There have been a few interesting developments on Steorn CEO Shaun McCarthy’s Facebook page over the past couple of days. Today we were given our first look at a physical OPhone (rather than the design illustrations we’ve been shown over the past couple of months). Here it is: As expected, the OPhone is a simple […]
Month: January 2016
Why the six week delay?
Back in mid-December, going by the videosĀ and Facebook posts they released, it appeared that Steorn had received all of the parts they needed to build and ship dozens, if not hundreds, of OCubes. Rows of assembled OCubes were shown, sitting on a desk, just waiting to be packaged and shipped. Shaun McCarthy even personally offered […]
Irish Times profiles Steorn
The Irish Times published a lengthy article about Steorn yesterday, featuring an interview with CEO Shaun McCarthy and accompanied by a seven minute video in which Shaun takes reporter Mark Hillard on a tour of Steorn’s facilities. The Irish Times piece is a trimmed down version of the full article, which was the cover story […]
Shipping update and Business Post article
On Wednesday Steorn posted on their Facebook page, in response to being asked when they will start shipping OCubes, that they “expect to have shipping clearance by the end of this week or early next week.” If this turns out to be accurate, then it lines up with the 6 to 7 week estimates that […]
OCube no longer sold out
Steorn has updated their Orbo.com online store, with the OCube no longer being marked as “sold out”. Instead, it is stated that “shipping is 6 weeks from payment”. For the OPhone, shipping is said to be 12 weeks from payment. Nothing else new on the Steorn front lately. I’m still awaiting arrival of my own […]