Taking Stock
I logged in to Amazon to check on the GPS listing and see if any of the early adopters had posted any reviews for the world. None yet! You cannot imagine how anxious we are to see how the device is received by our customers. If we did our jobs well, we hope to see some positive feedback. If we missed something, please tell us directly - we welcome constructive feedback. In some blog posts and comments written before the product launch, we've noticed a few misconceptions that we attributed to insufficient communication on our part. We are working to address those by putting up focused blog posts as we learn from your comments and questions.
As of this afternoon, only four units remain from the first batch that went live on Amazon last Friday. Rest assured, a new batch has been received by Amazon and is in process to replenish the stock. We greatly appreciate the initial response by those of you who have been willing to purchase the Bad Elf GPS in advance of any third party reviews. We sincerely hope that you are completely satisfied with your acquisition as an early adopter.
Please use the Feedback link to the right of the page to tell us how you are using your Bad Elf GPS and what you think of it once you've had a chance to take it for spin!
UPDATE (11/03/2010): Back in stock at Amazon!
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The AGPS data is stored in the accessory itself, as long as the internal battery is charged, and is valid for up to 6 days. So yes, your plan would definitely work! Keep in mind that without AGPS data loaded, the Bad Elf GPS gets a lock within ~35 seconds if it has a clear view of the sky – so it may or may not be worth the trouble.
While I am waiting for the gps to arrive, I have a question. Let’s say I have a iPhone (w/3G) and a wifi iPad. Can I plug the gps into the phone, use the bad elf app to preload the agps data, then unplug and plug into the iPad, and it will keep the agps data? Or will the act of unplugging it clear the agps data from the unit?
That trick might be useful in the field if wifi is not available to update directly if it will work.
I don’t know why the delay, but I finally amazon shipped my gps dongle today.
Nigel, I found your order details and it did in fact ship on October 30th. I also see the same date range listed and I am guessing that this is a function of the destination. I will email you the tracking number, which may or may not be helpful. But it is on the way! We are looking into getting set up with Amazon overseas to provide more timely fulfillment for our customers outside the US in the future. Sorry for the delay and thank you for being an early adopter.