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XOOM in the UK

I have been checking the carphone warehouse site religiously. Everywhere claims they have pre-order, which sure, the page is there, but now button to preorder.
Anyway, I have just noticed today that the "out of stock" has changed to "in-stock" and the "expected early april" has changed to "for delivery mid-april".
This looks hopeful, but I'm the kind that was born without and never learned patience, I really hope I don't have to wait until mid-april.
Still, promising news of us getting it some time soon.
Just to spark some potential conversation, I fully intend to get the 3G version since I think a Wifi tablet is a waste of time, if you can't access the internet on the go, what's the point?
I'm an Android Developer by profession so I use my Tabs and Phones all hours of the day in all manner of places. I can't wait till the London underground gets 3G, I'll take a trip there just to sit on a circular tube line with my XOOM

Hi,
PcWorld still have it for availability on the 9-4-11 for the wifi version so here is hoping, getting feed up of waiting now
Steve

hi there i pre-ordered from carphone warehouse and i received email about the delay this is the email i received :
Your Motorola XOOM pre-order
Hi,
We’re writing to let you know that unfortunately, your Motorola XOOM
pre-order has been slightly delayed.
This is due to a delay in the official launch for Motorola XOOM 3G.
We tried to contact you but had no luck.
We now expect stock to arrive in our warehouse on Saturday 16th April,
for delivery to you on Tuesday 19th April.
We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused.
What can I do now?
You don’t need to do anything – we’ll dispatch your tablet as soon as it
arrives in our warehouse.
Alternatively you can cancel your order by calling us on 0870 870 870.
Thanks for choosing The Carphone Warehouse.

mootfqa2 said:
hi there i pre-ordered from carphone warehouse and i received email about the delay this is the email i received :
Your Motorola XOOM pre-order
Hi,
We’re writing to let you know that unfortunately, your Motorola XOOM
pre-order has been slightly delayed.
This is due to a delay in the official launch for Motorola XOOM 3G.
We tried to contact you but had no luck.
We now expect stock to arrive in our warehouse on Saturday 16th April,
for delivery to you on Tuesday 19th April.
We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused.
What can I do now?
You don’t need to do anything – we’ll dispatch your tablet as soon as it
arrives in our warehouse.
Alternatively you can cancel your order by calling us on 0870 870 870.
Thanks for choosing The Carphone Warehouse.
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Yikes, that's pretty much the end of April. How did you manage to pre-order? Website has nothing, and I tried the 3 stores in town, not one of them had a clue, half of the staff had never even heard of it.

alias_neo said:
Yikes, that's pretty much the end of April. How did you manage to pre-order? Website has nothing, and I tried the 3 stores in town, not one of them had a clue, half of the staff had never even heard of it.
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alias_neo, you can preorder by clicking the ad on the carphone warehouse front page, then 'view deals'.
Now this is where the 'add to basket' didn't show up for me in firefox! It said 'Out of stock - Back order' but there was no means to actually buy. I opened it in IE (yuck) and the 'add to basket' button was there.
I also got the email saying delivery is expected on 19th April

mmcclair said:
alias_neo, you can preorder by clicking the ad on the carphone warehouse front page, then 'view deals'.
Now this is where the 'add to basket' didn't show up for me in firefox! It said 'Out of stock - Back order' but there was no means to actually buy. I opened it in IE (yuck) and the 'add to basket' button was there.
I also got the email saying delivery is expected on 19th April
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Ahhh! I'v never used IE a day in my life, no wonder I couldn't find the button, bit of a flaw for Firefox users not to be able to buy it.

I got the Verizon version in the States last week works a treat over here (wifi only ofc) i could not wait for release over here...LOL
Lordao

if indeed they are expecting the XOOM in the mid of april, might as well wait for another few weeks till the google IO where rumours that they will be abnnouncing a similar to Nexus line of tablet. a pure google dev device.
i have pre-ordered mine as well, but tempted to cancel it after i heard that google might come out with a dev tablet.

qwerp_ said:
if indeed they are expecting the XOOM in the mid of april, might as well wait for another few weeks till the google IO where rumours that they will be abnnouncing a similar to Nexus line of tablet. a pure google dev device.
i have pre-ordered mine as well, but tempted to cancel it after i heard that google might come out with a dev tablet.
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No point, the XOOM is as good as a dev tablet. It's a comes with Google device so no mods, it will get the updates.
Unless something that can prove it's better comes out within a couple of weeks I'll be getting this for my development and general entertainment, I just don't have the patience to keep waiting.

alias_neo said:
No point, the XOOM is as good as a dev tablet. It's a comes with Google device so no mods, it will get the updates.
Unless something that can prove it's better comes out within a couple of weeks I'll be getting this for my development and general entertainment, I just don't have the patience to keep waiting.
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it will get the updates, but most likely from either modders/hackers or officially from motorola. not from google.
look at it as a Motorola Droid, the first experience device for android.
not quite a dev device.
i was hoping it to be something like the the t-mobile G1, or the HTC magic where they make it a official dev device... but again, i might be wrong.
just another point. can't seems to find any information or download link of 99b3b5f5dcde.signed-trygon-HRI66-from-HRI39.00b3b5f5.zip that comes from google.
the file that floats around just seems to be the cached one.

Engadget
qwerp_ said:
it will get the updates, but most likely from either modders/hackers or officially from motorola. not from google.
look at it as a Motorola Droid, the first experience device for android.
not quite a dev device.
i was hoping it to be something like the the t-mobile G1, or the HTC magic where they make it a official dev device... but again, i might be wrong.
just another point. can't seems to find any information or download link of 99b3b5f5dcde.signed-trygon-HRI66-from-HRI39.00b3b5f5.zip that comes from google.
the file that floats around just seems to be the cached one.
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Did the Droid have a locked bootloader?
I just saw this on Engadget: HERE
That the XOOM will finally be launched here in the UK next week. I swear, if they only release the Wifi version next week XOOM is going bye-bye and I'm spending the cash on a box of Cohiba Esplendido. I just don't have this kind of patience.
Any the rumour mongering alongside the negative user reviews is starting to put me off the device. I'm an Android dev in my day job, I want a dev device, not another Galaxy Tab like I'm stuck with now.

qwerp_ said:
if indeed they are expecting the XOOM in the mid of april, might as well wait for another few weeks till the google IO where rumours that they will be abnnouncing a similar to Nexus line of tablet. a pure google dev device.
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How likely is this? I'm interested for the same reason I got my N1, updates from Google directly rather than via a 3rd party. The Xoom is the tablet version of the Droid imho.

I cannot wait next week to cam! BUT! Something is holding me back, just from my experience the first product from manufacture is always suffer from bad design….. I think I will wait Samsung 10.1….. grrr I’m confused

UK Launch Date 1st May

According to techradar the UK launch date is now officially 1st May. They don't say the source other than
Samsung has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S2 will be heading to shops on 1 May, offering Android 2.3 and Samsung's Super AMOLED Plus screen technology.
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Where Samsung announced it I dont know, twitter? There isn't even an S2 page on the Samsung UK website that I can find.
But good to know that this phone isn't far away. Cant imagine other country release dates will be too far away.
This ties in with the email Clove sent a member, so preorders wont be sent till the 3rd, but should be available in stores over the May Day bank holiday period.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s2-uk-release-date-1-may-942119
Edit: Engadget have also confirmed this, including the press release in the article. Much more useful.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/11/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-to-be-available-may-1st-in-the-uk/
The post also confirms HSDPA+ usage for the UK at "upto" 21mbps. First phone to offer this in the UK, surprised it isn't making the UK headlines more.

this has already been posted in other threads with a proper link to Engadget and with the source being Samsung UK themselves.

now how do i spend 20 days. times like these inspire me to build a time machine.

Well, I didnt think most people would look in a 30 page thread that was started by trolls. As you were posting I found the engadget link.
But most interesting is 21mbps internet. Will all carriers other than 3 revert back to existing plans of more than 500mb internet? Otherwise lets pray 3 get it on may 1st.

no problemo , a firm official UK release info deserves its own thread. I was just hinting that the info was HERE at xda , there was no need to go read other sites
Congrats UK fellows, you can relax now and just wait out your 20 days

This is the email i got from mobiles.co.uk
Hello Mr Miller,
Thank you for your email,
The handset is due for release the week commencing 25th April.
Should you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Regards
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Lubna Azim
Correspondence Advisor
Mobiles.co.uk
do you reckon this sti.l means i'll get it after may 1st?

But if I order the S2 online from clove for example, how do I will know which screen it has, what's the processor speed or graphic chipset...?

walk.away said:
According to techradar the UK launch date is now officially 1st May. They don't say the source other than
Where Samsung announced it I dont know, twitter? There isn't even an S2 page on the Samsung UK website that I can find.
But good to know that this phone isn't far away. Cant imagine other country release dates will be too far away.
This ties in with the email Clove sent a member, so preorders wont be sent till the 3rd, but should be available in stores over the May Day bank holiday period.
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You are referring to my post here.

Samsung UK
We’re really excited to announce that the Galaxy S II, our slimmest and lightest smartphone yet, will be available in shops from 1st May 2011.
From the official Samsung UK facebook page

How much will it be?
This is probably the best time to sell my galaxy S.

Best to set a budget of around £500.

Wonder is Carphone Warehouse will have it available in store on launch day? If they do I'll go instore and pick one up.

I believe they have stated that it will be available after the 3rd May, Samsung will Ship on the 1St, and the 2nd is a holiday.

dhruvmalik said:
I believe they have stated that it will be available after the 3rd May, Samsung will Ship on the 1St, and the 2nd is a holiday.
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Why would Samsing 'ship' on a Sunday?
If you ask me, they'll be shipping the week before, ready for the retail release on the Sunday, and, as with most bank holidays, there will be plenty of people out shopping.

okay now my turn xd
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soraxd said:
okay now my turn xd
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if you looked at the time and date you will find this is the first of the two posts. and bann this user? really?

ill be visiting the carphone warehouse near the time to see if they will have stock in on the 3rd.

Hopefully there will be a small proce drop as there will be the launch of the sensation too.
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okay now my turn xd
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okay now i'm off the floor from falling off my chair laughing.
HEY MR ADm1N, i PosT rANDoM crAP TO LOOK COoL, BaN EVERY1 WHo RITEZZZZ iN THIS TOPiCX.
On relation to the topic. Yeh the proximity of the release of the Sensation may cause price plans to be reavaluated, especially as they are phones being released around the time of an uprgrade for HTC Hero/Desire users. Think I may take a trip to town just to admire lustfully at the screen and to count down the hours till my contract ends.
As Sensation has been I think said to be priced similarly to the DHD, will the S2 be similar to the S1 when it was launched?

Has anyone been on the phone to the carriers yet specifically Orange? My contract is up at the moment and I am just on a rolling 30 day contract whilst waiting for this. When i phoned them up last week the guy didn't have a notion about the SGS2 so just wanted to check on here before phoning back again.

My Email to Rogers if they will have the Silver Color.

Me:Hello, The Xperia Arc launches on the 28th, I was wondering if it will come in a Silver color as well? Or only black/blue?
Rogers:Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, we appreciate your use of online customer service.
In your recent email, you were inquiring if Rogers has any plans to release the Xperia Arc in Silver.
I would like to inform you that we presently do not offer this wireless device and are not aware of the colors of our devices prior to launching the device.
We would ask that you continue to check www.rogers.com periodically for launch dates of our upcoming wireless devices.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me again at www.rogers.com/contactus. Alternatively, you may also contact Customer Service by phone at 1-888-764-3771. Their hours are of operation are from 6am to 2am, Eastern Standard Time, 7 days a week.
You are a valued customer and we thank you for your business.
Regards,
David
Bummer.

solidkevin said:
You are a valued customer and we thank you for your business.
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...but we won't answer you question but put some generic replay template and send it to you.
It OK! they may sell it and reveal it after launch on 28th. it may be exclusively to best buy? here in the US this is what would happen. any other color goes to Best Buy.
We will see.

i just asked the same question over at redboard.rogers.com, just waiting for a reply now.
6 more days til launch

Rogers' Customer Support E-mail service never actually helps you with anything as far as my experience goes with them. I'd try calling the customer service and see if they fare any better, but if not, release is just around the corner anyways...

How do you guys know for sure it launches April 28th on Rogers? I heard from a rep its May 2nd.. but not sure if he knew 100% either

Bah at least you got an answer....
I think i subscribed 3 times already to their pre order thing ( yes great programming there.... ) and never got the call on the week of the 15th or anything since then
Plus I called the Customer Relation departement two , three times to see if the reason I wasnt contacted was because I'm not eligible to an upgrade and couldnt get a stupid answer...
They won't even speak of pricing or anything , even less release date, even tho Rogers officially announced it.
The only bit of information that I managed to get was:
"It is launching before May"
So i doubt the may 2nd date is valid =|

well if it helps confirm that its the 28th, i pre-ordered mine from a sony style store and they are getting it for sure on the 28th, which would mean rogers will as well.
i had a chance to play with it in store the other day, man is it fast! i had an iphone 4 and an atrix prior and to be honest i see no difference in speed between dual cores and single cores. maybe a second or two delay in opening heavier applications but thats about it. either way, cannot wait till thursday

Galaxy tab 10.1 now baned in eroupe

Hi all.
Just like to display my disgust over these lawsuits between Samsung and apple. Been waiting what seems like forever to get my hands on a galaxy tab 10.1. Pre ordered the 64gb version from curry's in the uk. The release date ment to be this Thursday (18/08/11) But just had a email from them saying your product is now been cancelled due to lawsuits.
Just started this thread to see if anyone else had any other information concerning this matter. As i would like to keep my money and wait till it is back on the market.
thanks
matty

I understand your disappointment but there is no need to make another thread about this.
Check out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1210363
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1210702

Hi thanks for your understanding. i dident bother serching before i posted. i guess i was blindsighted from anger.
thanks again.
matty

As of tomorrow, you can get one in the Netherlands.
At it's soonest the ban will start October 13th.

you can get one from Curry，not from online.

i might ask on Thursday in currys if they have any 64gigs, since that was the realise date. if not might scratch a 32gb if they have any left.

Samsung dropped the ball

The US release of the Galaxy Note Edge is a complete mess. No one seems to know when the phone is due to come out. Not sure where those press releases came from last week but they seem to be wrong. I just came from an AT&T store and they have no clue when they will be getting the phone. I called every Besy Buy in Milwaukee and they don't have a clue either. I have Verizon and it hasn't even passed to FCC for Verizon yet. What is the deal with the phone? If they are having issues manufacturing the phone then just say so and push the date back. They announced the phone back in September and there is just as much uncertainty now as there was two months ago. Looks like I'm just gonna stick with the Note 4 and then just wait for the HTC M9 to come out next year.

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The US release of the Galaxy Note Edge is a complete mess. No one seems to know when the phone is due to come out. Not sure where those press releases came from last week but they seem to be wrong. I just came from an AT&T store and they have no clue when they will be getting the phone. I called every Besy Buy in Milwaukee and they don't have a clue either. I have Verizon and it hasn't even passed to FCC for Verizon yet. What is the deal with the phone? If they are having issues manufacturing the phone then just say so and push the date back. They announced the phone back in September and there is just as much uncertainty now as there was two months ago. Looks like I'm just gonna stick with the Note 4 and then just wait for the HTC M9 to come out next year.
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The 14th has been the date so we will find out this friday.

The people at these stores are told to not tell customers when new phones are coming out because they want you to buy a phone right then and there so that after you do buy it you can be mad at yourself for not waiting and then spend more money on buying another new phone.
I was talking to a TMO rep last week about the 14th date and she went out of her way to make sure I understood she was saying she had no confirmation of the phone being released on the 14th even after she slipped and told me that she wasnt sure if they were doing pre-orders.
Tmobile's website also lists the 14th as a date.
https://explore.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-note-edge
There is a chance that some of the reps you were talking to did not know about the new phone coming out and really were telling you the truth, but more than likely they're just lying because thats what they're instructed to do.

seeking said:
The people at these stores are told to not tell customers when new phones are coming out because they want you to buy a phone right then and there so that after you do buy it you can be mad at yourself for not waiting and then spend more money on buying another new phone.
I was talking to a TMO rep last week about the 14th date and she went out of her way to make sure I understood she was saying she had no confirmation of the phone being released on the 14th even after she slipped and told me that she wasnt sure if they were doing pre-orders.
Tmobile's website also lists the 14th as a date.
https://explore.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-note-edge
There is a chance that some of the reps you were talking to did not know about the new phone coming out and really were telling you the truth, but more than likely they're just lying because thats what they're instructed to do.
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That may be the case at some stores but when the Note 4 was coming out Best Buy was able to say it would be in on 10/17. I bought the Droid Turbo two weeks ago and I was in the Verizon store a few days before it was released and they even pulled out their store display model and let me hold it. And not to mention you could pre-order the Note 4 on all 4 major US carriers once they announced the release date. I still keep seeing websites saying it'll be out on the 14th on all the major US carriers and I find that hard to believe especially when the Verizon model never passed thru FCC.

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That may be the case at some stores but when the Note 4 was coming out Best Buy was able to say it would be in on 10/17. I bought the Droid Turbo two weeks ago and I was in the Verizon store a few days before it was released and they even pulled out their store display model and let me hold it. And not to mention you could pre-order the Note 4 on all 4 major US carriers once they announced the release date. I still keep seeing websites saying it'll be out on the 14th on all the major US carriers and I find that hard to believe especially when the Verizon model never passed thru FCC.
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To tell the truth i have heard nothing about Verizon and the Note edge it has all been Tmobile and ATT. There has been small word on the Sprint one but not much.
Its possible that they dont have a confirmed date yet. There was a user that posted a screen shot of them saying something about the 14th or 17th.
All i know is there is no fussin until Friday the 14th lol....
But really we just gotta wait and see.
I believe samsung didnt push this phone as much as they should ,but samsung does suck at getting the word out there before the device is out.
We have a few more days and we will see what happens.

In the Sprint newsroom section it does say the 14th. However, I did chat with a Sprint rep earlier and they acted like they didn't know about it.

i emailed 2 bestbuy about pre-order att note edge.
1 bestbuy told me "it not out yet".
the other bestbuy said "we dont sell note edge, try bestbuy.com "

To tell the truth, I think that none of the basic people know anything.
With the leak image from tmobile. I bet that was only sent to the head people as the head stores.
While everyone else just works there and looks up everything on the system. Which the system hasnt updated yet since the phones havent been scan in.
I do remember doing an online chat before they confirmed the 14th date, and no one could give me anything. After they confirm the date the online chat people where able to tell me that it came out the 14th but nothing more
This is just my guess tho. But i have seen this happen before with other items. No one knows anything because they havent gotten that email in there in box. While the main people know but basically cant say much.
But we will see what happens on the 14th. I am hopping to be able to just walk into the corporate store at 10am Friday and pick up a white one, but i dont know. All i know is ill be refreshing the page daily as i do now, and just waiting. There isnt anything else we can do about this.

My tmo rep told me they are not doing preorder add it is unknown how many the does were getting out when they were coming in. They did say release is 14th and to call the evening before to see if they have them in stock.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/available-t2890794
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