Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Man... they got long list of people which got discounts. Now they have to read all those emails, check accounts, verify, enable n900 in eStore for each person, mail replies... For many people they have to send emails that they cannot find their data in system + link to online form. Then they have to check acounts and verify again.

All that is lot of work. Some of it can be automated but probably only some. Rest have to be done by humans. Humans needs to sleep too...

OK, maybe some of you did not get any answer from DDP and for those situation may not look good. But did you checked your spam folders?

And one more thing - n900 is not yet available so one week less, one more in DDP queue changes nothing.

Anyway - I got n900 enabled, time to wait now.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

I don't think anyone wanted to complain about the generous discount program we have been invited to join, the problem is that the invite urged us to apply sooner than later as "devices would be offered on a first come first served basis"... applicants who replied promptly were left with no confirmation their application had been received and were left with the feeling they might miss out through no fault of their own. One option would have been to flood the DDP with email requests for updates, alternatively a quick update could have been communicated here. Better yet, receipt of confirmation should have been emailed to all applicants, and we would then have waited patiently for as long as it takes to get a quality device into the stores.

Hopefully improvements to the process can be considered for the next DDP, assuming there is one. :)

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Oh yeah... well I don't respond well to direction.:p : I got my e-mail and since I posted in this thread previously that I hadn't, I thought it proper to report.

This turmoil, eruption, whatever verbiage you choose to describe the tumult in this thread was not a result of people not checking spam filters or someones impatience waiting for a sales release.
It was, imho a result of an if-then conditional statement that we ran and were still waiting on completion feedback from.

Not a physical device in hand kind of completion but the simple completion of the very basic instruction set. If we followed instruction "X" then it will result in condition "Y"...

...add to that the expectations of some that the e-mail addy was a bot and the interpretation of the eStore as a "go to" statement and you may find some spaghetti logic a cookin'. :eek:

Some of us are pretty basic fellows, and we could not continue, or continued very slowly while parts of us churned clock cycles waiting for a response. Sort of like "Rainman" and his need to watch "Judge Wapner" at 4:30 each day. :p

For what it is worth, I responded to the obviously real person who composed and sent this "mass" e-mail with my complete name and very warm regards. :)

...I have no dang clue. :confused:


:D

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

I'm not up to speed with this whole thing, but I've recently hit over 200 karma points, am I eligible for the program?

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

No, but you can try at http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_Developer_Device_Queue

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Actually, I wrote a python service that ran every hour (via cron) and scraped the buy.com URL for the N810 to get its price. I had a target price that I was prepared to pay ($200), so as soon as it fell below this threshold, it would email me the link to buy it.

Worked like a charm....I even considered expanding it to be a 'shoppers assistant' to hunt for bargains, but then the rumors of the N900 started and I kinda lost enthusiasm.

PM me if you want the code

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Should I be concerned if I never received any type of email from the DDP? I sent the required information about a week ago... :o

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

It was a joke. We occasionally do that on Earth.

Do you have any suggestions? Even as an employee deeply esconsed in Nokia's QA and later Logistics operation, with a widely-read blog chock full of articles on this subject, I got the feeling I wasn't getting anywhere. But I'm more than willing to do whatever I can. Your further input is appreciated.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

If I were you, I'd be concerned enough to email again (after double-checking it didn't go to your spambox). Even though I'm one of the few who heard directly from "Nora," I also got one of the en-masse emails ... makes me think that there's a problem for anyone who didn't receive one of the en-masse emails.

(Brent, if I'm going to have one of these things, I want you to have one, too! Starting with Quick Clip for Fremantle, ... :) )

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

If you still haven't heard anything once sales start, get worried. Otherwise, don't waste your time mailing people at Forum Nokia.