| Since I am a newbie on this forum, I tried to address every comment separately last night and HN put a stop to my incessant commenting ;-) I'll try to address some of the good points made here now. First of all, I am a bttn evangelist, so I am a bit biased by profession, but hopefully sane enough to recognize a salient point nevertheless. But keep you salt shakers nearby, just in case. As I've mentioned in my other comments, the point about the $99 price point is fair. It is too high. We want to bring it down, but early runs of new hardware tend to be pricey (and, as pointed out in other comments, our offering is not just the device, it encompasses the backend and ecosystem). The point of the presales at this price is to offer the bttn to potential early adopters as early as possible. We are certainly not trying go gouge anyone. As for the simplicity of the bttn, simple has been the #1 design principle. Looking forward, we want to keep the user experience very simple while still increasing the functionality of the bttn drastically. We have some stuff on the pipeline that we think is pretty cool and our major concern is properly balancing usability and power. Again, thanks for the good comments and keep them coming. We'll be sure to listen and learn. |