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Saturday, August 25, 2007

 

Wal-Mart Pre-order Cancelations E-Mail


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If you pre-ordered a Pleo from Wal-Mart you may have gotten an E-mail in your Inbox telling you that your pre-order had been canceled because Pleo is no longer available. This E-mail was sent out in error due to a temporary system glitch that they say has been fixed. If you are one of those people who received that erroneous E-mail, you can watch the Wal-Mart pre-order thread on the Pleo World forum. Here is a quote from that thread:
"WalMart expects to have a solution on Monday for all orders that were affected. They also say that they are very sorry for the inconvenience – and the scare – that our Pleo owners-to-be experienced because of the glitch. "
I'll make an update post once I get the final world on what Wal-Mart intends to do for the customers that were affected by this error.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

 

Pleo at Hammacher Schlemmer : Lifetime Guarantee (product)


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Hammacher Schlemmer, the specialty shop that has been in business for 159 years, is now taking orders for Pleo. They have a guarantee that they refer to as their "rather famous" Lifetime Guarantee. When I first read about this I wondered if that guarantee applied to Pleo, since he's such a complex little critter with lots of moving parts. So I decided to call their refunds and returns department and ask that question directly.

The lady I spoke to told me that by Lifetime they mean the life of the product not the owner. But I was still impressed by what she said next. She told me that Electronics products like Pleo are guaranteed for approximately 9 to 10 years. Just to be certain, I asked her point blank that if I buy a Pleo today and want to return it 9 to 10 years from now, will I be able to? She said yes and added that she had been with Hammacher Schlemmer for over 12 years. What is even more interesting is that as of now, they also have the lowest price on Pleo. To read more and see the latest prices on Pleo head over to the Pleo Buyer's page on my web site.

If anyone out there has had any experiences with Hammacher Schlemmer please post a comment on this blog post; especially if it has to do with a return or refund transaction.

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Friday, August 17, 2007

 

Ugobe Revealed! - New Webisode Shows The Ugobe Labs


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Just a quick note to you about the brand new video that was just posted on Pleo World, Ugobe's official user community site. It's their second Webisode and in this two minute video you'll get a quick look at the wonderful people working day and night to put the finishing touches on our Pleos. Ugobe co-founder and lead inventor, Caleb Chung, is your tour guide and introduces you to many of the development team. Watch closely near the end, and you'll catch a very brief moment where producer André Zietsman is testing Pleo's object recognition capability with a little red ball.


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Thursday, August 16, 2007

 

Pleo World's Wonderful Pleo Video Now On YouTube


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Ugobe in their usual wonderful style sent me the main video that you see when you visit Pleo World, their official user community site, so I could post it on YouTube and share it with others. This videos is flat out great! Unlike all the other amateur videos you may have seen of Pleo, this was obviously done by a professional studio. It is super clean and the audio is excellent.

You'll see Pleo in performing adorable movements you have never seen before and you'll even get to see two Pleos nuzzling! If you haven't visited Pleo World yet, do it now. You'll have tons of fun reading all the new and detailed information they've added and the forums are chock full of fun people and interesting discussions. There's even a forum member named mweed who has made a comic strips of Pleo and amjoie who has posted designs for Pleo jewelry.



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Tuesday, August 07, 2007

 

Engadget Loves Pleo! - Fresh New Photos Too


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The folks at power gadget site Engadget had a chance to see Pleo up close and personal and in their latest post they definitely love him (or her)! There isn't much new information in the post but here's my favorite quote from it:
"Well we finally got a little face time with this sensor-laden blast from the past, and we're happy to report that the frustrating delays our Jurassic pal has suffered seem to be well worth it, as the model we saw behaved and performed almost flawlessly."
They also have some terrific high quality photos of our favorite baby dino in their new picture gallery. This is good news indeed because Engadget does not pull any punches if they find something unfavorable about a product!

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Friday, August 03, 2007

 

New Pleo Video! Behind The Scenes : The Making Of Pleo


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Ugobe appears to have begun a series of Webisodes to prepare us for Pleo's release this October 2007. The first episode is a fun new video showing a short evolution of Pleo and it is called "Behind The Scenes : The Making Of Pleo". It's about 3 minutes in length and it lets us see one of the newer prototypes of Pleo performing for the camera. After that, inventor and Ugobe co-founder Caleb Chung and their illustrious CEO Bob Christopher also give us a behind the scenes glimpse into the making of Pleo; including video footage of an early Pleo prototype without the skin and a newer Pleo protoype in that same embarrassing state of undress. This video is a prelude to another video due out on August 17, 2007 which will give us a tour of Ugobe's offices.

Below is the video courtesy of Pleo World, Ugobe's Official community site. If you haven't been there in a while I strongly recommend you visit and look at the extensive FAQ's and other documents they have now show on Pleo and their increasingly busy forums:




Video courtesy of Ugobe's Pleo World

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