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Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
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Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#32why not make founder $100 and give a discount on batch 2.
the phone seems too high and the founder too low. I'd like it to happen but I would rather wait for a second batch.
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#33So long as a Paypal account is required to make a > $500 contribution, I won't be contributing at any of those tiers. I know I'm in the minority though so I doubt this will have a big impact on the overall funding.
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#34if all the price tiers are sold out, it would generator 2.5 million only. That is pretty far away from the 32 million they need
You're off by an order of magnitude. All tiers combined (including the already sold out $600 tier) is around $25m.
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
They've missed their target, I don't think a single kickstarter has been successful having only reached 20% on day 1. (Most successful drives have well over 50% done day 1.) Here they haven't even reached that after a few days. Unless shuttleworth decides to stick the money in himself this won't be happening.
Very curious to whether that's allowed or not. Run a Kickstarter campaign, buy your own product to fill in demand. You'd think that if they get within 90% of total and the option is there they'd take it - the 10% of the items they buy themselves they'll get to sell on anyway. Can someone read the Kickstarter T&Cs for me? :)
You can contribute money without having to get a perk/product.
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#36Well that decides it - I'm in.
I'm excited about the possibility of a genuinely hand held, pocket sized device that I can hook up to behave like a full desktop.
It's a format that has been tried before but the power/price ratio has never been favourable - this feels like the first real chance for it to work.
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#37why not make founder $100 and give a discount on batch 2. the phone seems too high and the founder too low. I'd like it to happen but I would rather wait for a second batch.
There won't be a batch 2:
"The Ubuntu Edge is an exclusive production run, available only through Indiegogo."
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its says free shipping in the US and UK, so I'm guessing, as Canonical is based in London, they'll do the importing and deal with duty, so the price you see is the price you pay! I'm guessing.
Ah, I never knew they were headquartered in the UK!
And thus all EU countries should have it without duty.
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#39[deleted]
They've missed their target, I don't think a single kickstarter has been successful having only reached 20% on day 1. (Most successful drives have well over 50% done day 1.) Here they haven't even reached that after a few days. Unless shuttleworth decides to stick the money in himself this won't be happening.
Depends on break-even point.
Even if, there is still a value in accepting pre-orders for company to be certain of an actual market size.
Re: Canonical adds a $625 and $675 UbuntuEdge reward level
#40Well that decides it - I'm in. I'm excited about the possibility of a genuinely hand held, pocket sized device that I can hook up to behave like a full desktop. It's a format that has been tried before but the power/price ratio has never been favourable - this feels like the first real chance for it to work.
Just wondering what scenarios you foresee you using the desktop feature in?
If your travelling there won't be a screen available unless you lug one around. In which case you might as well carry a laptop.
At home and work you probably have a computer.
I think it is an interesting concept but I don't quite see the practical use. Unless it had like a stand and a projector or something.