[hospadam]

Genuine question - have preorders always been this popular? Or are they a relatively new thing? It seems that Kickstarter has really changed people's perceptions of purchasing a product. People seem much more willing to pre-buy something like this.

Either way - this thing looks great. Can't wait to try it myself!

[srlake]

This is also a bit different from Kickstarter - we're not actually taking any money up front. But it's a tool to show and estimate demand, and get potential user feedback before a product is fully manufactured and ready to ship. This way we'll be able to work with thousands of developers early on before the units ship.

[1qaz2wsx3edc]

My bet is this is a short lived trend, like other buying mechanism; coughgroupon.