Just placed a phone order. They told me that they will verify credit card information only after the 770 is in stock (presumably 17th). It takes 2 days to verify credit card info (again, after the 770 is in stock) and then an additional 3 days (free delivery).

Hi Roger,

We decided to get another 5 units today after ordering the first lot of 5. Three reasons for the second order:

1. The Nokia USA online ordering system only allows you to place an order up to $2K per transaction. 5 Units, with tax and shipping, came in just under that. We had another manager in another department order the other 5 units for their team/testing.
2. Given the supply issues already witnessed in EU, we thought it better to get a few extras now so our development and design teams can have their own units; having them in hand and playing around with them at home/at leisure will help us gain a faster appreciation for what's working, what else is being developed out there we can leverage, and hopefully spark some great ideas from our people for ways to use the N770s in mobile learning and performance support (our markets).
3. If past history holds true in the new innovation arena, customers will want to see them and try them out for a few days to experience the benefits first hand. We'll be able to send them units to test for a week if we've got a few hanging around.

We'll see what happens. We're excited and will certainly share our findings and thoughts with everyone here along the way as they have through all the recent weeks/months. This site has been a great resource to us to learn about the device and market.

Keep up your great efforts in building this community.

Robert ;?)

Sweet...just placed my order.

Thanks for keeping us updated.

Ordered mine this morning, figure that if they ship on the 17th as promised, it could be here friday...

Anticipation...

OK, I'm in for one too, just ordered one an hour ago. Wish I had found this posting earlier yesterday. Hopefully, I'm early enough not to be shut out on the first orders shipped.

I actually have a buddy who works for Nokia who might be able to get me one, but I'm not taking a chance and waiting on the unguaranteed bro-deal. Besides, got plenty of friends/family who will likely want one that it won't be a problem uloading one on someone if I get a duplicate...who knows, maybe I'll want more than one? : )

Dave

i wonder if us canadians can order lol

Looks like news of the 770 has hit the mainstream press. See the Forbes online article at:http://www.forbes.com/personaltech/2...rtner=yahootix

Thanks, an interesting article.
I just love Richi Jennings's comment: “But geek-lust isn't the mass market.” So true, and I confess my geekiness for this device.

Another interesting quote:
"And it is rugged. In a gutsy demonstration, a Nokia executive hurtled one of the sturdy black devices across the room, where it crashed into a wall, undamaged."

Has any fellow Internettablettalk geek tried this trick

Well.. I bit the dust and ordered! Got the $50.00 off coupon and ordered a car charger too...The $50.00 off worked for me this way... go through the whole process...including REVIEW ORDER.. then hit the back button for your browser and the $50.00 off coupon pops up.. you have to turn off your pop-up blocker.. awesome...so for $13.00 more I get a Nokia 770 instead of a Palm T/X ! I ordered the car charger separate.

I ordered mine early this morning, Nokia told me it didn't come with a mem card, so I bought a 128MB stick. I have to call them tommorow to cancel that order.