[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why can't I get quality, authoritative answers to these questions?
Hi Alan. I'm not affiliated with FIC in any way, but I thought I'd give you my viewpoint, for what it's worth. You are probably getting the answers they *can* give. Whether that "can" is because they don't know, or because the business side of the company is not allowed to, we can't know for certain, but I suspect it's the former. > Unless I'm some kind of idiot, why would I want buy a GTA01 phone if the > GTA02 was to follow shortly? Because you can get it sooner? Because you want to support the project? As others have said, because you can't fully test code without the real hardware? If you are an end user and not interested in helping with the development, UI design, artwork, and/or testing of the system as it is developed, then you probably do want to wait. > > Why am I not being given the choice to RIGHT NOW to be placed at the FRONT > of the GTA02 sales queue? Probably because they don't want to offer for sale a phone they don't have in production yet? > Why am I putting up with all this frustration reading about others who > -have- their phones and why should I not just cancel my order?? You are the only one who can answer this question. Yes, it can be frustrating to wait. Even with a mid 2500's order number we waited until the 2nd batch of phones. We've even ordered another expecting to have to wait until sometime in September. You're not dealing with Verizon or AT&T... FIC doesn't have a ton of people dedicated to processing consumer orders, nor do they have a stack of phones in a warehouse ready to be shipped out. However, I can tell you that I've seen prototype phones from other, much larger, manufacturers that take every bit as long to make it to market from the stage an early integrator gets to see them. In short, if you value having the hardware as soon as *possible*, keep your order. If you just want a phone with as many features as you can get...wait. Of course, if you wait, then the *next* phone (whatever it is) will be on the horizon...and your question will still be valid...and you can keep waiting...forever. - John _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
