Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

CAUTION: After I had entered my payment details for my credit card (in Safari) the site forwarded to a white page and nothing happened. I checked the console, and realized that a javascript error caused it to not work properly in Safari. I could finish the process by manually doing a document.forms[1].submit() in the console. That placed my order, and forwarded me back to their homepage.<p>HOWEVER: On the homepage, I got the "User db59706 already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections" error. I reloaded, and my order history is empty. So I'm afraid that the payment-cleared transaction from their payment processor was lost because their database is overloaded. Thus, I think I just paid for the phone but they have no track record of my order. I'll contact them now.<p>Word of caution to everybody reading this, their site, store, and payment processing seem to be overwhelmed.

Sigh. My order came to $155, and the site's trying to charge me 155 EUR. That's not really good, given that 155 EUR is about $200.<p>EDIT: It will charge the correct price if you switch the prices on the site to EUR. Second problem: one of my cards gave an unspecified error, the other was was denied by the bank for whatever reason. :/

guys,<p>congratulations for those who succeeded on buying. Remember: this is a developer preview phone. Firefox OS is not ready yet. Expect updates and bugs at this stage. I have two keons and they are pretty good but the system still in flux and not all APIs are implemented yet.<p>ps: I am a Mozilla Rep working with Firefox OS awareness.

The site seems to be a bit overloaded; I got through to the entire process including verifying the Mastercard transaction but the order doesn't show up in my account's order history.<p>I just emailed them and now we'll wait and see. Could very well be just the mad dash of a lot of geeks trying to get these phones right now causing it to topple over some systems; I'll be patient :)

Is anyone else getting this?<p><i>In order to perform site maintenance, our online shop has shut down temporarily.<p>We apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you please try again later.</i>

Darn, Keon is sold out. I wanted a small smartphone. OS aside, I'm hoping Firefox OS (is there an official abbreviation we can use) will rejuvenate the small screen smartphone market.

Unfortunately, if I understand correctly these phones will not work with TMobile 3G in the US which only operates in the 1700-Mhz band.<p><a href="http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/phone-sim-card" rel="nofollow">http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/phone-sim-card</a>

Looks like "killed by success". ;)<p>Couldn't get through with Firefox (haha) and my german VISA, too.<p>Also note that 55 Euros shipping is NOT the only option.. ;)

Trying to buy but the website seems overwhelmed. Good to know that it ships worldwide!<p>Edit: Sign up for an account first at "My Account" at the top. Seems to have less problems compared to signing up at the Checkout page.<p>Edit2: Bought a Peak!

Well, now BOTH models are out-of-stock!

How open is the hardware? Are the drivers open source?

Hmm, since the website is pretty much hosed, I can't see what it says, but...<p>Even if it ships worldwide, as somebody mentioned, how can one tell whether it actually <i>works</i> with <i>&#60;random carrier in country X&#62;</i>?<p>There's no doubt a lot of coarse-grained commonality between different carriers in different countries, but there also seem to be many differences when you get down to the details, and a lot of incentive to add gratuitous minor incompatibilities for the purpose of locking in your customers... I'd be pretty nervous about importing a random phone.

No Serbia on the list even though official statements said it will be one of the first countries where phones will be available, so I sent them an email regarding that. I was amazed when less than 1 hour later, I got an email reply !!! "Dear Boris, We took some countries out because of maintenance, but we'll put Serbia back on the list, don't worry, thanks for the remark and sorry for the inconveniences."

Link to database cannot be established: SQLSTATE[42000] [1203] User db59706 already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections

Peak seems to be good enough for most of us and Keon for our kids, most likely. I don't even care if it's out of stock or has errors buying it, what I care about is what does it _feel_ to use a Firefox OS. Can it compete with Android / iOS? Does it have potential to ever becoming a competing OS?

This is absolutely great news!

It's sad you can only pay with credit cards. I refuse to get a credit card.

Just ordered a Peak, total impulse buy. Any word on when these will ship?

I want one, I may be my first smartphone. BTW: Is it smart enough?

5 hours and now completely sold out. Ow.<p>I know there would be demand for these, but <i>that</i> much demand? Sounds promising for the platform :)

Got myself up to the payment page, but the page complained something about "tarjeta" even though my card number was absolutely correct.<p>Oh well.

Is it me or did the prices of these two phones jumped? I remember peak being like ~173$ (or was that euro).

Site is being hammered.<p>I managed to get through and bought a Peak, but it's not showing up on the My Orders page, yet.

Awesome, just got a Peak!<p>I got the database error but just keep refreshing and it goes through eventually :)

Does not ships to India... Fuck!

Just ordered the Keon without using my creditcard. Payment: Cash on delivery with fee

If you're in the UK, leave the VAT field blank.<p>Also, KEONS ARE NOW SOLD OUT!

Ordered, waiting to play with it :)

error ridden.. oh the pain :(

Is this a parody to get more people to buy iPhones?