You might also consider a STM32F4DISCOVERY board:<p><a href="http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/252419.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/252419.jsp</a><p>This is also a ARM Cortex board but it's $15 and in stock everywhere. (I think it's more powerful and has more features than the Due, but I haven't checked in detail. At $15, though, it can't be beat. And there are less powerful boards in the series that are even cheaper!)
I am new to Arduino but very interested in starting. So far I have read that the Uno R3 is the best for beginners but now that the new Due is out will this be preferable for a beginner?<p>From what I've read, the Due is faster and able to handle more things. But is it easier to use compared to the Uno?
€60 for shipping to US seems a little much for shipping 60 grams taking a week.<p>Sadly none of the distributors seem to have it yet. Seems like we'll have to wait a little while longer still.
This is really exciting- the Arduino DUE is the board used in the Android ADK2012[1]. I can't wait to start building hardware to talk to my android devices.<p>[1]: <a href="http://arduino.cc/blog/2012/06/28/android-adk2012-is-here/" rel="nofollow">http://arduino.cc/blog/2012/06/28/android-adk2012-is-here/</a>