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2009-11-19 , 17:23
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Originally Posted by NvyUs View Post
the difference is most other manufacturers don't announce the existence of products until its 100% ready to ship giving them a month to get it to market.
nokia always announce things way earlier than others when phone is in development still ,
so its a choice between openness or not knowing existence until it's ready to hit shops.
the n97 was announced like 7 or 8 months before released, where as the iphone 3GS was announced like 2 weeks before it was in shops.
would you rather not know at all or be part of the ride ?
The problem is, Nokia is still half way inbetween. They HAVE to let the cat out of the bag early, because they want community help, they want to get feedback on those 300 etc. So obviously, they cannot wait for the last device to leave the factory. But they have not moved to a true open model, they have only revealed what they have to, and been tight lipped about the rest.

If they would say 'we are working on this right now, hopefully it will be done x, and we can get them out y, for retail by z' if something changes, provide updates. They still want to restrict the flow of data though.

Did anyone else read the article about how the stock price improved since the announcement of USA retail availability yesterday? They want benefits from being open and being closed, and they will find out the flaws of playing middle field like this.
 
yannj is offline yannj
2009-11-19 , 17:25
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#2072
Nokia France sent me a mail today announcing that the N900 is now available and my order is being shipped
 
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2009-11-19 , 17:25
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#2073
Nokia Italy has sent delivery confirmation for pre-orders this afternoon 3:30pm CET by mail ... Credit Cards have already been charged accordingly!
Yuppieeee!
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2009-11-19 , 17:26
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#2074
"Please note that our Pre-Order Price Guarantee applies only to items sold by Amazon.com, and not to items (or prices) offered by other sellers on our site."

To be optimistic, the item IS "Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC" as it states on my pre-order. So I am expecting Amazon to stand by their Pre-Order Price Guarantee.

I was early enough in the pre-order line that I had a higher price showing on my invoice when the price dropped. I contacted Amazon at that time who said:
The discounts we offer vary from time to time. I see we currently offer a greater discount on "Nokia N900 Unlocked Cell Phone/Mobile Computer with 3.5-Inch Touchscreen, QWERTY, 5 MP Camera, Maemo Browser, 32 GB--U.S. Version with Full Warranty" than we did at the time you placed order #_.

Since this item hasn't shipped yet, I adjusted the price to reflect the current discounted price, $559.99 . This is the price you'll be charged for this item when the order ships.
SO I am expecting that to be my price (with rebate form in hand... waiting)
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ninjafury is offline ninjafury
2009-11-19 , 17:29
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#2075
I just pre-ordered from amazon USA. I thought that if Nokia USA starts shipping this week, well Amazon will ship this Monday max. Am I wrong?
 
romanianusa is offline romanianusa
2009-11-19 , 17:30
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Originally Posted by RobertH View Post
Just FYI

It is possible that we may all of us who preordered on amazon.com may have to pay $610 instead of the $560 most of us are expecting.


Source: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...8502#guarantee

If you read the text of the "Pre-Order Price Guarantee" it specifies that the product must be a "book, CD, video, DVD, video game, or software item". I believe we should get the lowest price. Hopefully amazon.com does too. I should be hearing back from them regarding this soon. I'll let you all know what they say in the morning if I have the email. Night all! (I'm in Perth, Australia: GMT +8)
So if someone pre-order a device for $500.00 and then went on a vacation only to find out that they been charged $1,000.00 dollar because of a sudden jump in price in which he had no knowledge of...and this is all acceptable?? No way! A lot of time people buy products because of discount...ect. And if the price jump, it's the retailer's fault. They're held accountable and can be charged for misleading information.
 
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2009-11-19 , 17:30
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Originally Posted by No!No!No!Yes! View Post
Nokia Italy has sent delivery confirmation for pre-orders this afternoon 3:30pm CET by mail ... Credit Cards have already been charged accordingly!
Yuppieeee!
Well thats good news I guess. Of course how Italy is getting the N900 release in advance of the US etc is beyond me.

Is Italy traditionally a big market for Nokia?
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2009-11-19 , 17:33
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Yeah don't they know America is the most important country in the world?
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2009-11-19 , 17:34
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just got off the phone with Nokia Flagship store in London, they are expecting devices to be in stock 'sometime next week' and expect to know exactly when on Monday...
 

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2009-11-19 , 17:35
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Originally Posted by Bratag View Post
Well thats good news I guess. Of course how Italy is getting the N900 release in advance of the US etc is beyond me.

Is Italy traditionally a big market for Nokia?
Nope. But Italy's mobile phone carriers dont have issues with Hutchinson 3G SIM cards - it's just these countries seemingly...

"Update: Nokia's official blog says to expect the Maemo 5 device to land in "Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and North America" shortly. However, it won't be compatible with the new 3G SIM cards from 3 in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark and Austria until a software update hits sometime later this year"

quoted from:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/n...ally-shipping/
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