[Company] Weekly Update 7 and 8/2010

David Reyes Samblas Martinez david at tuxbrain.com
Wed Feb 24 06:07:03 EST 2010


2010/2/24 David Reyes Samblas Martinez <david at tuxbrain.com>:
> forwarding from mailing list.
>From development mailing list sorry
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wolfgang Spraul <wolfgang at sharism.cc>
> Date: 2010/2/24
> Subject: [Company] Weekly Update 7 and 8/2010
> To: developer at lists.qi-hardware.com
>
>
> Hi,
> (David: I will post to discussion as well in the future)
> the most important update first:
>
> ---1 Ben NanoNote shipping!
> Please go to http://nanonote.cc and order one :-) Yes, we made it. As of
> today, the Ben NanoNote is shipping and in stock, in Hong Kong, Europe
> and India. We have already successfully shipped devices to Canada, the US,
> Switzerland and other countries in recent days.
> So it really works! :-)
> Unboxing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcpUWn6YI4
>
> As I'm sure all readers of this mailing list know, real work is only
> starting now. Oh well. Theoretically it could be a great device: It could
> be a music and video player, dictionary, offline wiki reader, calculator,
> dictation device, PIM, open street map, and so much more.
> Practially it's not yet, but hey, there is hope I think. It's called
> free software. We will see...
>
> ---2 distributors
> We currently have distributors in the EU (not Switzerland) as well as India.
> We are looking for more distributors, for example in North and South America,
> Russia, South Africa, Australia, etc.
> I think because of the Ben pricepoint, margins and volume there is no way
> helping us as a distributor will make anybody rich right now. So our chance
> is to find enthousiasts who see and believe in the big picture, are willing
> to stock a few Nanos, and then work with us on selling them in their country.
> Which leads us right to the next way to buy:
>
> ---3 group sales
> I just created a new page page
> http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Group_Sales
> The idea is that if you are from a country that currently has no local
> distribution (with cheap shipping), you add yourself to that page. When there
> are 10 people with nearby locality together, we ship a 10-pack directly from
> Hong Kong.
>
> ---4 newsticker
>
> ... 248 Ben NanoNote sold as of today (quite of few of those still with
>    distributors), 752 to go until first batch is finished
> ... NanoNote EU trademark registered January 26, 2010 (#8525719)
> ... Patents: Qi Hardware holds no patents, doesn't want to spend time applying
>    for patents, and generally will just work around any patent that someone
>    waves in front of us with a large enough legal stick.
>
> I'd say that's enough for today, our big focus now is:
>
> 1) sell more Bens
> 2) better software
> 3) better marketing
>
> Cheers, thanks for all the help and support and good wishes we got so far!
> Stay with us,
> Wolfgang
>
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> David Reyes Samblas Martinez
> http://www.tuxbrain.com
> Open ultraportable & embedded solutions
> Ben NanoNote, Arduino, Openmoko
> Hey, watch out!!! There's a linux in your pocket!!!
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David Reyes Samblas Martinez
http://www.tuxbrain.com
Open ultraportable & embedded solutions
Ben NanoNote, Arduino, Openmoko
Hey, watch out!!! There's a linux in your pocket!!!




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