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skvark	2015-06-27 , 21:45
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Originally Posted by bluefoot

I think they're shitting themselves, tbh. Crowdfunding delivery delays can turn into a nightmarish PR disaster.

They clearly aren't anywhere near a polished RC for v2.0. They've missed the original deadline, delayed it 2 months to July, and yet in their recent update they "hope" that 1.1.7 (due next month) will help remove some of the blockers stopping 2.0 from being released for tablet & phone.

Seeing as they seem to regard August as a sacrosanct holiday month, despite being a small company with a huge amount to do, even if they get something out of the door by the end of July, the likelihood is that there'll be a lot of angry crowdfunders wondering why the mess that was released isn't getting small, iterative fixes all the time. Plus investors will be getting restive, as they begin to see signs of non-delivery again.

I would like to add to this the tablet dev loan program: hand picked developers were supposed to get a loan device shipped by the end of June. Afaik no one has got an invite for this program. I asked about it some time ago at irc and recently in Twitter. At irc some well known devs have also been asking about the program lately. No answers.

Of course it could be that there's some program going on but there are strict NDA's for it. But to be honest I have a feeling that the tablet shipping date is going to be postponed again. I really hope that this is not the case and Jolla will deliver as promised. Anyhow, some status update from Jolla wouldn't hurt too much at this point since the customer shipping was advertised to be starting in July...