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Re: Which device type is the real competitor?

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Originally Posted by qole (Post 228447)

VAT is a real killer, eh? The US$ amount listed converts to 183 GBP and 229 Euro.

meh, its only a issue if used as an excuse to up the price in one region vs another...

Re: Which device type is the real competitor?

Ubuntu on Pandora devboard

Completely unoptimized but apparently usable.

Re: Which device type is the real competitor?

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Originally Posted by qole (Post 228447)

At first, I shook my head at the thought of you making a precisely-to-scale cardboard mockup of the Pandora.

Then I remembered that I did something very similar while I was waiting for my N800 last year. :o :) :rolleyes:

Does your mockup have a working, hinged clamshell?

It's just a paper box of the right size (140 x 83 x 27 mm). I'm really not anal enough to go beyond that.

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Pre-order is different than buy.

So it has a long-ish delivery period. :rolleyes: