vaporware...titillation...

[John Ragle]

I tend to agree with Richard Thorpe's impatience with the insiders'
commentary on the P3. Arch-rival Flex Radio has been doing this sort of
thing for months WRT pSDR, and the latest aspect regards their Flex 1500
which has been promised for a year or so and which has now been released
to a number of insiders, who brag about it on the Flex reflector, even
though the delivery date continues to slide.

The worst offender in this respect has been Apple, but at least they
will have a more or less fixed date for their newest products. One
cannot even get price/release information on the P3 from Elecraft (I've
tried), even though  pre-release pictures and insider commentaries abound.

John Ragle -- W1ZI
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[w7go]

This generates more interest and more buyers which is the name of the game.

73,

Tony W7go

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, John Ragle <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I tend to agree with Richard Thorpe's impatience with the insiders'
> commentary on the P3. Arch-rival Flex Radio has been doing this sort of
> thing for months WRT pSDR, and the latest aspect regards their Flex 1500
> which has been promised for a year or so and which has now been released
> to a number of insiders, who brag about it on the Flex reflector, even
> though the delivery date continues to slide.
>
> The worst offender in this respect has been Apple, but at least they
> will have a more or less fixed date for their newest products. One
> cannot even get price/release information on the P3 from Elecraft (I've
> tried), even though  pre-release pictures and insider commentaries abound.
>
> John Ragle -- W1ZI
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[Rick Prather]

Don't know how you can say that about Apple..

They NEVER give out advanced info and seldom announce release dates until after a new product has been announced with details specs and prices.

Now, the rumor sites are a different story.


On 3/30/2010, at 11:50 , John Ragle wrote:

>snip<
>
> The worst offender in this respect has been Apple, but at least they
> will have a more or less fixed date for their newest products.
>snip<

> John Ragle -- W1ZI

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[Joe Subich, W4TV-4]

Those who have paid attention to this list will recall
that at the Orlando Hamcation (six weeks ago) Eric
"announced" a target price of "under $700" with delivery
"about Dayton."

There has been no indication of any change in that status.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of John Ragle
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> Subject: [Elecraft] vaporware...titillation...
>
>
> I tend to agree with Richard Thorpe's impatience with the insiders'
> commentary on the P3. Arch-rival Flex Radio has been doing
> this sort of
> thing for months WRT pSDR, and the latest aspect regards
> their Flex 1500
> which has been promised for a year or so and which has now
> been released
> to a number of insiders, who brag about it on the Flex
> reflector, even
> though the delivery date continues to slide.
>
> The worst offender in this respect has been Apple, but at least they
> will have a more or less fixed date for their newest products. One
> cannot even get price/release information on the P3 from
> Elecraft (I've
> tried), even though  pre-release pictures and insider
> commentaries abound.
>
> John Ragle -- W1ZI
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[Rick Prather]

To me there is a big difference between a company consciously generating vaporware type info to freeze the market and interesting comments by an engineer about a neat new feature he has found.

I, for one, appreciate Lyle sharing that info with us and hope he let's us know about any other features he finds as he explores the P3.

Rick
K6LE

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