The current price of $500 is for the device as well as a donation to accelerate the project. My understanding is that a true long-term price is closer to $300. That is what the original pre-orders paid. Paying $500 gets you jumped to the front of the queue.
Anyway, I share your enthusiasm. The device was designed by two guys, using commodity parts and all open software. Maybe we will be open music players and routers as well? -- Kyle Gonzales Sent from my mobile On Apr 3, 2011, at 5:40 AM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > That little device is just amazing! At first, I hesitated to even read > this posting because I thought eh just another smart phone lol (nokia > ngage style). I am glad to say I was wrong. I hope this thing takes > off and the price is driven down due to demand. It definitely looks > like they have designed it well though, all of the things I've ever > wanted in a handheld device, and finally done in a way that makes > sense. > > Thanks for opening my eyes to this, I would LOVE to get one. I don't > know if that will ever happen because it is a little pricey and I'm > not exactly rolling in the dough, but if I do it would make for a > great presentation one day :D > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:11 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 00:00 -0400, Kyle Gonzales wrote: >>> Since we are discussing Linux and mobile devices, I found this one >>> particularly interesting because its being manufactured by two guys and >>> community support: >>> >>> http://www.openpandora.org >> >> Thats pretty cool, I was not aware of that. Its hardware is a bit behind >> the times. Given we will see dual core phones soon.... >> >> Still thats really cool, just a bit expensive, and kinda ugly. But does >> seem like a mini laptop. Makes a netbook look big and clunky :) >> >> Love the gaming buttons, its definitely made for a particular market. >> Which games are not to be taken lightly. Long ago Dolby in S.F. did more >> time doing audio for games than movies. I think Game sales topped movie >> sales some time back as well. Though might be off there. >> >> -- >> William L. Thomson Jr. >> Obsidian-Studios, Inc. >> http://www.obsidian-studios.com >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
