Thanks for the update, looking forward to having a neo of my own :)<br><br>Ivo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Kevin Dean <<a href="mailto:kevin@foreverdean.info">kevin@foreverdean.info</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Andrea Debortoli <<a href="mailto:debortoland@gmail.com">debortoland@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> what about EUROS prices??<br>
<br>
IF, and this is an IF, it works as it did with the GTA01, the USD<br>
price is technically incorrect. When i paid, it charged my debit card<br>
for $309 worth of Taiwan dollars. I would imagine that your bank would<br>
be charged the amount of Euros needed to convert to $399 worth of<br>
taiwan dollars, if that makes sense.<br>
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> I hope that no 1:1 change will be applied...<br>
><br>
> thanks a lot for the news!!<br>
><br>
> Andrea<br>
><br>
> 2008/4/11, steve <<a href="mailto:steve@openmoko.com">steve@openmoko.com</a>>:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I thought I would combine a couple posts today. First an update on PVT,<br>
> or<br>
> > production verification test. Phones are being sent to me from the first<br>
> PVT<br>
> > run. Michael Shiloh will be back in Silicon valley next Tuesday, so he and<br>
> I<br>
> > will test the samples and get them out to key partners. I want to check a<br>
> > couple things like using the Nokia batteries as spares and generic USB<br>
> > chargers before I send these samples out.<br>
> ><br>
> > Now, for the update on Products, and Pricing,<br>
> ><br>
> > 1. Products.<br>
> ><br>
> > Orginally the FreeRunner ( GTA02) was planned to come out in two<br>
> packages.<br>
> > Basic and advanced, just like the Neo 1973. We killed that idea. It was a<br>
> > quick humane death. The problem was the GTA02 advanced unit would have<br>
> been<br>
> > $650 USD. After seeing the response to Neo 1973, a huge response, we<br>
> decided<br>
> > the best path was to lower the price, reward our early developers, and<br>
> > attract more developers.<br>
> ><br>
> > 2. Pricing<br>
> > We scrubbed the BOM ( bill of materials). We eliminated the Luxurious<br>
> bits.<br>
> > Optimized the box like it was code. The first thing we got rid of<br>
> > was the lunchbox. It was cool, but it was expensive and heavy. Eliminating<br>
> > that was a sizeable cost savings. ( think shipping weight).<br>
> ><br>
> > Next we pulled out the debug board and made it a separate product. We<br>
> > priced it at $99 US. about 1 tenth what people would pay for similar<br>
> > capability.<br>
> ><br>
> > My goal was to get to a place where we could sell the FreeRunner at $399.<br>
> > USD.<br>
> ><br>
> > We did that.<br>
> ><br>
> > The FreeRunner will ship from Openmoko.com at $399. For early customers<br>
> > I'm looking at throwing in a few free things. More details later.<br>
> ><br>
> > The debug board will be available as a separate product for $99 USD.<br>
> ><br>
> > Many people wrote me mails asking if they could get a discount by buying<br>
> > more than one phone. Sometimes they were universities, sometimes a small<br>
> > business, sometimes a small group or club.<br>
> ><br>
> > For these people we created a 10Pack. instead of 399 per phone, we will<br>
> > charge 369 per phone.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Over the next few days I will explain the next steps we go through and how<br>
> > the product will get distributed<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Steve<br>
> ><br>
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> ><br>
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