On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Andrea Debortoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what about EUROS prices??
IF, and this is an IF, it works as it did with the GTA01, the USD price is technically incorrect. When i paid, it charged my debit card for $309 worth of Taiwan dollars. I would imagine that your bank would be charged the amount of Euros needed to convert to $399 worth of taiwan dollars, if that makes sense. -Kevin > I hope that no 1:1 change will be applied... > > thanks a lot for the news!! > > Andrea > > 2008/4/11, steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community