@hhedberg Nor do I see the wisdom. It's not like they didn't know the launch was about to happen or anything either.
@andy80 Yes, so all of us who got the developer discount apparently have to sit and wait while end users get theirs, leaving IT2008 with... well... pretty much no developers porting apps.
What sucks about this is that I'm not the type of person that gets wound up about stuff like this. Release dates slip, things get pushed back, shit happens. That's all fine and good, but for them to hype it to us and basically use us 500 to hype it more and then not be able to get the promised discount when the actual device ships... just feels like a big slap in the face. Honestly, I'm really really discouraged right now.
Ok, I'm confused. Quim promised you guys a discount. I don't think he's going to go back on that. I think you guys should approach him with this. I'll bet he'll find a way to make things right.
I'm hoping it turns out to be the sort of misunderstanding/miscommunication for which the mothership is (in)famous...
What's more frustrating is that we can't use the discount in person at the Nokia flagship stores. Why not? Why didn't they pull the first 500 devices off the assembly line and setup a web portal for us to buy them there, or a secret code to use the regular site?
There's tons of ways that this could have been done to actually reward the 500. Now we're almost being punished, really.
Just to clarify, the problem is that the N810 are available to buy now at several places such as the Nokia flagship stores and other places, however not at Nokia's online store, which is the only place we can redeem our coupons. Worse still is that we can't even preorder because the coupons come up on the site with $0 value.
I don't like to complain about these sort of things especially since Nokia doesn't have to offer these discounts at all and certainly not to me specifically. It just feels like we're handcuffed while everyone else gets to have all the fun.
Quim appears to be a standup honest kind of guy. I don't question his word or his intentions whatsoever. He says we'll get it, I know we'll get it. It's just somewhat worrying when there's been no explanation or news about the discounts at all since we were sent our codes and now it's out in the wild.
I'm almost certain it would be a mothership error and that it's nothing that Quim himself has any control over or can take blame for.
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It will arrive about on 26 or 27 of this month. We only have to wait :)
1 year, 7 months ago by andy80
No, it got pushed back to December 19th.
1 year, 7 months ago by zerojay
Feels like they have some problems with the OS2008...
1 year, 7 months ago by hhedberg
That can't be it because N810's are already on sale pretty much everywhere else except Nokia's online store.
1 year, 7 months ago by zerojay
Interesting. I do not see any wisdom to sell devices to end users before developers have got their devices.
At least they pushed back the release of the OS 2008 for N800, since it was promised to arrive at the same time with the N810.
1 year, 7 months ago by hhedberg
Zerojay: you mean that N810 will arrive on Nokia online shop around 19th December O_o ?!!?
1 year, 7 months ago by andy80
@hhedberg Nor do I see the wisdom. It's not like they didn't know the launch was about to happen or anything either.
@andy80 Yes, so all of us who got the developer discount apparently have to sit and wait while end users get theirs, leaving IT2008 with... well... pretty much no developers porting apps.
1 year, 7 months ago by zerojay
Very smart from Nokia :)
1 year, 7 months ago by andy80
Arg. I am embarrassed...
1 year, 7 months ago by Texrat
What sucks about this is that I'm not the type of person that gets wound up about stuff like this. Release dates slip, things get pushed back, shit happens. That's all fine and good, but for them to hype it to us and basically use us 500 to hype it more and then not be able to get the promised discount when the actual device ships... just feels like a big slap in the face. Honestly, I'm really really discouraged right now.
1 year, 7 months ago by zerojay
Ok, I'm confused. Quim promised you guys a discount. I don't think he's going to go back on that. I think you guys should approach him with this. I'll bet he'll find a way to make things right.
I'm hoping it turns out to be the sort of misunderstanding/miscommunication for which the mothership is (in)famous...
1 year, 7 months ago by Texrat
What's more frustrating is that we can't use the discount in person at the Nokia flagship stores. Why not? Why didn't they pull the first 500 devices off the assembly line and setup a web portal for us to buy them there, or a secret code to use the regular site?
There's tons of ways that this could have been done to actually reward the 500. Now we're almost being punished, really.
1 year, 7 months ago by rcadden
Just to clarify, the problem is that the N810 are available to buy now at several places such as the Nokia flagship stores and other places, however not at Nokia's online store, which is the only place we can redeem our coupons. Worse still is that we can't even preorder because the coupons come up on the site with $0 value.
I don't like to complain about these sort of things especially since Nokia doesn't have to offer these discounts at all and certainly not to me specifically. It just feels like we're handcuffed while everyone else gets to have all the fun.
Quim appears to be a standup honest kind of guy. I don't question his word or his intentions whatsoever. He says we'll get it, I know we'll get it. It's just somewhat worrying when there's been no explanation or news about the discounts at all since we were sent our codes and now it's out in the wild.
I'm almost certain it would be a mothership error and that it's nothing that Quim himself has any control over or can take blame for.
Sorry everyone... just needed to vent. ;)
1 year, 7 months ago by zerojay
All of these are questions and concerns for Quim.
1 year, 7 months ago by Texrat
Yeah, I know... and I'm pretty sure he's already been asked or knows about it so I'm not going to bother the guy.
1 year, 7 months ago by zerojay