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    Talk With A Real Fcc/ce Certification Engineer.

    People sold electronics for years without all these stupid tests. While I would want a mobile phone to be FCC and CE tested, I'm not so bothered by a handheld. Much of this testing it just to determine if the device causes radio and TV interference.
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    Thanks Ed

    I get the impression we'd all be playing with the Pandora now if the developers didn't have to spend so much time on here telling us what is going on :)
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    Anyone Else Lost Interest?

    This is why most devices are built to a very tight schedule and compromises are made (ie. not aiming for perfection). XBox360 is a good example of a device that was launched at the right time but in an unreliable form. If Microsoft had launched way after the PS3 and Wii then they would have...
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    Anyone Else Lost Interest?

    My interest has loosened :) I've set up a C64 with a 1541 disc drive, so my retro fun has been taken care of for now.
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    Moblin

    This is "Open" Pandora. The OS it comes with is just the default OS, you can install and do what the heck you want with the device. Popular choices aren't right for everyone, unpopular choices aren't right for everyone.
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    July Is Here - When Will It Be Released

    You design the case and then design the PCB to suit the case. Of course if you then don't have space for the chips on the board then you're stuffed.
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    How Do We Decide?

    If I've learned anything when creating software it is that you can tweak and improve it lots until you are happy with it and still have problems when the end user gets hold of it. A wider audience can provide valuable feedback. I realise the team are trying to create the perfect device, but I...
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    How Do We Decide?

    There's a lot of software that will port across and compile. It will run well in most cases. It's not hard in most cases to do so. But what is useful is if it is done by people who are experienced in optimising software or patching it to work well.
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    How Do We Decide?

    There's clever people in the user community. There's clever people in the developer community. What matters is time and creativity, plus track record.
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    Amigaanywhere - About The Api Modules

    For an easy life it's best to avoid anything with the name Amiga that isn't from the classic days. I had hopes for the Amiga but finally realised that there wasn't ever going to be a decent sized market and I got sick of spending £800 just for a small PCB with a rather slow CPU on it. These...
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    Question About Sales

    Doesn't matter how dumb they are, if you "hack" into their network you're liable to get into trouble if you're not extremely careful.
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    Question About Sales

    Put it this way, if the first batch sells out then it would be pretty stupid not to make another batch yes? I don't think many people who are in the business of making money and providing a cool product would give up then unless they had to (ie. huge losses).
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    Pandora Videos You'd Love To See

    Video of the postman delivering it to my house. Rather than record the screen using a camera, can a video be made using the TV out cable? record the output of the device instead of wobbly camcorder footage.
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    It Has Begun.

    That can be due to unknown variations in the hardware. The supplier revises a chip without telling the recipient about the change. The Xbox 360 RROD is a completely different situation, this is widely attributed to Microsoft rushing out the hardware to get a foot in the door. They knew it might...
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    At Least I'm Not Dead. (official Blog Update)

    Surely there is someone you can call at the courier and ask what to do? The couriers are just following rules so they must know the rules.
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    It Has Begun.

    If they manufacture 1000 and find a problem then 1000 boards will need patch wires carefully soldering. That would take ages..
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    It Has Begun.

    You can say the same for the PS3, XBox 360 or other consoles. The iPhone is a console just the same. Personally I would sooner have a phone with commercial and free software that has to be approved, I would sooner that applications have a limited number of APIs. I want my phone to work, I don't...
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    Outdated?

    Mobile devices take time to develop, a chip may be out but it takes a good few months of development before it will be in a device. These mobile processors are largely a system on a chip, they aren't a CPU like your PC where you (so long as it has the right socket) plug in the latest greatest...
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    It Has Begun.

    There was me thinking it had one. Why doesn't it do multitouch if it has a capacitive touch screen then?
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    It Has Begun.

    Precisely why I said Apple have the best support. They do make updates available. When Nokia bring out a handset you're lucky if you get a few bug fix firmware updates. When Microsoft releases a new version of Windows Mobile it doesn't become available for 2 year old devices. HTC and others...
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