deviantchild
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i was just interested, in terms of the demographic of this place
there's only going to be 3000 in the first batch and, although i am most definitely going to get one eventually i can't ever really afford to be an early adopter, preferring always to wait until the dust has settled and anything unforeseen comes to light
i don't normally stick my neck out with opinion on emergent technology, but i'd be very surprised if this didn't take off in the manner that the zx spectrum did when i was a youth
i've always previously held back on purchasing handheld gadgets, as none of them did the things in software that i wanted or were lacking in one hardware aspect or other
[some of you may say that your pda or phone already does all the things you need of it. in my case, i have an old mobile phone (which i maintain) because it is just that - a phone, that is small and sturdy and doesn't crash or need charging as much as i see others']
with regards this handheld, i think i share a pretty similar mentality as the guys who felt a need for, and conceived the pandora. also, them having a forum where they gathered feature suggestions from potential users is pretty progressive in my opinion
though having said all that, i'm also the guy who was confounded by the success of the ipod, when it was known it had prohibitive drm. but then, i don't watch television or read "style" mags or general tabloid publications and, thus, had it pointed out to me by others that it was probably simply just weighty targetted advertising that secured ipod adoption over alternatives
however, one historical success that i do understand is the nintendo gameboy over the much more powerful, featureful and colourful sega gamegear and atari lynx. that was an excellent example of thinking outside the box in my opinion
what are your opinions on pandora's potential success? do you foresee any major pitfalls?
remember, even if it is found to be weaker than demanded in one area of its technologies, it being homebrew and having enough of a pool of talented users, folks will always find ways of circumventing limitation through optimisation - that's part of the fun, right? with these comments i am also harking back to the widespread programming aptitude that was cemented in the era of the early 8bit home computers, as user demands on these machines increased at a time when bolt-on hardware upgrades were rare and expensive
my honest concern is whether the manufacturing and supply infrastructure of pandora is there to meet an exponential demand as word permeates through (mainly) online commentary. of course, that would only really apply in the case of my own mass-adoption predictions
what say you?
sorry for the random spiel. at least i added something to this post aside just that last line, as i have done similarly before
there's only going to be 3000 in the first batch and, although i am most definitely going to get one eventually i can't ever really afford to be an early adopter, preferring always to wait until the dust has settled and anything unforeseen comes to light
i don't normally stick my neck out with opinion on emergent technology, but i'd be very surprised if this didn't take off in the manner that the zx spectrum did when i was a youth
i've always previously held back on purchasing handheld gadgets, as none of them did the things in software that i wanted or were lacking in one hardware aspect or other
[some of you may say that your pda or phone already does all the things you need of it. in my case, i have an old mobile phone (which i maintain) because it is just that - a phone, that is small and sturdy and doesn't crash or need charging as much as i see others']
with regards this handheld, i think i share a pretty similar mentality as the guys who felt a need for, and conceived the pandora. also, them having a forum where they gathered feature suggestions from potential users is pretty progressive in my opinion
though having said all that, i'm also the guy who was confounded by the success of the ipod, when it was known it had prohibitive drm. but then, i don't watch television or read "style" mags or general tabloid publications and, thus, had it pointed out to me by others that it was probably simply just weighty targetted advertising that secured ipod adoption over alternatives
however, one historical success that i do understand is the nintendo gameboy over the much more powerful, featureful and colourful sega gamegear and atari lynx. that was an excellent example of thinking outside the box in my opinion
what are your opinions on pandora's potential success? do you foresee any major pitfalls?
remember, even if it is found to be weaker than demanded in one area of its technologies, it being homebrew and having enough of a pool of talented users, folks will always find ways of circumventing limitation through optimisation - that's part of the fun, right? with these comments i am also harking back to the widespread programming aptitude that was cemented in the era of the early 8bit home computers, as user demands on these machines increased at a time when bolt-on hardware upgrades were rare and expensive
my honest concern is whether the manufacturing and supply infrastructure of pandora is there to meet an exponential demand as word permeates through (mainly) online commentary. of course, that would only really apply in the case of my own mass-adoption predictions
what say you?
sorry for the random spiel. at least i added something to this post aside just that last line, as i have done similarly before
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