was there a line?
were they sold out?
please do tell your exwpeience dropping by your local at&t
I exchanged mine in store today. No line, no grand displays. Just 2 people there to get the Atrix. Only one phone on display and one dock without a phone to power it. This was in Northern CA. I was at the same store for iPhone PreOrders and it was a madhouse. I thought there would be a little more demand for the phone.
I bought 4 of them today at AT&T. They were the only ones that I could get 4 from. Radio Shack only had 1, Best Buy only had 1, and they said that they would only sell one per family... Weird. It's not like anyone was knocking down their doors for it.
I did because Im nbot up for an upgrade till March and I had to be a pig and get it today at ATT and not radio shack since they wont honor ATT's 30 day policy. I asked about there stock and they said they had plenty.
I picked one up today. Went in and swaped my 3 day old inspire. Prolly best desicion I've made un a few days.
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i thought there might have been a mad rush for it and getting sold out. i just sold my hd2 and itching to get the atrix or the pre 3 if that ever comes out
Dmappdev did the same thing. Had the inspire for 3 days. Inspire was awesome but I am loving the size and weight of tHe atrix. The rest is just icing on the cake
My local store said they had several but couldn't sell them because AT&T didn't send them any 4G SIM cards. The rep said I was the 6th or 7th person they turned away.
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4g sim? what is that nonsense?
Has there even been any advertising for this device? Apple drops 10s of millions months before a product drops, it's not shocking that a device with no major add campaign isn't flying off the shelves.
Maybe att doesnt want people to grab it just yet, until they actually turn on their 4g backhaul, cause ill say this right now. ATT does not have true hspa+, not like t-mobile.
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4g sim? what is that nonsense?
Has there even been any advertising for this device? Apple drops 10s of millions months before a product drops, it's not shocking that a device with no major add campaign isn't flying off the shelves.
Maybe att doesnt want people to grab it just yet, until they actually turn on their 4g backhaul, cause ill say this right now. ATT does not have true hspa+, not like t-mobile.
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I've seen a couple of commercials here and there.
I was the only idiot waiting for the store to open at 9am. The only other guy that even walked in was some old dude that lost his iPhone.
Had to call 3 different AT&T stores. The 3rd one had 2 more in stock, and asked if they would hold it for me.
got mine at the local att store, not a single person there. 10am
Walked into my local store at 7:30 tonight. No line. Walked out with my Atrix in about 30 minutes.
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I was told by my local AT&T store that they wouldn't even have any until March 3rd. The one i actually ordered my phone from said coming into the store might be pointless. I guess maybe not... but oh well.
As for the popularity.... just think about it for a second. If it doesn't have a shiny apple on the back of it, then the vast majority of the "smartphone" population doesn't care about it.
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I did the same thing, stopped by on my way to class this morning.
I dropped by yesterday to make sure that they'd have enough in stock, and the guy (at that time) told me they had plenty. When I was talking to the guy that was writing me up, he told me they only had two in stock haha. Lucky me.
My att said they sold a few today. They had both docks out for display and people were checking them out. Coming from an iphone4 I couldn't be happier to be honest.
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I picked mine up today in Rolla MO ( small town south east of St. Louis) I was the first on the list, some people after me came into buy as well. I got to keep my unlimited data plan, and the whole process took about 15 min. Unfortunately the store i went to didn't get any docks in, but i got a card for 15% off any accessories i pick up later.
Coming from a Iphone 3g I am very very happy with the atrix, I am having a few android growing pains ( like contacts not filtered by last name) But so far i really like this phone.
The best part is that my hick ass town which only got 3g last year, already has the back haul in place for 4g (att's sorry rendition of it) so im getting 4megs down and .5 up.. thats a hell of a lot better than the speeds i was getting on my crippled Iphone.
I called the two corporate stores near me. Only one got a shipment of 5 phones in yesterday, the other wasn't getting theirs until this afternoon.
I walked into the store that got them last night right after they opened and 20 miutes later me and my new phone hit the road.
They didn't even have any on display.
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Bought mine across the street from the Cowboy's Stadium (not a fan just a location reference) and they only received three. I bought the last one. I have another that I pre-ordered for my Dad. The store I went to had the display out and they worked on it for a few days getting it all put together. It only had one working Atrix that was securely tethered with one of those flexy coil reels so that you can place the phone in any of the three docks to check it out. I was there just after 10:00 when the store opened.
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On release day, March 24th 2009, I was forced to work late. Turns out, it didn't matter since the phones were sold out 4 hours after the official release.
The next batch that came through lasted longer, but I was having a financial crisis and put off grabbing one, thinking foolishly that the surge was over.
There are 19 T-Mo stores within 100 miles of my house and I am now on a first-name-basis with most of their clerks
Austin is not only home to Dell, SXSWi and hundreds of video game companies, but it is also home to millions of techies slobering over this new gadget.
Two days ago, I was going through my twice-daily ritual of contacting the stores in the area when, on my third store, I heard that they now had 15 in stock.
15?!? I thought that was a joke! I jumped into my car and drove 10 minutes to the store, walking in just ahead of three others. There were 4 phones left.
While purchasing the phone, several others came rushing in, sweaty and begging, but to no avail, the phones were gone. 24 of them between 1pm and 3pm. Those were the only HD2s sold in Austin this week.
I now have my phone and am guarding it like a lost treasure. I don't know what they are going for on eBay right now, but it breaks my heart to think of parting with it after suffering for so long to get it...
I was pretty lucky I guess. I walked in 10 minutes after T-Mobile opened on release day here in Los Angeles, and walked out with the phone 15 minutes later.
Looks like they underestimated the demand, or they are expecting a lot of returns, lol.
I got it the day they were released. The T-Mobile store was giving conflicting prices than what the a T-Mobile call center rep told me and my father on the phone (we both wanted the phone). Store refused to match the call centers prices. Our rep called the store while we were there and not only did we get the phone but they gave us a buy 1 get 1 free. We still had to renew our contracts but I didn't mind, you can't argue with a free phone. The call center rep said they were sorry of the inconvenience and made note on how we have been with t mobile for many years. Two HD2's for only $199.
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I was pretty lucky I guess. I walked in 10 minutes after T-Mobile opened on release day here in Los Angeles, and walked out with the phone 15 minutes later.
Looks like they underestimated the demand, or they are expecting a lot of returns, lol.
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The T-Mo reps on the phone told me that normally the company will set aside a few thousand of the new phones for the employees to purchase, but due to the demand, they've barred employees from purchasing the phone.
This sucks for employees, since they can't actually use the phone on a daily basis and be able to field questions from their customers, but it rocks for everyone else.
Can you imagine how pissed I would have been if I had found everyone at the stores carrying this phone but I couldn't have one? LOL!
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I went to the T-Mobile outlet @ about 2PM on the launch day. I thought nobody would want this phone as it has the 'Marked for death' OS.
I causally asked the rep, how the sales was. he said mine was the last one left, the I went to another shop to get the screen protector as these were out of it.
In the other shop, those guys were so surprised that I was able to get one so late in the day.
With WM7 around the corner I'm surprised this phone is selling this hot.
PS: At the look of it I hate the WM7 with the same disgust I reserve for the iPhones. And I got this because its the last hurray of a beautiful OS. My heart broke when they excluded US from HD launch, so this is like a dream come true. 4.3' capacitive screen with snapdragon. I'm pinching myself. But for the shear 'unique' feel I'll still keep my N900.
Talk about going threw hell to get this phone, I live in Alaska and we dont have T-mobile here so I had to use wirefly to order the phone on a new two year t-mobile contract using my old home Address in CT, and then have the phone sent to my brother (they wouldnt send the phone to a different state then the billing addy) for him to send to me here lol oh and had to sell my Tilt 2 to afford it and have been stuck with my old V3 razor till it gets here on Sat lol The things we do for our Toys lol
I drove 45 minutes to get mine 2 days before launch
HD2
Walked into one Tmobile store at 12:30pm, they were sold out.
Drove 10 miles to the other local Tmobile shop and they had 6 left.
Slapped down 450 dollars, smiled and walked out the door, HD2 in hand, it was like it was Christmas morning.
No regrets, no complaints.
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I went into a tmo affiliate store the day before to check out the Cliq. I never even considered the HD2. I looked at the screen, then saw it was winmo and spent about 30 minutes talking myself into it after I swore no more winmo phones. After watching about 10 minutes of transformers I was sold.
Biggest plus of winmo is desktop access to my phone via Soti and or mymobiler.
Biggest negative, no ipsecvpn with challenge response -:-( <--I didn't research that part, and a work colleague said they got their Eris working, this is my dealbreaker. Sucks I have to sell, I like everything else about it.
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Biggest plus of winmo is desktop access to my phone via Soti and or mymobiler.
Biggest negative, no ipsecvpn with challenge response -:-( <--I didn't research that part, and a work colleague said they got their Eris working, this is my dealbreaker. Sucks I have to sell, I like everything else about it.
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Wait, you're selling your HD2?
Oh Snap!!!
I talked myself into getting the phone on launch day, called all stores within 100miles from me, nothing all sold out (pretty pissed), as I walk into walmart I see they sell it, had 1 in stock and I bought it. Still smile everytime I take it out of my pocket. I got it for 148.88 yes!!!!
I didn't go through anything because not getting the phone isn't the end of the world.
So I ordered mine on the 25th and got put on a waiting list..No big deal...The phone was mailed and delivered to me 6 days later.
I had it 4 days before its public release.
All I did was; headed into my store when I received a call that the FedEx truck had arrived, unpackaged the shipment, grabbed my reserved unit... and left the store... went home and then slept for the rest of my day off.
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I had it 4 days before its public release.
All I did was; headed into my store when I received a call that the FedEx truck had arrived, unpackaged the shipment, grabbed my reserved unit... and left the store... went home and then slept for the rest of my day off.
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LOL, you got lucky, 'cause just after that they canceled employee purchases
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Wait, you're selling your HD2?
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I'm trying to trade for a N1 if possible, in marketplace and at work. At the same time I am trying all the different vpn's for winmo (trials) in what seems to be a vain attempt to get vpn working.
Ordered it online on Monday and received it on Thursday afternoon. Paid WAYYY less than T-Mobile. Was willing to pay the $149.00 through a AAA discount but when I called they said it was 199.00. Called a third party supplier and got it for 1/2 the 149 as a new 2 year activation. Was a little reluctant and was even thinking of cancelling with the third party because there seem to be a few bad reviews but I have 14 days return 30 day exchange.
Still can get the 14% off AAA discount off my bill and got the insurance which is now activated. Was a little hesitant but it was manufactured sealed and so far is physically flawless. Have the 3g connect problems everyone else seems to have. Had a SMT5600, 2125, TYTN, TYTN II Kaiser and a FUZE for a week (sold it for more than I paid for it once I saw the HD2). So far its a MAJOR improvement in build quality and usability. The only thing I wish it had was conversation record with RESCO or VITO.
bought it at 2am in the moring !!!
T-Mo online store was out of stock. Then a friend of mine called me up at 2:30 am at night on March 30th to say they are available. Bought the phone while half asleep, woke up next morning to see it was out of stock again
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T-Mo online store was out of stock. Then a friend of mine called me up at 2:30 am at night on March 30th to say they are available. Bought the phone while half asleep, woke up next morning to see it was out of stock again
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Now THAT is HTC dedication!
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I'm trying to trade for a N1 if possible, in marketplace and at work. At the same time I am trying all the different vpn's for winmo (trials) in what seems to be a vain attempt to get vpn working.
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You shouldn't have any problems trading down like that. (Yes, I said trading down. I've played with the Nexus One and it is awesome, but this phone is lightspeeds beyond it IMHO)
So the IPSec/L2TP and PPTP settings won't work for you because you need a "challenge response"? I can't believe that no one has created a "fix" for this somewhere on these forums...
just sat down, ordered online through wirefly with 100 bing cashback.
Engadget is reporting that Sprint has sold out on their initial stock of EVO's for their stores and online, and likely BestBuy and The Shack.
Great news eh?
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Every store in Houston sold out within 15 minutes. I was able to convince a best buy employee to give me some poor other guys preorder...
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Every store in Houston sold out within 15 minutes. I was able to convince a best buy employee to give me some poor other guys preorder...
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you must have done some pretty serious convincing...
Checked the Sprint link...
Here was the message
"Sorry, this device is so hot we can't keep it on our virtual shelves.
Check back later - more are on their way!"
Man, I just ordered mine yesterday online and it arrived today (free overnight shipping) ...Phew, that was close!
i had called up 3 different sprint stores and this is what i was told
store 1: sold out, will get new shipment either friday or tuesday
store 2: sold out, taking deposit to reserve one (45 people already on list)
store 3: had few in stock (Silver Spring, MD)
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you must have done some pretty serious convincing...
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Not sure how I did it to be honest. I'm told I come across as very intimidating.. but I was in no way upset, and understanding of the shortage. Next thing I know I see him go to the locked closet...grab one out of the stack and peel someones name off of it..
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Not sure how I did it to be honest. I'm told I come across as very intimidating.. but I was in no way upset, and understanding of the shortage. Next thing I know I see him go to the locked closet...grab one out of the stack and peel someones name off of it..
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are you a new customer? maybe thats why
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697976
Radio shack is the only place in lower NH i could get on a pre-order list. Comes in Friday
Good thing I ordered mine Sunday.. i received it earlier today!
Here in Ohio no better, Went to best buy with my buddy, was quoted as Evo shippment tomorrow and now it's been moved to a nice lovely ambiguous "sometime from wednesday to friday" Here's hoping sooner rather than later but oh well. Here's hoping we can survive the great evo shortage of 2010! (*side note* kinda regretting not pre-ordering sooner, I was 8 people into the 2nd batch forcing me to wait an extra week. BAH!)
its good news, i just wished they had more accessories on launch day!
Decided to give in and pick one of these up yesterday. Couldnt find one in stock anywhere. This morning I was prepared to call every Radio Shack in the area. The 1st one I called said someone just took themselves off the list and that they had one available. I put my name on it, and picked it up 20 minutes later.
I have 2 friends that got theirs this same way. I did pre order one for my girlfriend though while I was there and she will be getting it on Friday.
I just got mine today and I had to call 8 or so sprint stores to find one in stock, ends up the store I got mine at had 10 in stock still from the first shipment and they had given a lot of their first order of 300 to other area stores. Once I got there it took them about 2 and a half hours to activate the flippin thing, my voice and 4g connected but my 3g never came up, took them forever to sort it out. They actually had to activate two evos to figure the problem out. I got 2 boxes and goodies out of the deal though, I am in the kc area too.
Which Sprint store was this? Im also in the KC area and have a few friends wondering if anyone has them in stock. Sounds like that store may be worth a shot.
argh its sold out online again!! I can't wait any longer!
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argh its sold out online again!! I can't wait any longer!
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i ordered mine online last night at 11pm central time and it was available waiting for it to come now ughhhh!!!!! all i have been doing is making lists of apps and what i want to try (been a windows mobile guy since the tilt days currently have a HTC Touch Pro 2 unlocked gotta sell that once my EVO comes in cant wait
Which Sprint store was this? Im also in the KC area and have a few friends wondering if anyone has them in stock. Sounds like that store may be worth a shot.
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I scooped mine up from the studio Sprint store, downtown in the power and light district, like 14th and grand, also I got a call from the Sprint store that I was on a waiting list at and they had one for me, i was number 15 I believe.
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I ordered mine online on the 7th, and it showed up UPS on the 9th. I couldn't have done better searching around. I say Sprint has come a long way.
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i ordered mine online last night at 11pm central time and it was available waiting for it to come now ughhhh!!!!! all i have been doing is making lists of apps and what i want to try (been a windows mobile guy since the tilt days currently have a HTC Touch Pro 2 unlocked gotta sell that once my EVO comes in cant wait
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I was going to order it online last night and then dumb me second guessed myself and decided to see if i could get lucky in a store today. Now I realize that was a very stupid idea.
how are some of you getting overnight delivery; i placed my order around 12pm PST yesterday and i still haven't received a delivery notification or any updates; it still says waiting in the warehouse for processing; this is annoying me since it's supposed to be overnight delivery
do you think t-mobile will run out of the vibrant on launch day? the reason i'm asking is that i don't get off work til late afternoon and i hope they don't sell out.
you will get one tomorrow , there aren't many people mind vibrant
I figure out today I was the first & last customer for two weeks ago who pre-orderd this phone at Radio Shack(Boston-downtown)
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do you think t-mobile will run out of the vibrant on launch day? the reason i'm asking is that i don't get off work til late afternoon and i hope they don't sell out.
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At my store we got a pretty good supply of them, unlike the HD2. Its doubtful it will sell out but you could call your local store and see if they are willing to hold one for you till end of day.
I called my local T-Mobile Store yesterday, and they are holding a Vibrant for me til the end of the day, and they only got 4 in
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I called my local T-Mobile Store yesterday, and they are holding a Vibrant for me til the end of the day, and they only got 4 in
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call around, my store is getting 30 and we are a low to mid volume store
I talked to a clerk and she said they were getting 15. Which she considered a lot. Said they only got 5 HD2 when it was released.
Still I'm not taking chances and will be at the store before it opens.
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I talked to a clerk and she said they were getting 15. Which she considered a lot. Said they only got 5 HD2 when it was released.
Still I'm not taking chances and will be at the store before it opens.
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I'm with you, I know that it's not like the iphone that people get crazy and stuff but I'll be there before they open just in case
I'll be heading out in about 10-15 minutes to go procure my vibrant. gonna show up a couple minutes early. I thought the HD2 launch was gonna be slow, and I was wrong on that, I showed up 10 minutes early then and there was already like 8 people waiting
I just called the one near me, he said they got about 60 of them. No need to try to have them hold one.
Gonna pick it up after work. New Android phone to play with! Yay!
Sadly I'm out of town and I'm not able to go roaming around for a T-mobile store so I ordered mine via CC service. They didn't seem to think there would be any shortages any time soon. I would be worried that they would run out of those screens since others like the Evo have been having issues.
When I get home mine should be waiting for me.
I was the only customer waiting at my store when I picked up my Vibrant. I was thankful I didn't have to wait in a line, but part of me hopes that popularity of the Vibrant grows. I'd like the largest dev community on the TMobile version of the Galaxy S.
The change in release date a week out might of changed initial demands?
I think Samsung has a LOT of the devices around though to be honest, and if a store ran out, tmobile will still have them in stock at a warehouse and be in stock within a day or two.
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True. The first clerk I spoke with at our downtown store thought the date was the 21st.
when i picked up my vibrant today, there were a few people purchasing it, however the clerk said that the mytouch slide had a line thouroughout the day on it's release date. i guess the reason being is that t-mobile advertised the **** out of the mytouch. even in the store all you see is the mytouch all ove the place. i guess if t-mobile advertised this phone as much as the mytouch slide then more people would've been there purchasing the phone.
I've read around somewhere that Samsung is going to be doing the advertising more than the carriers. I haven't seen any on TV or online, so I'm not sure if Samsung is going to start it any time soon.
I walked into the T-Mobile corp. store here in town around 11 CST. There were exactly one customer per sales rep, and the only other person in there looking for the vibrant was another guy from my job.
They had not even opened the shipping case of Vibrants until he arrived there. No displays, they had a demo unit, but it was locked in the drawer under one of the cash registers. They didn't even know if they were supposed to be selling them today.
I couldn't believe the total lack of advertising they had up--I'm talking none at all. Their "showcase" device was still the MTS. Go figure.
u too?
WTF?!
This is google's solution to lack of demand? Ok, let's hit a prime retail outlet and only give them 30 phones per store. Suuuuure. That's gonna work.
All u do is tick me off.
I can't even get an online order to process because it keeps erroring out through tmobile. Seriously?! WFF.
Lol you think 30 phones is bad? Because the majority of stores near me don't activate tmo they only had 4 and even showing up early I was the first in line to not get one. Caller me back because the guy in front of me didn't know that there's no 3g on att. Then the phone had a big screen defect. Luckily after BB computer wouldn't allow a return and having to drive 25 miles to a store that had one, the employee there figures out how to bypass it and get me a new one. So far perfect! Hang in there... went through 8 vibrants, four mt4gs and on my second nexus. You should just order it online, and save the hassle of having to deal with the store. Don't know why no one informed beat buy employees how to handle this phone.
Sorry didn't see you couldn't order
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The first Nexus fell on its face so this may have been a safety measure. Best Buy was a poor choice in my eyes since they are not a full tmobile supporter. I don't get why they got the exclusive over the carrier themselves.
ive waited a total of 10 hours or more on the phone (on hold) with bestbuy.
what's wrong with this picture?
I don't understand actually, I mean in Boston the store had only 4 devices. I one of the 4 who got one . Why don't Google throw more phones? overstock is better than no stock at all. Was it a rush to catch the holidays? It doesn't make sense either, because if you want to sell for the holidays you want to sell larger number than this.
Least we could grt rewardzone points!
I only waited in line for about 30 minutes at the Best Buy Mobile at the nearest mall to me and one other guy showed up right at open, and they had about 70 to sell... so iono why other stores are being so limited... odd.
My experience was way different. In a city of 100k+ I stopped in today and they had only sold one besides mine yesterday morning. Guy said they had 25000 ready to order. Best buy headquarters is only a few blocks away so maybe that contributes
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any posibility to get an unlocked device next week?
Just curious if it lived up to all the hype, or if the price poured water on the fire.
I waited in a line of 3 people... they had 10 xooms.
But oh man. Honeycomb is God. Google Music is sexy aswell
There was no line, but one other person showed up to get one while I was checking out shortly after they opened the doors.
So far, I really... really like it... more-so than I was expecting.
Everyone is impressed by Apple's lines for new Apple products, but those are most often picked up at Apple stores, of which there are a very limited number in most cities (often no more than one). I never expected much of a line for the Xoom, but the fact that it's available at so many locations really limits the ability to create those impressive snakes that make it on the news whenever the next iPhone launches. In other words, there's no go-to place to pick up the latest and greatest Android device.
But of course, Motorola so botched this launch, that I don't think the Xoom ever had a chance to really be huge.
Went to my local Verizon store. I was the only one in there buying a Xoom.
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I waited in a line of 3 people... they had 10 xooms.
But oh man. Honeycomb is God. Google Music is sexy aswell
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In BB there was 4 of us picking ours up. In Verizon store no one had bought one yet.
My Best buy was practically empty. The salesman mentioned that someone else had already picked one up, but it was pretty damn quiet there.
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I was the first person and only person in line at 10:00am
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I was the first and only person buying at Costco at about 10:45am.
At the nearest corporate VZ store, I was told I was only the 2nd customer of the day purchasing a Xoom.
However, about an hour after I walked out of the store I got a call from a sales rep that had been reserving a unit for me; she said she was hanging on to the last one they had in the store.
Seeing as how I didn't see much demand, each store must have gotten very few for launch day. The store manager raved about the device though, he said that yesterday the Moto rep had come in to show them all the bells and whistles. The manager looked like a gadget geek, and he was oozing excitement about the tablet.
I called my Best Buy today and they still had the iPhone Verizon launch announcement, from last week.
I went in to demo it in the afternoon - a few people looked at it after me but I didn't see any major push for the device. It was in the laptop section and not very easy to find.
Only 2 at BB at 10am
There was only 2 of us picking up at 10 am. They only had 5 and were all sold day before. I think people are waiting to see what Ipad 2 has to offer.
My Best Buy had 3 sold within an hour of opening (including me).
My bestbuy had 10 of them when i got there..& i was the only 1 at that time picking up the Xoom..the sales guy told me another person had picked up 1 before me ..but he said that everybody had been coming in to see it.
I have three Verizon stores in *close* driving distance, one Apple store. There's not lines because Verizon has more stores. Not to mention Best Buys.
Apple's releases are initially mostly limited to Apple stores, so the get the lines, creates a look of more hype, etc. Apple's a genius at receiving customers to make more hype than there should be.
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At the verizon store I was told I was the third one of the day, around noon. They aren't pushing it, there weren't even signs up for it, still iphone stuff everywhere.
I got my pre-order call to pickup my Xoom, I left work drove 40 miles to my best buy and when I got there only to find they sold mine. I was ready to rip this guys off, he called around and found one a few miles away now I have one. Love it but typing this is vary laggy
there weren't any lines at the verizon store near me but their shipment sold out within an hour of opening. i went back later on around 7pm to pick up a case and they told me they shipped more over from another store and they sold those out within 30 minutes.
I was the only one in the VZ store picking one up and now I have to return it for the %25 off one coming from Moto.
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I got my pre-order call to pickup my Xoom, I left work drove 40 miles to my best buy and when I got there only to find they sold mine. I was ready to rip this guys off, he called around and found one a few miles away now I have one. Love it but typing this is vary laggy
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I noticed the same thing when posting here on XDA from the Xoom. On another forum, it is fast. Gmail, is also very fast. Seems to be something with XDA and the Xoom browser.