Friday, June 5 2009

Twitter “Customer Care” at Fon is Fonwifi

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At Fon we are Fonwifi in Twitter. But it so happens that naturally FonWiFi is evolving from being us telling news about Fon to quickly becoming a first help site for customer care. We were not prepared for this but as thousands of Fonera 2.0 get shipped around the world we [...]

Monday, May 4 2009

We ran out of stock in the Fonera 2.0. Why did you not get one?

Sorry, the Fonera 2.0 is out of stock. The next ones will arrive in a month. In the meantime,  we at Fon are not only interested in those who bought a Fonera 2.0 but in those who did not buy one. So I prepared a poll for those who were not attracted [...]

Thursday, April 23 2009

Fonera 2.0 coverage in Blogs and Media

I would like to share what’s been said in blogs and media since we announced the Fonera 2.0 launch. The reviews are very positive and early sales are strong. But selling a lot of hardware without advertising is close to a miracle. Especially in the midst of a global crisis. So [...]

Tuesday, April 21 2009

MSI Wind plus Fonera 2.0 Bundle for 379 euros available in France, Italy and Spain

During our last trip to Morocco which resulted in our engagement, Nina and I both took Netbooks. She took her fancy MacBookAir. I took the MSI Wind that my friends had turned into an amazing triple combo of Mac, plus Ubuntu, plus Windows XP.
Yes, I know it sounds crazy, but thanks to a [...]

Thursday, April 16 2009

Outlook for ‘09 at Fon

We are now facing the toughest environment that I have ever seen for start ups. We have gone from financial markets and VCs willing to finance dreams to a show me the money reality that will force start ups to close their doors if they can´t delivere. Fearing this new scenario and warned [...]

Friday, April 3 2009

The Fonera 2.0 can help you save money and reduce CO2 emissions

According to this PC Energy report, US organizations alone waste $2.8 billion every year powering 108 million unused PCs, responsible for approximately 20 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, roughly equivalent to the emissions of 4 million cars. PCs and monitors are 39% of total ICT emissions worldwide (that account to 2% of the total emissions), [...]

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Fonera 2.0 goes for sale on April 21st in Europe

Yesterday we had our first in person presentation of the Fonera 2.0. It was in Paris. During this presentation I announced that the Fonera 2.0 will go for sale everywhere in Europe on April 21st. USA and Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan will start in May. The promotional price for the [...]

Monday, March 30 2009

Competitive analysis of the Fonera 2.0 vs Belkin, Linksys, Asus and D-Link

Below is a comparison table listing features and prices of the Fonera 2.0 and its closest competitors. Companies like ASUS, Planex, D-Link, Belkin and Linksys all sell wireless routers with USB ports and storage features, but none of these provides the same functionality  as the Fonera 2.0 and none can match its 49€ price. This [...]

Saturday, March 28 2009

The Fonera 2.0 white on the outside green on the inside

Besides being an exciting gadget, the Fonera 2.0 helps you reduce some of the CO2 you generate in your digital life. The Fonera 2.0 is Green because you can save energy moving your long time consuming tasks from your notebook or desktop to your Fonera 2.0 router, allowing you to shut down your computer while [...]

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