I was one of the first people to order an OX when they first went on sale. I ordered it roughly 30 minutes after the site went live.
So where’s my XO? Uh, I mean where’s my five year-old daughter’s learning tool?
I came across a post this morning from OLPC news stating that it doesn’t necessarily matter when you bought it, as folks from week 2 are already getting them. So I’m getting anxious.
That post linked to a discussion board thread saying we should call FedEx to see if a package is en route. I didn’t think it would work, but I gave it a shot. Lo and behold, my her XO is slated to arrive on December 18! Yay!
(pic credit to the guy who got his XO stolen in transit)Â
We ordered 2, but the first one ordered didn’t come yet. I can’t make heads nor tails out of how to use the thing, though. And there’s no information about that much vaunted Hotspot toss-in.
Don’t count on the OLPC being much of a present for your daughter until you take some real time to figure it out.
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I’ve received emnail stating that I wil receive mine prior to 15 January. I was happy to receive this news since I had almost no expectation of delivery save some notion, based on absolutely no thought, of sometime in Spring… like, April or so.
I vaguely recall a link outlining the T-Mobile Hot Spot deal with a list of teh varipus locations via a clickable map of the US. The IO website seems t give extensive and simple directions for gettting the laptop up and running.
today is the 16th, and i ordered on nov 19th!
i read somewhere else that there are still first day orderers that haven’t recieved theirs yet, and that alot of them have been stolen by fedex employees!
Don’t order a laptop from this organization because you will be waiting a long time to receive your laptop. Placing calls to their 800 number or sending emails will not help either because you never receive a response to your email or after waiting for 30 minutes or more, the phone will just disconnect. What kind of organization is that that sends and email after you place your order with anticipated delivery date but then it never shows. No wonder one of the executives on Intel dropped from being on this organization’s Board.