This is almost a non-annoucement. They've basically said they were doing this fo...

jljljl · on Sept 25, 2013

That seems pretty big doesn't it? Going from "we are doing this" to "we are going to release some of these to early adopters"?

chc · on Sept 25, 2013

That seems pretty small to me, both in terms of progress and in terms of the actual size of of the release.

Brakenshire · on Sept 25, 2013

It means they are fully committed to the programme. Up to now there was speculation that they were going to abandon it.

chc · on Sept 25, 2013

No, it emphatically does not mean that. In fact, this announcement makes it sound even more like they are going to abandon it. As far as I can gather from this announcement, they're releasing a very small number of units for beta testing, and then they're getting out of the hardware game and letting third parties carry the torch.