 67 Comments »
February 8, 2010
Posted by: gruso
We spoke to the factory over night, everything is cool. Those errors were because the machine was not warmed up/tweaked/cooled. They would never mass produce something with such errors.
They just assumed we would know that.
So, green lighted.
(craigix)
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Update: EvilDragon elaborates on the green light and reflects on one of the most tumultuous weekends the project has seen, in a new post on the official blog. Congratulations, team Pandora.
Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged cases, craigix, evildragon, green light, production | 128 Comments »
February 7, 2010
Posted by: gruso
[EDITORIAL]
It’s been a fun weekend, hasn’t it? Ok, perhaps showing us case samples on a Friday, giving us a whole weekend to wait for answers from the factory, didn’t work out all that well. But information has surfaced in the last two days that gives us cause not to freak out. To fully understand what happened here, you need to fully understand injection moulding – which most of us don’t. That means it’s time for a ludicrous cake analogy. The chef has been asked to do some quick tasters. He knows the recipe, and he’s got a totally sweet oven. But in his rush to please us, the cupcakes came out a little sloppy. And although we asked for icing, he didn’t want to mix up a metric ton of the stuff for a handful of cakes.
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged cases, evildragon, moulds, mweston | 40 Comments »
February 6, 2010
Posted by: gruso
The case photos we’ve been waiting for have appeared in MWeston’s album. As you will have gleaned from the various tweets and forum posts in the last 24 hours, there are once again some imperfections that have left Michael and the rest of the team vexed to say the least. Before we get ourselves in a twist about further mould “tweaks” though (hands up if you now hate that word), it has been pointed out that the cases are structurally, and functionally, perfect. The source of vexation here is that the finishing on the cases appears to be no improvement over the revision 2 sample.
It would only be natural at this point to ask what in tarnation the case factory has actually been doing since rev2, if not improving the finish (and ask it MWeston did). But the answer to that is not necessarily nothing, and a couple of possible explanations are being explored. Production cases go through a finishing process after they’ve been moulded, to give them that nice, even matte sheen. It’s likely that the case factory doesn’t deem a small sample batch worthy of this extra effort (even if it’s been asked for). Another likelihood, and not a mutually exclusive one, is that recycled plastic pellets have been used to make the samples; a cost saving measure which can result in uneven colour. If both of these scenarios turn out to be the case, we can pretty well say that they won’t be issues when the factory makes a “real” batch. But they are questions that still need to be answered. Fatih and his trusty translator will no doubt be doing some overtime on this one. (Update: They will be seeking answers on Monday.)
Read on for photos and all the words from MWeston. And just a little bit of advice when you’re looking at the photos – be careful how you judge them in super high resolution. Not many moulded plastic cases will stand up to scrutiny at this level, not even from the big guys. Check out the details by all means, but zoom them back out to “normal” size for a more realistic indication of where the issues are.
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged cases, mweston | 117 Comments »
February 5, 2010
Posted by: Butterman
Fresh from the twitter of Craigix:
The cases have arrived early, wow, some good luck for once!
When I say early I actually mean weeks late I suppose.
Well, not perfect, but I guess we will have to go with them.
Sit tight, grab some popcorn, we’ll bring you updates as quickly as we can.
Posted in Hardware, Official, Pandora | Tagged awesom-o, cases, craigix, mweston | 60 Comments »
February 5, 2010
Posted by: gruso
“Ah, breaker one-nine, this here’s the Rubber Duck. Looks like we got us a convoy.”
Missed a few status updates of UPS it seems. Anyways, the most important (and current one).
Loc.: WINNIPEG, MB, CA — Date: 05/02/2010, 5:46 — Description: REGISTERED WITH CLEARING AGENCY / RELEASED BY CLR AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged canada, cases, evildragon, haulin' ass | 44 Comments »
February 3, 2010
Posted by: Butterman
Update: Image courtesy of Screeny
Just a quick update on the cases.
Your package is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 05/02/2010.
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Posted in Hardware, Official, Pandora | Tagged cases, evildragon, joy, mweston | 65 Comments »
February 3, 2010
Posted by: gruso
A micro update from EvilDragon’s Twitter account.
We got a tracking number! It’s not yet in the UPS system (always takes some time, even longer in China). Good news, I’ll keep you updated!
End micro update.
Posted in Official, Software | Tagged cases, evildragon, twitter | 46 Comments »
February 2, 2010
Posted by: gruso
Fatih and his trusty translator are making their presence felt in China, and they’re all out of bubblegum. EvilDragon reports via Twitter:
Fatih and his friend are constantly phoning up the chinese company to make them work faster. Not easy dealing with chinese companies…
Fresh news from Fatihs chinese speaking friend. He phoned with the company.
he wanted me to explain you that you will thank him when you see the case he had to make a lot of working on current mould. and tested a lot
“now they are 100% sure, it’s perfect. he will send the samples tomorrow morning.” It’s night in China already. Let’s hope…
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Posted in Hardware, Official | Tagged cases, China, evildragon, fatih | 49 Comments »
January 30, 2010
Posted by: Butterman
I can confirm it. That statement(including the assurance that everything will be ready before the New Year) came from Fatih this morning after his friend had asked for confirmation in Chinese.
EvilDragon (Translated)
Maybe we’ll finnaly get those delicious images some time next week!
We spoke to the factory, they confirmed the moulds are finished and they are shipping final samples this weekend.
Craigix
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Posted in Hardware, Official, Pandora | Tagged cases, China, craigix, evildragon | 70 Comments »
January 27, 2010
Posted by: gruso
“I said do you speaka my language? He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.”
- Men at Work
We’ve learnt something. Chinese English and English is definately not the same.
Good thing a friend of Fatih does speak Chinese. For the company, he’s now our official represantative. As he could speak with them in their native language, a lot of things cleared up.
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Posted in Official | Tagged cases, China, evildragon, fatih | 90 Comments »
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