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Raspberry Pi Production Delayed By Factory's Assembly Flub

Posted by timothy on from the any-color-you-want-as-long-as-it's-magnet dept.

nk497 writes "The first shipment of Raspberry Pi devices has been delayed, after the factory manufacturing the cheap educational computer used non-magnetic jacks instead of ones with integrated magnetics. The problem is already nearly fixed, but new jacks need to be sourced for subsequent shipments, so those could be delayed slightly. 'It's inevitable, isn't it — you're freewheeling along perfectly happily and then you get a puncture,' said spokeswoman Liz Upton, apologizing for the delay."

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  1. Re:How wrong I was! by Anrego · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can understand this critisism as I've had it many times over many different periods of "omg, not another <whatever> story".

    But I'm way too damned excited over the Rasperry Pi to care! Kinda fun being on the other side of things for a change :D

  2. How's that cheap Chinese production looking now? by Rogerborg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Still good value?

    What about when the returns start flooding in because a 1 cent component failed when a 2 cent one might have soldiered on? Budgeted for handling that?

    I know these guys are amateurs, but do they really need to keep demonstrating it?

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