Hi, guys, CompUSA begins to ship 770
 

CompUSA begins to ship 770 ...

Only in their website and not avalibale in-store ...

check it out ...

CompUSA Nokia 770

Order'd and cancl'd the nokiausa one. Thanks Pawa!

I am not in us, but I will be have one ...

bla bla blaaa...

What to do?
 

Aw man, now I really don't know what to do... It's $50 more at the CompUSA site (I got a $10 coupon for the NokiaUSA site), but they might run out really fast and get a worse backorder then Nokia. Also, I ordered on November 14th, so I'm near the front of their line. This CompUSA now shipping thing might indicate that Nokia is ready to ship. And, CompUSA just sent out e-mails to their subscribers at 10:00AM today it seems, so they just started allowing orders. When I ordered from the Nokia site, they said they were shipping November 17th. CompUSA say they're shipping now. Can I believe them? I don't know what to do!
AAAAAHHHH!

maybe you can order both of them, keep the one you get first and sell the one you get later.

I'm sure you can sell the all in new 770, what do you think ?

CompUSA Now Shipping the Nokia 770
 

Hey hey, check out the NokiaUSA site. When you go to order, the message now says:
And, when you add it to your cart, it says available on December 30.
Hm, maybe I'll order from CompUSA and keep my NokiaUSA order, and when I receive a tracking number from one, and the shipper says they have it, I'll try and cancel the other before that one ships.

I do not like how Nokia is treating its pre-orders... I may just have to put Nokia on the "list".

Ok, I intially pre-ordered two units at Noika USA for my brother and I. What I did was to cancel one and ordered one at CompUSA. Let's see which one will arrive first. ;)

I just picked one up from CompUSA in Greenville, SC. They had multiple units in stock, but they were not on display. I'm glad I canceled my pre-order when the projected ship date slipped, otherwise I'd be waiting until next year for it. I'll post some first impressions after I get back to my house.

Lemmie guess Reggie, yours is whichever arrives first ;) Anyone doing any international shipments from compUSA? I've got two options. A coffee/rage fuelled road trip to the store in Amherst NY (3-4 hr drive from Toronto), or order it. Which means MAD duties.

Looks like compusa online is now saying that delivery will take 2-4 weeks. What now? Maybe they can get nokia to send them more units that were supposed to be for pre-orders through their website and then they can push those pre-orders out till february. :mad:

Well, went to compusa in my home town Jacksonville, FL. and it was in stock
so I purchased it.
Sad, but understandable that retail stores get devices before individual customers with preorders.

:cool: PunK84

I called my local Compusa and was told nothing would be in untill next week. Because the Early Adoptor gene is strong in my family, I drove up there anyway (Woburn, MA, USA), and had no trouble buying one. The software version by the way is 2.2005.45-7.

Hmm, the closest CompUSA store to me is a 4.5 hour drive away :/

Mine is 3.5 hrs. :( Still thinking if I'll there tomorrow. lol

Out of stock...
 

Found this on the CompUSA web site:

"This product is not currently in stock at any of our warehouse locations. We have ordered the product from our supplier, but have not received a date yet as to when we will receive this product. We will update you on the status of your order via email."

yeah i talked to the kid at compusa. They get new shipments every night. And the Nokias came in a seperate shipment that was late! So I called yesterday and they said they had 3 on order but I knew I should check again today. Sure enough they were sitting in the cage in the back ready to be put on the floor somewhere. I snagged one up! And im hacking away at it as we speak.

Hmm, that was fast! I guess they only had a few in stock. Better rush to your local CompUSA fast!

Hmmm. It seems the exclusivity of having a 770 is fading :-)

ok, I surrender
 

ok, I went to compsa and got one. I have a friend who I'll probably sell my backordered unit to.

Ditto, got one from CompUSA
 

I went to the Castleton mall (Indiana) store and they didn't have a display out. I almost gave up and left before noticing they had several behind glass in one of the cases they keep the expensive stuff in-- cameras, PDAs, etc. The guy there said they just came in today and hadn't had a chance to set the display up. Now I have one am I 1337 yet? :) There were probably three there (now two!).

Crap!
 

I got the $50 discount at NokiaUSA. Add the extra $40 it costs at CompUSA and it's a $90 difference. I can't justify that :(

I'm just completely shocked that those of us who pre-ordered on the 14th are not getting shipping notices (or any kind of communication) from NokiaUSA before they are available at retail stores.

Knowing my luck I'll get it mid-December and then Steve Jobs will introduce the new Applet at Mac World in January :(

--t

I ordered it before the email went out saying it was avalible. It shipped earlier today :)

Seems I logged onto itT just in the nick of time!

CompUSA stores
 

The one in Glen Burnie, MD was sent three. (As with others, I had to drive there. Phone calls were useless.)

Now they have only two. :)

Pics guys! Upload them at the gallery.

Thanks!
 

Thanks guys! I found one at Compusa and now I'm typing this at a bar.

My CompUSA had no display. I had to talk to several employees before I found one that knew about the 770. He said that they received two on Friday and he pulled them out of a locked cabinet behind the cell phones.

Nokia, Nokia, Nokia where is my 770! ARRRRGH :mad:

Well, I went to the closest CompUSA and asked the guy at the desk. He looked puzzled at the search results (which were showing 3 units in stock).

He then told me he couldn't sell them because their website said it wasn't available in stores; suggesting they were going to put out an ad on Monday. I was ok until he started to tell me all about the 770 (which he never heard of until I asked) which was annoying.

Anyways; I'll be back tomorrow to see if I can find someone who will sell one :-)

Brad.

@brad, thats total bs, go get it : )

I went and checked 'm out on friday, they had three, + one on display. went back on saturday and bought the first one. In fact, i am posting this from the 770

I dunno if anyone has noticed, but the CSUA website now says "In Store Only". I guess I had some really, really, really good timing eh?

Got mine. The guy said that they were selling one everyday since the display went up.

This deviant spent an extra $70 at CUSA. It is a Christmas gift, and I just couldn't chance Nokia wouldn't send thiers out in time!

Yes, I guess this is a case of voting with our wallets! Or atleast, that's what I tell myself for spending the extra cash. Maybe the chain stores will listen :)

hehe, same.

In Stock in downtown San Francisco
 

I went to the CompUSA website and searched on the part number. They allowed me to enter my zip code and check store availability (that wasn't possible yesterday).

It was in stock in the downtown San Francisco store, and my wife just picked one up for me.

Return policy at CompUSA is extended to January 7 through the holidays. Mine is a Christmas present (for ME). I also ordered from NokiaUSA very early on the morning of Nov. 15th, so if my order comes, I'll keep that one and return the CompUSA one. I have a feeling they have given our initial shipment to CompUSA though, and the Nokia-order gang will be waiting until post-Christmas.

This is quite evil of Nokia, but at least I'm guaranteed one for Christmas now. What a totally screwed up launch.

UPDATE: CompUSA rep said each store received 5, one demo and 4 to sell. There are only 2 left in San Francisco as of 1:09PST.

Silly how I can feel such "betrayal" all for an internet appliance. Seriously though, as others have mentioned, this is ****ed up. On the nokia usa site reads "It's not what you know, but when you know it." (nokia 770 sub-title)

WTF this mean in lieu of everything? Compusa was planning to sell this product to end consumers, and make it available before the Nokia pre orders? Did Nokia us the online "pre-order demand" as a metric to predict it's q4 05 success?

At any rate, **** you very much Nokia, for pissing in the cornflakes of we early adopter / enthusiasts. You've clearly demonstated some clever "viral marketing."

I can understand back orders, under run production. However, why penalize the people who want this the most? At any rate, i realize i should GMOFB.

Unbelievable.

Thanks flip!

Happily, the website was updated late last night and I've got it in my hands...

Picked one up at a Comp USA in San Bruno, they had 3 in stock...well, 2 now. Keeping my pre-order from Nokia as it's likely one of my friends will buy it off of me.

Could always e-bay or offer it up here if I can't unload it any other way...

BTW, worth the $40 to have it now, I know, I'm impatient. But it's pretty darned cool and the screen is pretty dammed nice too.

Quick impressions so far:
-Opened up a 5 MB pdf/e-book just fine, paging is a bit slow (even if no other apps were opened up) but the text is very readable.
-The built in games are pretty and show off the screen very well. Downloading some other apps/games to try out right now.
-Linked via Bluetooth to my Razr V3 just fine and can browse, copy, send files to/from the Razr V3 just fine. Can't seem to get to the internet via GPRS though, will have to play with the settings a bit more.
-Secure POP3 access to Gmail's servers is a bit flaky, was able to check my inbox once but it's flaking out now, sending seems to work just fine. Anyone figure out the proper configs yet (yes, I'm using the right ports).
-Browsing is slightly sluggish, but usable. Zoom mode works well. Interface needs some fine tuning, it'd be nice to be able to scroll around more easily using just the direction pad and copying and pasting text should have a dedicated button instead of being buried in the text entry options menu.

Overall though, I'm glad I got it and I think it'll be quite useful. Especially as an e-book reader.

Dave

There may be a pending Canadian invasion on Michigan in a few weeks. Can anyone comment on how realistic CompUSA's stock levels as reported on the web site are to what's actually in store? Would they hold something like that for a few hours? Detroit looks like the best bet because there's 4-5 of the stores within a few hours' drive... whereas NY is spread out like mad.