Hm, the Pandora has got BT too now.. and with two lovely full-size SD slots and wi-fi it looks like a winner to me. S-video output. I realize that BT actually makes the difference for me.. I'm almost certainly going to try to get one of those in the first batch of 3000.

Actually -- and you're going to laugh hearing this -- they designed it ugly on purpose so that people like you wouldn't buy one.

As long as it runs Python it's the prom queen.

I'd personally like to see Maemo on the Pandora, but someone with the skills will have to put the effort into making it useable. Pandora is going with a simple U-Boot setup that, with the right knowledge, can boot any compatible O/S from an SD card.

I'm just not a preorder-in-the-first-batch type of guy. But I'll be eagerly awaiting the articles and pictures that will get posted about the production Pandora. Maybe I'll be in the second batch.

Will there be a second batch for sure or this intended to be a one off?

Is the 3,000 production run just to test the water or is that going to be it?

(BTW, the 3000 is the second batch; the first batch was ~100 IIRC, for developers.)

Well, I suppose if the second batch somehow managed not to sell, they might cut at that point.

But that's impossible, considering the level of interest they've got. I'm not affiliated with (or even closely tracking) the Pandora project, but I'm certain the 3000 will sell out very quickly and there will be a third batch.

I don't have the money to afford a Pandora and a N9xx when it gets here; since I'm already on a 2G GSM plan, and hope the N9xx will work with that, it's not any worse an option (maybe a bit better, actually) for me than before the summit, so I definitely don't want to commit yet. So I'll be watching the Pandora, though it's practically a known quantity already, and waiting to see about the N9xx. So, if I don't like the N9xx, there'd better be a third round.

Allegedly (that is, according to the lead developer) the preorder mailing list has more than ten thousand entries.

Oy! I like that clamshell form factor! I especially like that it'll be small but unfolds large.. with a protected screen and keyboard (ie: durable) because of the clamshell. I dig the look!

Well it would be 10,001 if I could find the pre-order form.
The way I read the website is that the pre-order form will only be available on 30th September.

So where does this 10,000 already registered come from? Or is that the number on the mailing list for the news letter? Which is not quite the same thing though, or is it?

Nevermind, the situation will be clearer in 5 days time.