I doubt that you're a Dummy,
I doubt that you're a Dummy, but to answer the question: we have finished the hardware design for the Early Beta, we tested the hardware thoroughly and found it to meet and exceed our original plans in functionality and flexibility. We are currently building (assembling and testing) Early Betas which we will ship as soon as possible after we made sure that they are working perfectly.
While we are late for what was announced/planned during the campaign, if you look more closely and judge fairly, you will see that the Early Beta is already two generations further than the proposed device (modularity, plug-ins, shields, solder on area) and you are basically getting a Beta++ now instead for a lower price. This might or might not be what you expected, but in our opinion it's a very good thing :)
Current delays are mostly caused by some backers not participating in phase one which puts the volume deals we arranged to get you an excellent price at danger and ultimately could increase the Beta cost for all backers (we are doing our best to avoid that).
Hope that clarifies,
Herbert
