Two Days After Unveiling, Cr-48 Chrome Notebook Already Showing Up On Doorsteps
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My wife called me midmorning to let me know that UPS had left a page for me from a name neither of us had heard before. A few minutes later, I saw a link to this Techcrunch article on Twitter, so I suspected that maybe that was what was waiting for me at home.
Sure enough, when I went home for lunch, I opened the box and found the notebook.
I had no prior indication that I had been selected for the pilot program, and I believe I read somewhere that those not picked would not receive notice.
So, hopefully some of you will get a surprise too as they continue to roll these out.
"This application will be open until 11:59:59 PM PST on December 21, 2010."
Since they couldn't have gone through all the applications that quickly I assume there is a triage system. Profiles that match exactly obviously got an automated shipment regardless of what else they put in their application. But I assume there's a "maybe" list that is gone through by an actual person (if not there'd be no point in asking all the essay questions)
Given that you might not know for some time (since you could not have matched the "instant shipment" list but might still be on the "maybe" list)