Re: Any opinions on purchasing from Koolu?

2008-08-08 Thread Joe Janz
If you're in Canada, go with Koolu.  I made the mistake of ordering
from the Openmoko store because the shipping with UPS was cheaper, but
it ended up being much more expensive when it arrived because of their
brokerage fees (it was something like $120).


Joe.

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Nick Van Fossen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I've been trying to purchase a new 850 Freerunner for almost 2 weeks now, but 
 as you already know the openmoko online store still says they are to arrive 
 on July 25th...  The only two US distributors are Koolu, and gp2xstore.com.  
 Gp2xstore.com only lists the Neo 1973 - not freerunner, and has been ignoring 
 my e-mails for a week and a half, so I guess my only choice is Koolu.

 But, Koolu looks like they want to go a different direction with their phones 
 than Openmoko does by installing Android, Google Apps, and some other goodies 
 that I have no interest in.  I've been hesitant to purchase from them because 
 of this, but I'm wondering if anyone else has purchased an 850 Freerunner 
 from Koolu and how that went?  Did you get your phone?  Have any problems 
 with Koolu?  Do you have any problems installing any of the openmoko 
 builds/stacks?

 Thanks!
 -Nick
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Re: Any opinions on purchasing from Koolu?

2008-08-07 Thread xaos x
I ordered mine from them. Got it in a couple of weeks. You'll need to sign for 
it when you get it so, unless you're home when it arrives, be prepared to visit 
your post office to pick it up. They ship it CA ExpressPost, which interfaces 
with USPS. AS for the phone, it was the same Freerunner with om2007.2 on it.

-Tom

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Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2008 7:12:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Any opinions on purchasing from Koolu?


I've been trying to purchase a new 850 Freerunner for almost 2 weeks now, but 
as you already know the openmoko online store still says they are to arrive on 
July 25th...  The only two US distributors are Koolu, and gp2xstore.com.  
Gp2xstore.com only lists the Neo 1973 - not freerunner, and has been ignoring 
my e-mails for a week and a half, so I guess my only choice is Koolu.  

But, Koolu looks like they want to go a different direction with their phones 
than Openmoko does by installing Android, Google Apps, and some other goodies 
that I have no interest in.  I've been hesitant to purchase from them because 
of this, but I'm wondering if anyone else has purchased an 850 Freerunner from 
Koolu and how that went?  Did you get your phone?  Have any problems with 
Koolu?  Do you have any problems installing any of the openmoko builds/stacks?  

Thanks!
-Nick
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Re: Any opinions on purchasing from Koolu?

2008-08-07 Thread Jeffrey Malone
I just spent the last three days with two guys from Koolu at LinuxWorld (a
post from me about this is coming).

I can tell you the guys were definitely legit, and that if their customer
service is anything like the two reps, it will be well above par.  They are
based in Canada, however, not the US (Toronto)...

And as to what they may install... doesn't really matter.  The phone is the
phone, the software changes in about 7 minutes, so if it comes with
something you don't want, it really doesn't matter.

Jeffrey Malone

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:06 PM, xaos x [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I ordered mine from them. Got it in a couple of weeks. You'll need to sign
 for it when you get it so, unless you're home when it arrives, be prepared
 to visit your post office to pick it up. They ship it CA ExpressPost, which
 interfaces with USPS. AS for the phone, it was the same Freerunner with
 om2007.2 on it.

 -Tom

 - Original Message -
 From: Nick Van Fossen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: community@lists.openmoko.org
 Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2008 7:12:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
 Subject: Any opinions on purchasing from Koolu?


 I've been trying to purchase a new 850 Freerunner for almost 2 weeks now,
 but as you already know the openmoko online store still says they are to
 arrive on July 25th...  The only two US distributors are Koolu, and
 gp2xstore.com.  Gp2xstore.com only lists the Neo 1973 - not freerunner,
 and has been ignoring my e-mails for a week and a half, so I guess my only
 choice is Koolu.

 But, Koolu looks like they want to go a different direction with their
 phones than Openmoko does by installing Android, Google Apps, and some other
 goodies that I have no interest in.  I've been hesitant to purchase from
 them because of this, but I'm wondering if anyone else has purchased an 850
 Freerunner from Koolu and how that went?  Did you get your phone?  Have any
 problems with Koolu?  Do you have any problems installing any of the
 openmoko builds/stacks?

 Thanks!
 -Nick
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