Pandora Handheld

[Ex-Cyber]

$330? Thats expensive. I assume that if you think of it as a tiny laptop then it makes more sense, but for a handheld console, damn, it costs almost as much as a xbox360.

Or about the same as a "netbook". Pretty good for not being supported by some huge company and having the processing power that it does.

[xav1r]

Yea, a netbook. It costs almost as much as the new Inspiron Mini 9 ($350). I might be able to pick one of those up.(i mean the pandora thing). What about its dimensions? Is it about the size of a DSlite, or a PSP? For that price it better be. I dont want to buy a $330 handheld the size of a full laptop.

[Aradreth]

Yea, a netbook. It costs almost as much as the new Inspiron Mini 9 ($350). I might be able to pick one of those up.(i mean the pandora thing). What about its dimensions? Is it about the size of a DSlite, or a PSP? For that price it better be. I dont want to buy a $330 handheld the size of a full laptop.

Dimensions are 140 x 83 x 27 mm so it's a bit smaller than a DS 148.7 x 84.7 x 28.9 mm

[Ex-Cyber]

The pictures I've seen show it a bit larger than a DS Lite, but not so much that I can think of anything closer to compare it to besides an original DS. It's definitely not laptop-sized.

[Svartalf]

The pictures I've seen show it a bit larger than a DS Lite, but not so much that I can think of anything closer to compare it to besides an original DS. It's definitely not laptop-sized.

It's roughly the size of the original DS. Not laptop sized. Not even really eeePC sized.

[Svartalf]

Pre-orders start on the 30th and it should come out early to mid November (12th) apparently.

Pre-orders seem to have overwhelmed them. 2k in 6 hours from the start of the offer. They're looking to see if they can expand it to 4k instead of the planned 3k at this point.

[RobbieAB]

That's amazing...

Perhaps I should get one, so I can help with that side of "The Plan"

[Svartalf]

Heh... IF you can get one reserved for you right at the moment.

Between that and what we're attempting to do in the wishlist thread, I think it's going to get VERY interesting here in a bit for Linux gaming...

[RobbieAB]

Well, why do you think I want one...

HoI in my pocket... *sigh*

[Svartalf]

As an update...

The Pandora has sold nearly 4000 units on presale at this time. Unless they have severe problems with the units on rollout, they're going to be around for a little bit. There's at least one player in the industry interested in making something official for the Pandora as a commercial product at this time, with at least a couple others in the wings working on things, waiting to see what comes from the first batch.