Fair point, but, since the devices we get are likely american spec (with US chagers) it has nothing todo with vodafone. At the end of the day, Brightpoint will have messed up like you say... just a matter of playing the waiting game.
On Apr 28, 6:16 am, dgoemans <dgoem...@gmail.com> wrote: > i'd just like to throw a little extra into the mix. ye, fine Google > promised and failed. But, going to iPhone is just stupid. Apple > promised a European iPad by now and then delayed it by a month to > better serve their US customers. Apple don't even offer dev devices, > and without some fancy import tricks, there's no legal way of getting > an iPad here. So ye, this is still a free gift, and i'm as filled with > anticipation about getting a Nexus One as the next dev, but if Google > screw it up, i don't see them as being bad. > > It's probably just a delay on the distributor side ( probably > BrightPoint ) because they had to stock up Vodafone first. And it'd be > nice for Google to tell us this, but they may not be allowed to - > keeping these sort of distribution contracts in mind. I suggest we > just suck it up, joke around a bit and be patient. Then report back > when they arrive. Hopefully before i move house! > > On Apr 27, 11:38 pm, Thomas Riley <tomrile...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I can see what your saying, it's a free device... however, if they are > > going to successfully run a program in the US and promise to deliver > > the same scheme in other countries I expect that a company with the > > resources of Google to be able to put it off. > > > The other thing I find interesting is a few UK developers had phones > > within the time scale, I can only assume these people qualified under > > the ADC2 Top100 grouping and those who are qualifying under the 3.5* > > grouping have missed out. > > > It would be nice if someone could officially tell us what is going on, > > even if it's just a post on here. > > > On Apr 27, 10:21 pm, Vladimir <vladimir.funti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > "OMG Google lied to me, things will never be the same, bawwww, moving > > > to iPhone" > > > > Well maybe Google employees have more important things to do than > > > "swimming across the atlantic" to deliver free phones to random dudes > > > who happened to publish 3.5* apps. They're rolling out OS updates > > > pretty quickly, there are some awesome devices on sale and coming, > > > market share is growing, etc. Maybe delivering phones to us is not > > > their top priority. After all, developing and marketing an OS is a bit > > > more complicated than publishing your edition of Lunar Lander. I think > > > we can forgive them for not being fully committed to delivering these > > > freebies :) > > > > On Apr 27, 10:39 pm, Jompe71 <jonas.ahnl...@bostream.nu> wrote: > > > > > Isn't this a true fact of promises never fulfilled by Google? > > > > > Either you get a free phone within' the expected date or you don't. > > > > Everything else is just empty promises worth nothing. > > > > Google can reply to any email they like with any response what so ever > > > > stating developers have to keep the good faith up, phones are coming. > > > > > Bottom line is... NO! > > > > Phones are NOT coming. This is a fake promise to get the market going > > > > again! > > > > If there was any solid truth beyond this email, Google employees would > > > > be swimming across the atlantic, daring volcano ashes etc. to get to > > > > phone to the developers. > > > > > A delay of 100% in time is just plain ignorance, circumstances has > > > > nothing to do with it! > > > > Credit to all independent developers who state here that the moved > > > > over to IPhone. > > > > I for one received the "free phone" mail, but have'd stopped hoping, > > > > and have moved on to the IPhone platform. > > > > A lie is a lie and without proper explanation trust cannot be > > > > repaired... > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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