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Thanks for the details. Just curious, is the first batch(es) a mixture of shifted QWERTY and unshifted QWERTZ, or should we expect the QWERTZ slightly after the QWERTY? Some of us are a little concerned about the whereabouts of the fulfilment centre and the date IF it ends with a hard Brexit on Oct 31.

Yes, the balance point is almost exactly where the screen part meet the base when opened (see images here), so both ways are possible. I guess it will be a matter of thumb length. If your thumbs are long enough, it is quite comfy to support the phone on your middle fingers, place the index fingers on on the almost vertical support plate, and the corners of the phone in the centre of your palms.

No, but the 'answer' would be the same. We are used to a specific layout, and thus we can use it without looking (much). I'm not claiming that staggered QWERTY is optimal, just that it can be used directly as we are used to it. I'm sure there are other print arrangements and other key arrangement that would be faster to use once learned, but none of them could be used with zero learning from day one. But you can type text immidiately on the Pro1 if you are used to a PC. Well that is for the QWERTZ you can. I'm not a fan of the shift of the letter part only of the QWERTY. And this requires

You got a point there, and as the keys are curved, the keys of the neighbouring rows are lowest where the keys meet, reducing the risk further.

Just curious, did you get any reaction to your offer?

Well as you wrote: That is what we are used to. If you start arguing staggered is not ideal, you could also say that "QWERTY" isn't, it was developed to reduce the risk of entanglement of neighbouring arms, which have not been an issue for about half a century... So you could answer your question by answering why PC keyboards are (still) staggered QWERTY. There has been a HUGE number of attempts with other layouts, but the majority still use the old typewriter based one.

We do not know where this "EU fulfilment warehouse" is located. But let us hope it is in say Ireland. Perhaps to the north...

The link for the form is here: https://www.fxtec.com/request-qwertz/

I still think it would be better with something along the lines suggested here A base case covering the lower part, and then a 'flap', that can be held behind the screen when open..

Send a mail to support as quickly as possible to try to have them change the order.

Indeed, IF that is openly available, and not something 'deep' in their take on Android.

It does not require root, and I just tried it. The idea is good, but it does not work well, to put it kindly.

I'm not sure how much is EU legislation and how much is country dependant, but in DK you are fairly secured to get your money back for a EU trade gone wrong paid with a credit card. I think it is some mutual insurance scheme between the banks that cover the losses - but do not know the finer details. IF you use some paying agency like PayPal, you are NOT secured by the banks though, but PayPal got their own buyer protection arrangements.

You can select to reduce the software keyboard (to either side), yes, you can freely scale to between about 60 to 80%. But there is not a general setting reducing the active screen area.

Here in Denmark we got negative or at best zero interests on money in the bank currently.... But that apart so what you are asking is not something binding but discounts or bonus items? I guess we would all like that.

What would be binding" in that statement? What if it is not sent by this "day X" then?

…and what do you EXACTLY mean by “Binding” then?

Do you know ANY brand of phables that are open on their numbers? Just asking....

And what DO you want then? Do you prefer a "promise"? And if so what if that -for whatever reason- can not be fulfilled? The Guillotine? The lions? Get real please. The best anyone can do is an estimate. Sure their estimates have been rather poor. But as I have no info on what actually caused the delays, I do not know if these delays are something they 'ought' to have anticipated. I guess ANY startup is quite likely to fall into a number of pitfalls that companies with a long product history does not fall into every time. If you do not want to wait, well then you are free to request a refun

I took the liberty to split this thread into a new thread starting with the answer from Erik https://www.fxtec.com/forums/topic/info-on-production-status/

Or you should see this as a personal user guide for Manuel. /S

It says The first batch of the Pro1 will be on it’s way to our earliest orders in mid-October. We expect the majority, if not all pre-orders, to ship by the end of October. note the "if not all". I read that as they hope all pre-orders will ship in October. But sure you can choose to read that as there is a risk that some might not ship before November. Your choice to see the glass half full or half empty.

Thanks for clearing things up. :) And as other have pointed out post like the one you just made is greatly appreciated, and if some unforeseen events should change this plan (let's hope not), then please let us know with a small post. It is like when people are getting late to a dinner, it is much better to send a message when you know you are not going to make it on time, than when you were supposed to arrive. As I usually say to my friends. "The time you should have left the building, but didn't, you know you are going to be late". And you can even send a new message when you actually

He he. Had the same thought. I guess they are obliged to post a manual, and then made this one really quickly.

Nice! More on twitter