RSSReport of 1.5 M G1s pre-sold retracted as 'figurative representation'
By Jacqueline Emigh | Published October 21, 2008, 4:25 PM
A projection that T-Mobile has received 1.5 million pre-orders for the Android-based G1 -- a device that launches tomorrow -- is incorrect, according to The Motley Fool which first made that projection.
The admission came about two weeks after The Motley Fool published the widely recirculated but inaccurate number on October 14, a number which knowledgeable sources refused to verify for BetaNews that day. BetaNews received the retraction from the Fool this afternoon.
A T-Mobile spokesperson told BetaNews on October 14 that although the phone was still on target for availability on October 22, T-Mobile could not confirm a pre-order figure of 1.5 million G1s, or for any amount.
Today, a Fool editor sent out an e-mail acknowledging that the publication had goofed in its calculations.
"As you know, recently The Motley Fool published an article about the G1 Android phone with a figure of pre-ordered handsets that was incorrectly calculated," said Katrina Chan, Motley Fool's coordinating sector editor, in an e-mail to BetaNews today. "The author of the article intended for that number to be a figurative representation rather than an official pre-order figure. We have since corrected the article and regret the error."
Delivery of the first Android-based phones remains set for tomorrow.
I was one of the lucky ones to receive my G1 yesterday. I do have to say it is by far one of the best phones I have ever had the pleasure of using. A lot better then the iPhone when it comes to over all design. Also third party software support.
Fyi T-Mobile is giving free internet usage and text messaging to G1 users for the next 7 days. On the 29th the new plans will go into effect.
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|Seems like how many pre-orders of the G1 is more important than writing about the actual device...
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|If your device isn't much to talk about, then may as well try to make it seem trendy.
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