Thanks... trust me, patience is quite hard to muster when you have "ooh, shiny shiny" syndrome. But in my case, I have a definite schedule due to a slightly faulty device and a rather urgent need and a lack of knowing when. Once I make a purchase, I plan on doing so for a year in the least. Combined with my BB Dev Alpha B device and the Z10, I've gone 14 months on that platform and have only recently started to have technical issues that affect my daily operations.

Glad you can wait! I mean that with sincerity because I look forward to the day that more and more people support and objectively review this device/OS. Only through our input they might make the very slight differences that might make it from a great product to a stellar product.

The way Jolla is communicating could be seen as a problem; however I'd say that equal amounts of patience is needed there. Not too many times have we, as a consumer/community member/online presence have been at the cusp of a release as now. Nokia had history by the time the N9 came out. We just happened to belong to a community that switched from Maemo to include MeeGo (ITT to TMO).

We can make an impact via our input and I genuinely think they're listening. But as it stands, they cannot talk a lot about deals and forward motion until it's a concrete thing. Jolla has become that company that will only tell you what's a done deal. And that, my friend, is refreshing.

But if you lack patience, it'll frustrate you. If you're in an area that they've yet to address... it'll frustrate you. I still can wish them the best and not stay in line. And to be honest, North America is not a priority for any company trying to launch a cellphone due to how screwed up our carrier system is - makes it unnecessarily difficult.

I hadn't even written, but a response is better than no response.

I went with the 0€ package, so all I lost was the time it took to pre-purchase on day one. I can live with calling that "support" and showing interest.

Give it time. They'll communicate to the rest of the world in the future. And I honestly think it'll be worth it. I truly do.

But circumstance has altered my timeline.