yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Venue Pro General] SHAUN231:
i am very sure cause dell does the weirdest verification process just cause an order is placed doesnt mean its verified.
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
What was your ORIGINAL delivery date, before the delay?
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
but I received a verification email right after ordering...
[Venue Pro General] SHAUN231:
thats just an order verification. dell verifys you personally, they do address check with local directories and a few other things i know before my order was canceled cause my phone number was registered to another personm and my email was new and i wasnt listed in directories.
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
The delayed shipping for some could be a blessing in disguise, if the device is still borked we can cancel without any restocking fee.
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
Also, that may be a legitimate reason for orders placed the same day or POSSIBLY a day apart... but I don't think it would be 2, 3 or even 7 days before its "verified"...
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
No, I had an actual verification email--- because I purchased with a new line of service... so they had to verify all that and approve me.. SSN included...
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
Plus, that still shouldn't even matter. My ORIGINAL delivery date was before (or the same- for some) as people receiving their phones today. So it obviously had me ahead of them before the delay. Why NOW would it be different... ?
[Venue Pro General] SHAUN231:
i did a lione a service too i was already with tmobile and had to do that email activation. i wouldnt be shocked if thats a cause cause they were having alot of activation issues the 1st thru 4th with tmobile and dell systems not communicating
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
" We are happy to let you know that your purchase (or part of it) has shipped on 12/15/2010 and is on its way to you.

This e-mail contains the Estimated Delivery Date for your shipped item(s), along with tracking and delivery information.

"

Included FedEx tracking number...

FYI

I ordered Dec 2nd, estimate was Dec 27th, contract (new line) and a 8GB version.
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.......... :mad::mad::mad:
[Venue Pro General] SHAUN231:
congrats the 27 was my original gives me hope but alot of 8gb are shipping
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
Was wondering IF I don't use the SIM card that comes with it and never activate the new line.. would Tmo or Dell notice :) Since I decided I don't need the new line right now.

Charles
[Venue Pro General] SHAUN231:
what i did was call n cancel my old line sold my hd7 for 400 paid tmobile 200 pocketed 200 when my dvp comes i will call and ask for my old number to use on the dvp
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
From FedEX

On Schedule

At local FedEx facility

EL PASO, TX Shipment Dates

Ship date Dec 15, 2010

Estimated delivery Dec 17, 2010 by 4:30 PM

Destination

MIDLOTHIAN, VA

Dec 15, 2010 11:13 PM At local FedEx facility EL PASO, TX

Dec 15, 2010 8:54 PM Left FedEx origin facility EL PASO, TX

Dec 15, 2010 10:50 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx

Dec 15, 2010 5:37 PM Picked up EL PASO, TX
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
Mine left in the same truck as yours ... hihiihihihihi
[Venue Pro General] tiny17:
I expect reviews, videos, every little detail detailed on these forums over the next few days. Please, people who are fortunate enough to get these, be on the ball about this. Side by side comparison size pics. Everything.
[Venue Pro General] raimeiken:
yes and camera performance!
[Venue Pro General] DeekoVB5:
If I ever get mine...having owned a Focus and HD7, and used my girlfriend's Quantum, I'll be in a pretty good place to compare it to competing devices, and will glady do so.

Ya know...assuming I ever get it.
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
I will try to do my best tomorrow and document the entire thing! :D

I'm just skeptical till i don't see it in my hand! :cool:
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
Just spoke with Dell mobility - still slotted for 1/5/2011. Ordered the 16GB, off-contract/full-price at 8am CST online on 12/1. Original delivery date was 12/14. Bah, humbug.
[Venue Pro General] Masonboy:
Hello. Phone is pretty awesome. I dont know how to post pics. someone tell me and I will post pics of phone and box. Or give me an email address and i can send to you and you can post them. I think this phone is worth the wait...
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
i just sent you a PM!
[Venue Pro General] raimeiken:
upload the pics here and post the link

http://www.otonly.com/
[Venue Pro General] themadmen:
Mine still At dest sort facility since 10:17 AM ET..
[Venue Pro General] raimeiken:
doesn't that just makes you wanna head over there and pick it up? LOL
[Venue Pro General] themadmen:
lol yeah but that facility is an hour trip without traffic and right now i know there is traffic :cool:
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
Tweet @dellcares.. SEEMS I see a trend the tech geeks like us giving Dell hell on twitter seem to have been bumped.

IF you tweet using #dellvenuepro @dellcares about your lack of phone.. they will follow you and then you can send them the info on your order.. do that and I BET you get bumped in the line.
[Venue Pro General] DeekoVB5:
I've been in twitter talks with them from day one....nothing yet....here's to hoping!
[Venue Pro General] pNoyr3D:
I was wondering. Can I sell my HD7 on eBay or Craigslist whatever & then buy the Venue Pro on one of my other lines that can upgrade & then just put my Sim card on there. Does that work?

I'm kind of happy that I cancelled my order though since I could just UPGRADE now instead of paying $500.
[Venue Pro General] DeekoVB5:
Yes - although you'll have a new two year contract on both of your lines.
[Venue Pro General] pNoyr3D:
Yeah, thats no problem since I am on a family plan it extends everyones.

Hm.. now its got me thinkin lol. I might just get the venue pro on the other line keep the HD7 maybe give it to my sister & then I'll keep the Venue pro. hm..

So do new orders have to wait until January?
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
Doing that right now. I'll hound the crap out of them.
[Venue Pro General] DeekoVB5:
These pictures are courtesy of masonboy. Certainly are not mine, unfortunately:
[Venue Pro General] bernaserra:
So not true, they hit me back saying 1-4-11 and said "I know thats not what you wanted to hear...." @dellcares is just amyatdell and lionelatdell anyhow.
[Venue Pro General] raimeiken:
thanks for supplying the pics! now Im dieing to know the camera performance. Please take pics with the camera and post them up :D
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
When did you order? W

hen did they tell you.. ?

I got similar comments and then POOF I get an email today with fedex tracking number saying it shipped.
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
BTW.. even if that wasnt what helped me.. it couldn't hurt to be a squeaky wheel in a place that is in thier face..

Just Sayin'
[Venue Pro General] CrownSeven:
I took a few pics with the demo model at the Microsoft store and they seemed fine to me. I didn't really scrutinize them though, but I will once mine gets here tomorrow (I've got the whole day off to play with it).
[Venue Pro General] lemonspeakers:
why is there plastic over the keyboard?

and why is his name not next to pictures.

for all we know, it could be pictures of a person who picked up thed dvp at microsoft stores. for all we know, those pictures are a month old, being posted at today's delivery.

i dont trust them. I could of done the same thing.
[Venue Pro General] PolishDude:
Lol
[Venue Pro General] tiny17:
Well I've never seen these exact pictures yet, so I thankful they've been posted. Particularly interested in the comparison to the iPhone 4 thickness.
[Venue Pro General] raimeiken:
LOL

I believe the pics since a lot of people are getting shipping notices now
[Venue Pro General] notebookgrail:
Well, there is a Date on that white sticker in the box. It says 12/14/2010 - So its very true that they shipped.
[Venue Pro General] DeekoVB5:
Top picture - look at the date on the box. It says 12/14/10. I don't think that box was purchased on 11/8 in a Microsoft store.
[Venue Pro General] DeekoVB5:
Also - one of the posters in this thread, im_thatoneguy, said earlier that his shipped. Look at this tweet from @DellCares confirming that shipment:

http://twitter.com/#!/DellCares/status/15440309487935488
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
For those of you getting it these days, can you check if the Micro SD slot is still accessible? I have a feeling they sealed it after all those posts from early adopters.
[Venue Pro General] DeekoVB5:
Also, looking at the metadata of the files I received, they were taken today with a Droid Pro.

(masonboy...why do you have a Venue Pro, Droid Pro, and iPhone 4?? haha)
[Venue Pro General] CrownSeven:
Isn't MS working on realeasing a list of approved SD cards that play nice with WP7? If so, wouldn't make sense for Dell to seal up the slot. And I wouldn't be a happy camper if they did, since the reason I ordered the 8gb was in hopes of being able to swap in a larger SD card on my own.
[Venue Pro General] 937dytboi:
My DVP is two states away, i guess it will be here tomorrow.

Wont get it turned on till Saturday anyways :p
[Venue Pro General] patrickk:
Conspiracy much? :D
[Venue Pro General] fathamburger:
Yes, please do check the MicroSD ASAP. My next question would be about the unlock code, especially since with the Nexus S they are saying that the phone will be not be unlockable at all, not even with a code. Maybe some kind of new SIM lock? in that case it will be unsuitable for those of us who are frequent international travellers or just trying to order it outside of the States.

Right now I"m arranging for a relative's friend to order it for me in NYC so it hasnt happened yet.
[Venue Pro General] 937dytboi:
That Droid pro cam sucks, Hope the DVP cam is better
[Venue Pro General] Masonboy:
Hello guys. Yes, the pics are from the phone i recieved today. Yes, the droid pro camera sucks and i do have an iphone. The dvp is an awesome phone, its clear and easy to use. I took some pics and they are clear and crisp. keyboard a little small but might not use it that much. phone is big but feels real sturdy. back cover is plastic and comes off good. i will take pics with dvp camera and post them..
[Venue Pro General] patrickk:
Thanks for the info. One of the early reviews (based on a MS store DVP) had mentioned that the camera quality sucked in low light. There's a video on Youtube where he took some pics in low light using the flash and the objects still came out blurry. Have you had an issue with that?
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
This site should do unlocks: http://www.mobileunlocked.co.uk/Dell/Venue+Pro/
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
Try and simulate low light conditions when you take a picture, thats where the biggest issue was found with the DVP camera. And can you check if the Scenes option in the camera changes as expected or gets stuck on one option? Thanks.
[Venue Pro General] Masonboy:
the camera on the dvp is good not great. i find that the iphone 4 camera is better. in low-light its not great. but this phone stacks up very well against the iphone 4 or any phone that ive owned: droid pro, iphone 4, g2, nexus one,blackberry curve, htc surround...yes, i have a problem
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
Haha sounds like a good problem to have. If you're giving any of those phones away, I'll be happy to take them :)
[Venue Pro General] fathamburger:
Wouldn't trust them worth a damn. That site looks like a generic template, they probably have that page up for every new phone that comes out.

Plus these new models might be different from the older ones the UK recieved, different codes, or completely removed entirely. We shall have to see
[Venue Pro General] patrickk:
It's also **$50**!!!!!
[Venue Pro General] domineus:
am I the only one pressing f5 on the fedex page and not getting any new results??? I'm sorry but this is sad of me
[Venue Pro General] raimeiken:
I've been pressing F5 since this morning on my Dell Status page hoping to see "shipped" instead of In Production

LOL
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
Mine hasn't moved from it's state at all ... still the last line is:

Dec 15, 2010 11:13 PM At local FedEx facility EL PASO, TX

I just want to see it in NY already! LoL! then i know i'll have it in less than a day. :rolleyes:
[Venue Pro General] patrickk:
Nope. But I'm pretty sure it was me pressing F5 over and over that made my DVP appear at the Memphis hub. I pretty sure it wouldn't have happened otherwise.
[Venue Pro General] CrownSeven:
+1 - Still stuck in El Paso.
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
I think there is an overnight cargo flight from there that reaches NY, so i will probably see some change in the status only by tomorrow morning.

I am glad though that i ain't the only one being "weird/geek" about it ... LoL :cool:
[Venue Pro General] CrownSeven:
Oh I'm sure we're all doing the same thing right now.

In fact, I just checked now and its been moved to Memphis!
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
Have I mentioned that I'm still furious my order hasn't shipped? :mad:
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
I just got mine in Memphis, TN too!!! LoL! My baby it's on it's way .... OMG!!! :eek:
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
Did you order the 8GB or 16GB?
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
You ordered on December 1st right? No plan no nothing?!

How did you pay for it? I payed via paypal and this morning my creditcard was charged by paypal, after the initial charge expired!

Are you sure you have everything set?!

There should be a response for you why i am getting it an why you are not getting it yet!? Are you sure there are no tickets?!

:confused::(
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
Yes, December 1st. Paid with my debit card.

When did you order yours?

There has been no response. Others are in my same boat.

What do you mean everything set? What do yu mean no tickets?
[Venue Pro General] domineus:
just called fedex...its not coming till tomorrow =( and I did all of my work for nothing. Hopefully I can get it early tomorrow
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
At least you'll have it within 24 hours... :(
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
Exact same situation as cccooper. Paid via debit card, on Dec 1, 16GB/full price... when Dell pushed back the order, I was even told they were "expediting" it so I would get it sooner than the expected date of 1/5. If by expedite they meant "after all other orders have been fulfilled", I guess they're spot on.

I'd also like to know what drcyrus3d meant by everything set/no tickets?
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
I ordered the 8GB version on December 1st between 8:30 and 9:00AM.

I did not order anything else beside the phone.

I was thinking that maybe you have a special requirement that they can't fulfill at this time. :(
[Venue Pro General] domineus:
maybe you'll get yours monday
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
I think the only people who ordered AFTER me AND got their phone shipped/received already are people who ordered 8GBs.

I am going to assume that any 16GB that were shipped were ordered before mine. Unless someone can tell me their 16GB shipped and they ordered on the 2nd or after.

Or if someone else with a 16GB is willing to give me their order and customer number?

But how hard is it to come across 16GB cards... jeeze, I'll take the phone with NO memory card and just put in my own..
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
I am thinking that is a higher demand for the 16GB for example and that's why they don't have stock of those! I presume that the demand for 16Gb version is higher than for the 8GB.

Just my 2 cents.
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
I ordered with a new line of service.
[Venue Pro General] twinkie:
Ordered mine on the 30th using a link from tmonews, and was originally scheduled to get it on the 22nd.

Then early yesterday, it said the 21st.

Then last night, I got a tracking number and it said the 17th.

Then the order status page said the 18th "(updated)".

Now, FedEx shows that it was sent two-day and not NBD, so I won't actually get it until Monday. :(
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
Heck... lets shoot for Saturday!:D
[Venue Pro General] cccooper:
Time for me to be optimistic again... I should have just ordered the 8GB though... :(
[Venue Pro General] PolishDude:
Nexus S is unlocked period, what are you talking about?
[Venue Pro General] im.thatoneguy:
FedEx Just came.

twitpic.com/3gixp3
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
Could very well be the case...but I'd like to KNOW! Y'know? It's really frustrating to see that standing in line and ordering first means absolutely nothing. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad people are getting some deliveries, at least the phone isn't vaporware. But still, I was waiting feverishly to order and got it in ASAP on Dec 1.

@DellCares and @Lionelatdell have all but disappeared from the twitterverse. Last thing they said was: "#dellvenuepro customers, we're waiting for additional info on next batch of orders expected to ship soon. Pls see http://cot.ag/hUszKp" This is the link to the same old blog post by Lionel from 12/14.
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
Has anyone who has actually got their phone checked things like SIM card, Bluetooth, connecting to protected Wifi networks? Just in case Dell shipped out the old broken VP's...
[Venue Pro General] drcyrus3d:
I really don't know why they can't just say: look we F#$% it up! We are sorry, we have this issue and we are trying to solve it in the last minute that's why some get the phone some don't. I presume there is definitely something going on with the 16GB (in my personal opinion demand is soooooo huge that they can't handle it).

I ordered the 8GB cause i will be using it for calls, email and twitter that's it! I thought i won't be needing more.

Anyways i think a straight forward answer would be the best thing from dell's side right now!
[Venue Pro General] NoWorthWhile:
The cake is a lie.

Seriously, where did you get those cubes? I want.

On the other side of the pond, we are still waiting for the Dell to be even anounced...
[Venue Pro General] AndrewakaMJ:
Well, unfortunately my wait is for my next paycheck, so I'm not even looking for Fedex yet. However, anyone who's ordered (or who is thinking about it) may want to know that on Dell's site both the 8gb and 16gb are both going for $99.99 on a 2 year Tmobile contract, plus you can get a Bluetooth with it for 99 cents. Looking like a good deal, hopefully will still be there on payday!:p

PS - the shipping for new orders is listed as 1/3/11
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
Lionel at Dell just updated his blog post: http://en.community.dell.com/dell-b...the-topic-of-dell-venue-pro-order-delays.aspx

"Update 2: Here's what I can say re: Dell Venue Pro shipping: all customers who ordered the phone through Tuesday, December 14 or before will receive their phones before Christmas. If you placed an order after December 14, use the Estimated Delivery Date to understand when you will receive it."

Do you believe him? At this point, I don't. But I have no option other than wait it out and see what happens.
[Venue Pro General] yourlife:
Im almost as mad as cooper is. I ordered mine so early, only to have other people reciece it before I do. Thats bull.

I really hope it comes on friday or Saturday.
[Venue Pro General] twinkie:
I don't, and I called him out on it.
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
Rejoce people, this is the latest update:

So within the next week, which is much better than January :D.

http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/Direct2Dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2010/12/14/on-the-topic-of-dell-venue-pro-order-delays.aspx

Edit: Someone was faster than me :p
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
I do believe him for the simple reason than some people already have theirs in hand so they are indeed shipping the phones.
[Venue Pro General] CrownSeven:
I think that may be a mistake. I tried placing another order for the 16gb this time, and it came out to 149.99 for the phone with new service. So for those who haven't placed there orders yet, go for the 16gb, and see if Dell will own up to the mistake and give you the 99 price - that would be a steal!
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
Unboxing by pocketnow.com that might just make you more impatient :D.

http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/dell-venue-pro-unboxing-video
[Venue Pro General] xthing:
I ordered a 16GB DVP without contract via Dell EPP on December 8th.

My delivery estimate still says January 5th.

After the updates on Dell's blog i decided to call Dell's order support to see if the claims of free upgrade to overnight shipping and delivery before Christmas for all orders before 12/14 are true.

The answer i got from their Order Support department was that they don't know anything about that and the delivery estimate of 1/5 still stands.

:(
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
are you @totallyjaded?
[Venue Pro General] twinkie:
At your service.
[Venue Pro General] dhafiz:
Dell's order support know nothing. Even less, if it's possible. They're a bunch of rats in India feeding you lines that have been scripted for them. Take some of the member's advice on here and call Dell Mobility directly. Don't have their number right now, but if you search on this thread, you'll find it.
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
Anything can still go wrong, but its the first time anyone from Dell has committed to a specific time frame for delivery. The Dell reps would be the last to know, following the pattern we've seen for the last couple of weeks. Lets see what happens, Xmas is 9 days away, if Dell has stock its certainly not beyond belief they could deliver all orders as they promised.

Anyone going to post in the official got my DVP thread? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875024
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
Update on my tracking

Dec 16, 2010 1:28 PM Arrived at FedEx location - MEMPHIS, TN

THh Tracking number is active and whatever they are sending me is obviously on the move :)

Should have it tommorrow
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
I will tommorrow (I Hope)
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
Nope hadn't noticed :)
[Venue Pro General] lemonspeakers:
pocketnow is down. whats up with that?

did we just pound their servers? wow
[Venue Pro General] cdgoin:
Heres what I am thinking.. it MAYBE two fold.

1) BECAUSE you were first and had a 12/14 - 12/15 date they bumped you to the bottom of the list not on purpose but due to computer glitch. Those of us that ordered on the 2nd thru whenever.. never had a status change from 12/24 - 12/25 so we never got bumped.

2) A lot of us getting ours are 8GB versions

3) Your order was "Canceled" on one server but never updated on teh main CS server. So the order is lost in cyberspace..

Thats my best guess.. I would send you mine.. but you wouldn't want it.. its a 8GB and I will lick it when I get it tommorrow :)
[Venue Pro General] murdo119:
OMG!! It's unbelievable! I got my Dell venue Pro............................. otterbox case today. Dell Venue Pro on 01-07-10. What a life!
[Venue Pro General] SHAUN231:
I reemeber when I ttried ordering mine on 12/1 they were saying they were having alot of computer issues and when I called back on 12/2 it was the same but the said it was less so I ordered on 12/3 my shipped date just went for 12/27 to 12/22 so before christmas hopefully
[Venue Pro General] PolishDude:
engadget just reported that dell said anyone that ordered it before the 14th will have it before christmas
[Venue Pro General] lemonspeakers:
Don't worry. Tron will find it.!
[Venue Pro General] senior800:
Hi, slightly off topic but:

Just about to order (very late I know) - but I'm from the UK and moving to US next week so don't know this stuff:

The 'activation' bit is down - Is this important and should I wait for it? or is it just a simple call to t-mobile/visit to a store when I get it and I'll be sorted?

also how do you get the 99 cent bluetooth headset to come up? I add it to the cart and it just comes up as $30.

Thanks for any help
[Venue Pro General] CrownSeven:
Give dell mobility a call instead: 1-800-308-3353

I had issues with the activation online and they took care of me.

Especially since a credit check is involved, and you're from the UK which means you won't have any credit history in the US.