Happy New Year Of The Pandora!


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New update on the openpandora.org main page:

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Hello everyone and a very happy new year!

We wish to thank you all for your ongoing support and tell you a big sorry for all the delays we had so far.

2008 had been a very exciting year for us. With a lot of stepping stones. First we had the PayPal issue, then the banking problem with all those credit cards (and Amex is still troubling) and because of this we needed to reroute money from various other accounts to pay for the production... which caused delays, especially for the LCDs (though that issue is solved now, the last LCDs will ship soon, thank goodness).
And if that wasn't enough, we a bit trouble with the rechargeable battery, as it was pretty hard designing a battery with that high capacity that also FITS into the case. This delayed the case - but I'm happy to announce that the final battery is already being prototyped. As soon as we get it (which should be within the next week), the case design will be ready a few days later (we set the deadline for the case design to January 15th). Prototyping shouldn't take too long - and then it will only be a matter of a few weeks more until everything is ready for delivery.

So, while we're really sorry for those delays (believe me - we didn't expect THAT much problems - especially not from the banks... we couldn't have found a worse time to start this than that of a worldwide economical crisis.

However, we also got some good news for you AMEX guys: We know you didn't get your money back yet (we're having another meeting with the bank in the near future), however, we assure you that EVERYBODY WHO ORDERED AND PAID will get a Pandora, even if you didn't get the chance to reorder yet!

But, oh well, we did learn a lot - and now, after 2,5 years designing the system, the end of the trip is coming to an end. All thanks to you guys! Without your support, all this wouldn't have been possible!
Stay tuned for final prototype pics within this month!

So, here is a mini-roadmap:
* Case Design: January 15th
* Case Prototyping: approx. 1-2 weeks later
* Final production and delivery: approx. 2 - 4 weeks later

2009 will surely be the year of the Pandora.

Also, as you do know that this site is not updated with every step we do, we do post a lot of mini informations at the forums. As a lot of you don't have time to read the boards frequently, people did create an unofficial blog with a lot more updates. Keep in mind that the information there is NOT directly from us, so some stuff might not be completely accurate, but it's a very nice site.
Head over to http://openpandora.wordpress.com/.


Not too much new information, but nice to see a little "mini-roadmap" :)
 
Nice to see some actual dates, but if the past year has been anything to judge by, those will be delayed somehow... I'm sure some part of the pandora will be delayed (Case, Board, Batteries, Screen, Nubs, Keyboard mat ALL had their delays... What's left... LEDs??? :) )
 
let's see where we are at Febuary 11th than?
 
Well, everybody wants updates, we got an update. Nice to see. I really hope those dates don't slip - for their sakes, their sanity and their livelihoods.

Nice to get a mention for the blog. (Please use that link occasionally as it all helps when it comes to search engine rankings)
 
Is anybody else worried that 1-2 weeks isn't adequate time to prototype/stress test the assembled Pandora unit (I mean, it's like going from the first complete prototype to being ready to manufacture and ship this thing to thousands of consumers in just 7-14 days...)?
 
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