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TaKir · 04-29-2006, 09:48 AM

Alexander
Really Good News!

But I have to "put a fly in the ointment"... If "The company who does the embedded Linux OS hasn't delivered a final version yet", folks from Irex have to update firmware in each from thousands device they produce.

I see 2 variants:

- all Iliads are still at a factory (Philippines), not packed in retail boxes. It can take couple of days to udate firmware (if it is already finished), and to pack them in boxes. +shipment to Europe - 7-10 days by a ship. (I doubt, they will deliver Iliads by plane).

- thousands of Iliads are already at Irex, they need much more time to unpack them, make updates, then pack them all "as they were".
So, as I think, the optimistic time for real selling Iliads from their webshop is 15-th May...

And I didn't count time for testing Iliads with new firmware...

04-29-2006, 09:48 AM	#2
TaKir Keine Ursache! )) Posts: 146 Karma: 63 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost everywhere Device: Lbook V8 & V3_Vizplex	Alexander Really Good News! But I have to "put a fly in the ointment"... If "The company who does the embedded Linux OS hasn't delivered a final version yet", folks from Irex have to update firmware in each from thousands device they produce. I see 2 variants: - all Iliads are still at a factory (Philippines), not packed in retail boxes. It can take couple of days to udate firmware (if it is already finished), and to pack them in boxes. +shipment to Europe - 7-10 days by a ship. (I doubt, they will deliver Iliads by plane). - thousands of Iliads are already at Irex, they need much more time to unpack them, make updates, then pack them all "as they were". So, as I think, the optimistic time for real selling Iliads from their webshop is 15-th May... And I didn't count time for testing Iliads with new firmware... Last edited by TaKir; 04-29-2006 at 09:51 AM.