RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-11 Thread steve
] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:25 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases steve wrote: Mass Pro is slated to start between may9 and may 16. Steve's rule say add a week. Then you got test, then you shipping

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-11 Thread Bastian Muck
. | | | | | | - | | *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Shawn | *Sent:* Friday, May 09, 2008 6:24 AM | *To:* List for Openmoko community discussion | *Subject:* Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases | | | | Hi steve, | | thanks for the updates. I have a few

RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-10 Thread steve
I would be surprised it was split into two shipments. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:24 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases Hi steve

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-10 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
Of *Shawn *Sent:* Friday, May 09, 2008 6:24 AM *To:* List for Openmoko community discussion *Subject:* Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases Hi steve, thanks for the updates. I have a few additional questions on group purchase: Can we pay the group payment via paypal? If a member

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-10 Thread Shawn
From: Alexander Frøyseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: List for Openmoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:37:57 PM Subject: Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases Well How are we going to pay anyway? Talking about single and group. steve skrev

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-09 Thread Shawn
? Thanks! . . .shawn - Original Message From: steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: List for Openmoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 9:20:38 PM Subject: RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases The 10 pack will have to be ordered by one

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-09 Thread Michele Renda
I think it is like 10+1 phone! Shawn wrote: If a member of our group wants to purchase the debug board, can we order that at the same time (and have it shipped together), or should he order that on his own? ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/5/8 Mo Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe I am just naïve, but in a community like this I doubt that there will be anybody with malicious intent, I would be semi-willing to purchase phones before receiving money for them, and would also trust another purchaser with my money before

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Michele Renda
My Idea was this: Openmoko can manage all the orders and to receive the payments: they can build a sites, that collect the orders, and with an option to indicate to which Sales Group to receive (Update in real time with the number of allocated phones). The person that is available to

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Lally Singh
So what you really want is for the OM store to give a 10% discount. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Michele Renda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Idea was this: Openmoko can manage all the orders and to receive the payments: they can build a sites, that collect the orders, and with an option to

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread David Pottage
On Thu, May 8, 2008 7:17 am, Robin Paulson wrote: it's not just the trust thing; it's for when things go wrong. there are many possible slip-ups between california and my house, and i would prefer knowing that if the unpredictable happens, we're all covered, and know where we stand. and

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Michele Renda
For openmok there is no difference, except than to pay x9 more payment fee. I think if someone steal some money to some person, the damage of OM image will cost a lot more ! Lally Singh wrote: So what you really want is for the OM store to give a 10% discount. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:52

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Joachim Steiger
hi michele Michele Renda wrote: For openmok there is no difference, except than to pay x9 more payment fee. i beg to differ. the whole handling would make the gain of readily packaging 10-packs and ship these en bloc to one dest. vanish. so larry is right. thats like requesting 10% generic

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Joachim Steiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi michele Michele Renda wrote: For openmok there is no difference, except than to pay x9 more payment fee. i beg to differ. the whole handling would make the gain of readily packaging 10-packs and ship these en bloc

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Gilbert Hartmann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: | On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Joachim Steiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | hi michele | | Michele Renda wrote: | For openmok there is no difference, except than to pay x9 more payment fee. | i beg to differ. the

RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Crane, Matthew
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flemming Richter Mikkelsen Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:24 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Joachim Steiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi michele

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Gilbert Hartmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Michele Renda wrote: | For openmok there is no difference, except than to pay x9 more payment fee. | i beg to differ. the whole handling would make the gain of readily | packaging 10-packs and ship these en bloc to

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Michele Renda
Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: Please do not ask for this. It would give OM so much extra work. The reason for the 10-pack deal is that since it saves OM time and money, we get a discount. If you want OM to handle individual payments for group orders, they would have much work with arranging

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
There is no need to use this tone. I already apologize about my idea. It was only an idea. I was not knowing that it was so difficult and so expensive for Openmoko. Also I want a GTA04, and also I want that OM employers are focused only in their work. Sorry It was only an idea to improve

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Michele Renda
Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: Don't worry! No problem :) I don't know what is happening, but I see in Internet also I a lot of person speaking with no-understandable comparations with other phone, watching more what is missing on this phone, and not what there is already. And in the end

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread David Samblas Martinez
And according me Openmoko is doing in hardware what Linux made in software! And it is great. Same feeling here!!! - Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente. ___ Openmoko community

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
| And according me Openmoko is doing in hardware what Linux made in | software! And it is great. Same feeling here!!! OM is doing some very important things. The thing which is most important to me, is if they can make all HW producers write their drivers in GPL and provide all the

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread nickd
I think the only caveat to this for the Freerunner is the lack of datasheet from SMedia for the GPU which makes 3D impossible. Rather unfortunate. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware#Graphics.2F3D_Acceleration

RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread steve
Sunday night for my EU friends ) I will do an update. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michele Renda Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:24 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread steve
: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:36 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases Yea, there's all kinds of ways that people use every day to transact with others who they've no way of meeting or even calling on the phone. If you are concerned

RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread steve
Well put Roh. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joachim Steiger Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:18 AM To: Michele Renda Cc: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases hi michele Michele

RE: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread steve
The 10 pack will have to be ordered by one person. It will ship to that persons location. Now, how will people arrange to do this? I thought long and hard about this. And then I realized that some people will find one way, one guy pays and others promise to pay him. Some people will find another

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-08 Thread Paul Jimenez
steve wrote: Mass Pro is slated to start between may9 and may 16. Steve's rule say add a week. Then you got test, then you shipping. On Monday ( or maybe Sunday night for my EU friends ) I will do an update. Could you also include status of debug boards? Will they go on sale at the same

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-07 Thread ian douglas
Robin Paulson wrote: steve, what methods are being considered by openmoko for group purchasing? Hi Robin, I can't speak directly for Steve and Openmoko, I'm guessing that once we get enough people for a bulk order, one of us will need to collect payments from everyone else, then place the

Re: questions for steve regarding group purchases

2008-05-07 Thread Mo Abrahams
Maybe I am just naïve, but in a community like this I doubt that there will be anybody with malicious intent, I would be semi-willing to purchase phones before receiving money for them, and would also trust another purchaser with my money before receiving the phone. When the product becomes more