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Get an Email an Sms when the Raspberry Pi is available

6 points by sirwitti 15y ago

thenextcorner 15y ago
You could create an SMS-alert fairly easy for free by using the iftt.com alerts. I have several alerts set up to send me email when new blog posts are being submitted, among these I actually have one for RaspberryPi. Why should I pay $5 to find out if a $25 computer becomes available, if I can do it for free.
- Shank 15y ago
  This. I pay $5 for coffee, apps, but not a single text message.
- aaronpk 15y ago
  Would you kindly share your ifttt recipe?
  - thenextcorner 15y ago
    Here you go: http://ifttt.com/recipes/22545 http://ifttt.com/recipes/22545 Pay attention, you will get an email every time a new blog post appears on the Raspberry Pi blog. Combining the RSS from the Raspberry Pi with Yahoo pipes to filter on specific words can render an alert functionality easily to alert you only on the launch. I am interested in all blogposts from the Raspberry Pi, so have this set up as an email alert. The recipe is easily to adjust into an SMS alert: http://ifttt.com/recipes/22546 http://ifttt.com/recipes/22546
MrEnigma 15y ago
Kind of scummy, I didn't know it would be $5 until AFTER I put my sms/email in. I don't think they'll use it, but they could potentially gather interest lists this way. Edit: To be clear, it states that it's $5 on the first page, but I hadn't read the whole text. Seems like there should be a payment then you do the service, not the reverse. Edit2: Here I thought this was run by the official raspberry pi guys, at least that would be ok. Charging for alerts like this? Seriously.
- kzrdude 15y ago
  I know that this is a modern disease, I do it too: not reading properly. In this case I think that if you lose $5 just because you couldn't read to the end of one single sentence, you can only blame yourself.
olt 15y ago
"Please don't give any money to 3rd party $ites saying they'll alert you when the Raspi is available - we'll be giving you notice for free." – @Raspberry_Pi https://twitter.com/#!/raspberry_pi/status/173838056946810881 https://twitter.com/#!/raspberry_pi/status/17383805694681088...
waitwhat 15y ago
They have said that they will pre-announce the starting time anyway. http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/696#comment-12562 http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/696#comment-12562
aaronpk 15y ago
This violates the Raspberry Pi trademark guidelines: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/conditions-for-rp-logo-usage http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/conditio... "You may use Raspberry Pi trademarks and logo provided: a. The Raspberry Pi word mark is not part of the product name, company name or website URL."
thetabyte 15y ago
In a stroke of idiocy, I signed up without reading the full text. Will this be charged through the carrier? Has anyone discovered a way to withdraw their information?
montecarl 15y ago
Or you could join the mailing list on http://www.raspberrypi.org/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/ and get an email for free.
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paulofisch 15y ago
You'll get plenty of notice on Hacker News. I promise you.

6 points by sirwitti 15y ago

You could create an SMS-alert fairly easy for free by using the iftt.com alerts. I have several alerts set up to send me email when new blog posts are being submitted, among these I actually have one for RaspberryPi. Why should I pay $5 to find out if a $25 computer becomes available, if I can do it for free.

Shank 15y ago
This. I pay $5 for coffee, apps, but not a single text message.
aaronpk 15y ago
Would you kindly share your ifttt recipe?
- thenextcorner 15y ago
  Here you go: http://ifttt.com/recipes/22545 http://ifttt.com/recipes/22545 Pay attention, you will get an email every time a new blog post appears on the Raspberry Pi blog. Combining the RSS from the Raspberry Pi with Yahoo pipes to filter on specific words can render an alert functionality easily to alert you only on the launch. I am interested in all blogposts from the Raspberry Pi, so have this set up as an email alert. The recipe is easily to adjust into an SMS alert: http://ifttt.com/recipes/22546 http://ifttt.com/recipes/22546

MrEnigma 15y ago

Kind of scummy, I didn't know it would be $5 until AFTER I put my sms/email in. I don't think they'll use it, but they could potentially gather interest lists this way. Edit: To be clear, it states that it's $5 on the first page, but I hadn't read the whole text. Seems like there should be a payment then you do the service, not the reverse. Edit2: Here I thought this was run by the official raspberry pi guys, at least that would be ok. Charging for alerts like this? Seriously.

kzrdude 15y ago
I know that this is a modern disease, I do it too: not reading properly. In this case I think that if you lose $5 just because you couldn't read to the end of one single sentence, you can only blame yourself.

olt 15y ago

"Please don't give any money to 3rd party $ites saying they'll alert you when the Raspi is available - we'll be giving you notice for free." – @Raspberry_Pi https://twitter.com/#!/raspberry_pi/status/173838056946810881 https://twitter.com/#!/raspberry_pi/status/17383805694681088...

waitwhat 15y ago

They have said that they will pre-announce the starting time anyway. http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/696#comment-12562 http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/696#comment-12562

aaronpk 15y ago

This violates the Raspberry Pi trademark guidelines: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/conditions-for-rp-logo-usage http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/conditio... "You may use Raspberry Pi trademarks and logo provided: a. The Raspberry Pi word mark is not part of the product name, company name or website URL."

thetabyte 15y ago

In a stroke of idiocy, I signed up without reading the full text. Will this be charged through the carrier? Has anyone discovered a way to withdraw their information?

montecarl 15y ago

Or you could join the mailing list on http://www.raspberrypi.org/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/ and get an email for free.

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paulofisch 15y ago

You'll get plenty of notice on Hacker News. I promise you.