Excellent, thanks for the update! On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:50 PM, steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I thought I would combine a couple posts today. First an update on PVT, or > production verification test. Phones are being sent to me from the first PVT > run. Michael Shiloh will be back in Silicon valley next Tuesday, so he and I > will test the samples and get them out to key partners. I want to check a > couple things like using the Nokia batteries as spares and generic USB > chargers before I send these samples out. > > Now, for the update on Products, and Pricing, > > 1. Products. > > Orginally the FreeRunner ( GTA02) was planned to come out in two packages. > Basic and advanced, just like the Neo 1973. We killed that idea. It was a > quick humane death. The problem was the GTA02 advanced unit would have been > $650 USD. After seeing the response to Neo 1973, a huge response, we decided > the best path was to lower the price, reward our early developers, and > attract more developers. > > 2. Pricing > We scrubbed the BOM ( bill of materials). We eliminated the Luxurious bits. > Optimized the box like it was code. The first thing we got rid of > was the lunchbox. It was cool, but it was expensive and heavy. Eliminating > that was a sizeable cost savings. ( think shipping weight). > > Next we pulled out the debug board and made it a separate product. We > priced it at $99 US. about 1 tenth what people would pay for similar > capability. > > My goal was to get to a place where we could sell the FreeRunner at $399. > USD. > > We did that. > > The FreeRunner will ship from Openmoko.com at $399. For early customers > I'm looking at throwing in a few free things. More details later. > > The debug board will be available as a separate product for $99 USD. > > Many people wrote me mails asking if they could get a discount by buying > more than one phone. Sometimes they were universities, sometimes a small > business, sometimes a small group or club. > > For these people we created a 10Pack. instead of 399 per phone, we will > charge 369 per phone. > > > Over the next few days I will explain the next steps we go through and how > the product will get distributed > > > Steve > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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