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Hotfix #4 released, nub fix looking good too

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)

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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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Official blog: Good things happen in Texas

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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Official blog: Nubs ready to be tested! (plus two TV out videos)

August 24, 2010
Posted by: gruso
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EvilDragon is pumping out the new material today, with two new videos and a roundup of the nub situation. The gist of the blog post is that we may be about to see the last of the nub holdups, and a more consistent flow of completed boards out of Texas. Amen to that.

Well, quite a few things have happened, so here is another update for you.

1. All about the nubs

In case you didn’t know yet: Quite a few nubs had problems right from the beginning (a failure rate of 20 – 25% is just inacceptable!) and even some of the working ones have failed a while later (though not too many, thankfully).

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Pandora makes a cameo at GamesCom

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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Video: TV out demo

August 17, 2010
Posted by: david attenborough
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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.

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Quick vid: A day in the life of the British console manufacturing industry

August 16, 2010
Posted by: gruso
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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.

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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: Moving forward!

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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You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!

August 6, 2010
Posted by: BackAssward

It seems Notaz has been a busy boy. He’s gotten his dirty chocolate covered hands everywhere, to the point he has somehow made the Pandora run some of the existing GP2X games. I don’t mean he’s ported a bunch more stuff, I mean the Pandora now plays GPE files as they are, including the old menu for an interface. He calls it Ginge.

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