New EV Play Update

[kanundrum]

I've been involved in making, shipping, and supporting tech products for decades. The chances that Alex's first product would ship on time without problems was always extremely low. Not his fault specifically, it's how it goes. And yeah, all the shenanigans with imports...

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[technerd]

I knew when he said they would start shipping in a few weeks it wasn't true. I'm still hopeful he can actually get something out the door, but honestly I'm not holding my breath it will be in 2025.

 

[sparkles]

Alex posted in the EVPlay forum on June 5th that they were beginning to produce the beta units and that production units would begin shipping "in about 3 weeks".

 

[EV Play - Alex]

This is when OP is learning that hardware is hard, and never ships on time....

That is an understatement. The latest is that all my Android boards have been sitting in customs for 10 days - they think I'm running an illegal Bitcoin mining operation! I kid you not. I finally managed to convince them otherwise and they are finally on their way. During the wait I managed to spend some time in on a new [future] feature that popped up during development. I have an update going out later today with more info, so check those inboxes (and Junk folders)!

 

[SoCal Rob]

That is an understatement. The latest is that all my Android boards have been sitting in customs for 10 days - they think I'm running an illegal Bitcoin mining operation! I kid you not. I finally managed to convince them otherwise and they are finally on their way. During the wait I managed to spend some time in on a new [future] feature that popped up during development. I have an update going out later today with more info, so check those inboxes (and Junk folders)!

I don’t envy you. We’re building a new house and the tariff-related chaos with procuring products is, at the risk of understating things, REALLY frustrating.

In a positive note, I placed a deposit a while back and I’m looking forward to the release of your product!

 

[bbryndal]

hey Alex -

What's the deal? What's the update?

 

[EV Play - Alex]

hey Alex -

What's the deal? What's the update?

Hi! Pre-order customer updates were sent out on Sunday and a non-customer update is going out as we speak. Strongly suggest subscribing to the newsletter as it's not feasible to update every board and Facebook group. Copies of the updates can be found on our news page after they are sent.

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