Preorders Have Started. (Previously named starts in two hours)

[Djoga'Ro]

Hey, dragonbox shop is way cheaper than Wheel of Fortune. For 400 bugs only I've got 18 letters and digits - several vowels among them.

The voucher eMail calling what I purchased just a "gift voucher" irritates me, though. All fine?

 

[ashcloud]

At least in Germany vouchers are tax-free. And I think, that was stated at the shop.

I never actually thought about this but makes sense. It would definitely suck a lot if you would pay tax for the voucher AND then again for whatever you buy with the voucher.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

Pre pre order becomes pre order, 4Gb EU Mobile edition ordered!!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Good stuff. Glad you joined the party.

 

[TheOldOne]

I never actually thought about this but makes sense. It would definitely suck a lot if you would pay tax for the voucher AND then again for whatever you buy with the voucher.

I actually have had to pay tax on gift cards that were then taxed again when used.

 

[vcoleiro1]

So the second 24 hours of pre-orders is now up.

It seems we got :

350 Pre-orders the first 24 hours (350)
79 Pre-orders in the second 24 hours. (429)

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I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this one above, but it looks like that theverge article may be based on this one:
http://liliputing.com/2016/05/dragonbox-pyra-pre-orders-begin-open-source-handheld-gaming-pc.html

That's how it works in the tech news industry. One site posts a story , then the rest use the story via syndication , just jazz it up a little or most times use it word for word.

That's why I wrote into Lilliputing , you get it on the smaller sites (comparatively), and the chance the big sites pick it up(via syndication), increases.

 

[gotwake424]

You can set that up when you order yes, it's part of the order process, on it's own page.
It will look like this:

Spoiler

For sure didnt get that option, only billing. I don't think it will matter as this is only a voucher.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

From our mate BAFelton :
http://www.open-consoles-news.com/2016/05/les-precommandes-de-la-pyra-ouvertes.html

 

[Grench]

So the second 24 hours of pre-orders is now up.

It seems we got :

350 Pre-orders the first 24 hours
80 Pre-orders in the second 24 hours.
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That's how it works in the tech news industry. One site posts a story , then the rest use the story via syndication , just jazz it up a little or most times use it word for word.

That's why I wrote into Lilliputing , you get it on the smaller sites (comparatively), and the chance the big sites pick it up(via syndication), increases.

At least the error that they had on Liliputing got corrected fairly quickly. They had the storage described incorrectly when the original article went up. Liliputing is a good little site. Pun intended.

 

[Luke-Jr]

Im out of contest, my "Ordernumber" is 28

Where do you see this number?

 

[gunrock]

Pre-ordered the EU Mobile 4G version! Do it proper-like!

 

[kerplunk]

I never received my Pre-preorder Voucher. I did receive an emailed invoice and a signed PCB.

Ed - could you respond to my emails and PMs I sent? I would like to avoid re-purchasing a preorder and would prefer to just pay the difference.

thanks,
Rob

 

[WizardStan]

So do none of the models work on Verizon? On my phone and it's kind of hard to navigate heh..

The PLS8-X will work on Verizon, but there appears to be some question as to whether it is data only or does have voice capabilities. It probably has voice capabilities and the missing mark is just a typo, but EvilDragon should really investigate that.
On the one hand, since it's got the extra band, it should cost more, but on the other hand it was Verizon certified, so Verizon may actually have subsidized it in some way so maybe it's roughly the same price. Again, EvilDragon would be the one to ask about that.
But on the third, more important hand, fuck Verizon.

 

[Luke-Jr]

The PLS8-X will work on Verizon, but there appears to be some question as to whether it is data only or does have voice capabilities. It probably has voice capabilities and the missing mark is just a typo, but EvilDragon should really investigate that.
On the one hand, since it's got the extra band, it should cost more, but on the other hand it was Verizon certified, so Verizon may actually have subsidized it in some way so maybe it's roughly the same price. Again, EvilDragon would be the one to ask about that.
But on the third, more important hand, fuck Verizon.

Well, even if it does have voice capabilities, they certainly won't work on Verizon.
PLS8 in general does not support VoLTE, and needs to switch to 2G/3G for voice calls.
PLS8-X only supports Verizon for 4G/LTE, so it has no 2G/3G to use for voice.

But if there's any risk of losing voice on non-Verizon networks, please stick to PLS8-US.

 

[Agricola]

From our mate BAFelton :
http://www.open-consoles-news.com/2016/05/les-precommandes-de-la-pyra-ouvertes.html

Le code est du style : GVXXizeDyUbEDXXXXX.

I never thought I'd see the day some message I wrote on a forum would end up quoted in a tech article.

Where do you see this number?

Only the 200 pre-preorderers know their exact place in line right now. We reserved it in october of 2015.

The PLS8-X will work on Verizon, but there appears to be some question as to whether it is data only or does have voice capabilities. It probably has voice capabilities and the missing mark is just a typo, but EvilDragon should really investigate that.
On the one hand, since it's got the extra band, it should cost more, but on the other hand it was Verizon certified, so Verizon may actually have subsidized it in some way so maybe it's roughly the same price. Again, EvilDragon would be the one to ask about that.

This is just weird, the data sheet specifically only mentions the PLS8-E and -US as voice supported and only the PLS8-X and -V as "Verizon APN Class Handling", which should mean something among the lines of Verizon voice support. This is on page 3, Specifications. And a typo on a official document intended to sell a chip to business partners shouldn't have typos, especially not if they'd make the product look bad.

But on the third, more important hand, fuck Verizon.

And on the fourth hand of Vishnu, fuck the whole American mobile phone frequency system. Verizon is not the main cause of the problem, but the government selling those weird frequencies that no other country uses to companies without any thought process of how it would affect them internationally. It's a damn shame you guys can't use your cellphones anywhere but the USA and we can't uses ours there. It's almost as stupid as having your own internet that's incompatible with the rest of the world for arbitrary reasons.

 

[logenkain]

I never thought I'd see the day some message I wrote on a forum would end up quoted in a tech article.


Only the 200 pre-preorderers know their exact place in line right now. We reserved it in october of 2015.


This is just weird, the data sheet specifically only mentions the PLS8-E and -US as voice supported and only the PLS8-X and -V as "Verizon APN Class Handling", which should mean something among the lines of Verizon voice support. This is on page 3, Specifications. And a typo on a official document intended to sell a chip to business partners shouldn't have typos, especially not if they'd make the product look bad.


And on the fourth hand of Vishnu, fuck the whole American mobile phone frequency system. Verizon is not the main cause of the problem, but the government selling those weird frequencies that no other country uses to companies without any thought process of how it would affect them internationally. It's a damn shame you guys can't use your cellphones anywhere but the USA and we can't uses ours there. It's almost as stupid as having your own internet that's incompatible with the rest of the world for arbitrary reasons.

Yea, I thought LTE was going to be a step toward being compatible with the rest of the world since we screwed everything up with CDMA. Oh well.
Also, I agree with , "fuck Verizon", but for other reasons.

But yea, this different freq issue... I'd also like to compare it to using the Imperial system of measurement when there is a perfectly good metric system out there... I really wish we would all switch to metric and let the old system R.I.P.

 

[rygD]

What is a cubit in metric?

 

[Silent-Hunter]

Finally preordered, yay!
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What is a cubit in metric?

0.4572 Meters.
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And on the fourth hand of Vishnu, fuck the whole American mobile phone frequency system. Verizon is not the main cause of the problem, but the government selling those weird frequencies that no other country uses to companies without any thought process of how it would affect them internationally. It's a damn shame you guys can't use your cellphones anywhere but the USA and we can't uses ours there. It's almost as stupid as having your own internet that's incompatible with the rest of the world for arbitrary reasons.

This! As a US citizen I hate the possibility I may not be able to have a mobile Pyra because of this, and even IF I get one, I can't use it in the EU.

 

[HamburgerBun]

chalk one more up for 4GB mobile US

 

[mecksg1]

To bad it would be way to expensive to put both mobile chips in so it can used everywhere. Or a dual sim option.
I'm just happy this is going way better than the Pandora did.
Ed has kept his word on informing us on all the stuff he's doing for the system

 

[Grench]

The PLS8-X will work on Verizon, but there appears to be some question as to whether it is data only or does have voice capabilities. It probably has voice capabilities and the missing mark is just a typo, but EvilDragon should really investigate that.
On the one hand, since it's got the extra band, it should cost more, but on the other hand it was Verizon certified, so Verizon may actually have subsidized it in some way so maybe it's roughly the same price. Again, EvilDragon would be the one to ask about that.
But on the third, more important hand, fuck Verizon.

And on the fourth hand of Vishnu, fuck the whole American mobile phone frequency system. Verizon is not the main cause of the problem, but the government selling those weird frequencies that no other country uses to companies without any thought process of how it would affect them internationally. It's a damn shame you guys can't use your cellphones anywhere but the USA and we can't uses ours there. It's almost as stupid as having your own internet that's incompatible with the rest of the world for arbitrary reasons.

Yea, I thought LTE was going to be a step toward being compatible with the rest of the world since we screwed everything up with CDMA. Oh well.
Also, I agree with , "fuck Verizon", but for other reasons.

But yea, this different freq issue... I'd also like to compare it to using the Imperial system of measurement when there is a perfectly good metric system out there... I really wish we would all switch to metric and let the old system R.I.P.

Finally preordered, yay!
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0.4572 Meters.
[doublepost=1462239336][/doublepost]
This! As a US citizen I hate the possibility I may not be able to have a mobile Pyra because of this, and even IF I get one, I can't use it in the EU.

And you're all forgetting the fifth hand. The US mobile phone industry was 'first' and grew organically, in parallel, with multiple companies with competing standards. Europe was then able to say, "Fuck that's messed up!", and created a third set of standards that their quasi socialist governments were able to codify. For the US to switch to the same standards as the rest of the world would be insanely expensive. Those bands would have to be bought back, all devices replaced, other packet radio spectrums dissencumbered, etc. We'really not going to fix it.