No developer program so far was dependent on time of application. As for shipping - yes I could delay it a bit but it is really not in my best interest at all. We could use any developer from Germany that manages to gets his/her device. It is up to the person who picks up the gauntlet to decide. However the problem with omitting "personal aspect" here is that we will completely omit the "fun aspect" here too. I really don't feel like I've lost the bet if e.g. people in US start to get their devices since Nokia wisely decides to prefer US market and lets Europeans wait. Same issue in case of some other fiasco with various European Nokia shops like not accepting discount codes, being permanently out of stock, messing up the price and demanding device return because of that or any other Nokia c*ckup we might not even imagine now :-) Any such thing is fair to Pandora team since they are really David and Nokia the Goliath.
No it is not. I want both devices ASAP. And BTW the bet is win-win situation for me anyway but I think you already guessed it ;-) Why should I cheat? In both cases I will get days of hacking fun. In case I lose I will do something I want to do anyway but won't find the time unless really forced :-) In case I win I'll get priceless cool hardware I would never buy since I don't need it at all :-)