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2009-05-28
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perhaps a dual sim phone? Either way, I am and have been drooling, waiting, hoping. Now thats a keyboard for a linux device.
getting excited!!
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2009-05-28
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Cmon, how can you call this a "keyboard for a linux device". It doesn't even have tab and control keys !
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2009-05-28
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2009-05-28
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Wanna bet on it? Reply here within 24 hours if you do. I'll bet you an RX-51 (when it ships) that no-one has received a production Pandora (i.e. a unit from a batch of 1000 or more, ordered and delivered as a normal customer) by 1st May. Seriously!
Regards,
Roger
Originally Posted by eiffelI don't believe in 1st May too. However I would bet that I will get Pandora sooner than RX-51 whenever that will be.Wanna bet on it? Reply here within 24 hours if you do. I'll bet you an RX-51 (when it ships) that no-one has received a production Pandora (i.e. a unit from a batch of 1000 or more, ordered and delivered as a normal customer) by 1st May. Seriously!
Regards,
Roger
I'm in first (~3000) Pandora batch (not sure about position, ordered at first day but few hours after order started). I will only get RX-51 from developer program (if there is any) so the bet would be valid only if there is such program and I get accepted (likely but one never knows).
As for prize I don't know. I have a ton of outdated Palm hardware nobody wants (Tungsten E, T2, T3) or I could perhaps bet good 770 (I have two, one has slight WSOD but still usable) or you could choose from list of following tasks for me to do
- implement screen rotation to 770 2.6.16 kernel (for OS2006 and hacker editions), sadly the kernel part only, not sure about xserver side, OS2007 and up is perhaps OK, OS2006 version sources had incomplete dependencies so I failed to rebuild it when I tried
- implement screen rotation and port tearsync to any kernel Mer will use for 770
or you can suggest something similar related to kernel or http://fanoush.wz.cz/maemo/ stuff that needs improvement :-)
If I win I'll take SD adapter for N810 made by craves1 (the new one with accelerometer etc preferred) or USB2VGA adapter with sis chipset - see http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=26650 http://xsisusb.garage.maemo.org/ :-)
Wow! The gauntlet has been thrown down! Does anyone want to take fanoush up on his bet?
I think the bet should go something like, "Which will ship first? The first batch of consumer Pandoras (production run > 500) vs the first batch of Maemo 5 lead devices that don't require an NDA?"
The reason I want to phrase it that way is that it isn't entirely clear if developers will get their Nokia devices before the general public this time. I think there will be a small number of Nokia devices released to selected developers (probably developers of Mer and the selected Fremantle Stars) very soon, probably by the time the Beta SDK is released. But those developers will be gagged by an NDA, I think.
So the bet is for the first non-NDA batch of Maemo 5 devices. I think they will be at least the same quantity as the first batch of Pandoras. And as for the Pandoras, they have to be from a production run, not hand built developer prototypes.
If the devices start arriving in peoples' hands within two weeks of each other, I say we declare a tie.
As for the prize... Is a "slight WSOD [White Screen Of Death]" something like "a little bit pregnant"?
(by the way, I have no extra knowledge -- they don't tell me nothin')
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2009-05-28
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2009-05-28
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2009-05-28
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Oooh, semantics :-)
I'd be generous (not that I'm a judge) and say that Rover is still a "tablet" form-factor; it's not a clamshell - the primary top surface is a screen, and it has a slide out keyboard following the same mechanism as the last tablet.
Of course, since it was known Nokia were dropping "internet tablet", perhaps the *bet* should've been phrased about a Maemo 5 device.
In fact, what did the bet say? Can I have a meta-bet that it doesn't directly refer to the thread title (ISTR it referring to fanoush having a device)
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2009-05-28
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2009-05-28
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Suddenly the Pandora is a lot more interesting to some people, while many others are served (you should read the amount of people who wanted 1) a stable OpenMoko 2) 3G functionality which the N900 would both provide).
Maybe we see even more Pandora-like devices, if you'd read the complaining here you'd think theres a market for some stuff... one thing is sure: the world does not end here.
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