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Love having data to work with!  Several interesting things are emerging…

The Vybe Alert was designed with the female user in mind from day one.  While there are certainly men who have problems with call notification, the systemic issues make the pain more common and more acute for women.  Lack of functional pockets in work clothes, cultural resistance and physical impediments to the belt clip option, and the immediate purse availability combine as noise that make it far more likely that a woman will miss an incoming call.

The data from the survey supported this assumption.

Women indicated that the Vybe Alert would be appropriate for themselves far more than men indicated for themselves.  When asked about appropriateness for their spouse, men indicated that the Vybe Alert would be appropriate for their spouse ?far more then women indicated it would be appropriate for their spouse.

The subsequent question about purchasing the Vybe Alert indicated the same pattern.  Women are substantially more likely to purchase Vybe Alert for themselves – Men far more likely to purchase for their spouse.

Yes, of course this result may simply be in the expectations set in the survey.  However, even with the limitations of the survey method and sampling issues, the results support the primary business assumption to focus on solving with problem of call notification for women.

More results coming soon…

The survey has been getting great response so far!  Thanks to all who have completed it.

If you haven’t seen it in your inbox, the survey can be found here.
We’re planning on drawing a winner of the thank you drawing later this evening – to enter complete the survey in the next 8 hours.

We’ll probably leave the survey open in case you don’t find this before the drawing and would still like to participate.  Summary of the survey will be posted here soon.

Thank you!

After a lengthy process I’m pleased to announce the new name for the revolutionary personal alert device we’ve had in development – the Vybe Personal Alert!

In conjunction with the new name there are new websites.  The main product site is moving to VybeAlert.com. Meanwhile the Bing Innovation Blog is now at VybeRation.com… but you already knew that if you are reading this.

All sorts of things happening.  Thrilled to have so much progress and looking forward to sharing more soon!

To all the folks who have inquired why there have been no updates in a while, the quiet period is finally lifted!  Thanks for your notes of support.

Monday will mark the next phase for Bing Innovations – several big changes will be announced, including the new name.  Yes, I will post the news here as well.

Thank you!

After more time that I care to admit publically, I have a fully functional unit!  The wife is Beta Tester 1 – Bing Enabled and ready to go!

As you may imagine I’m very excited about this…

Testing the unit with multiple phones and finally moving this business forward.

More on this breaking news as it develops.

Short update from engineering department: hardware issues resolved.

This is good news for Bing – software work happening now.  Expect revised timeline soon.

Hopeful and trying desperately to not get ahead of myself.

When they tell you that it always takes twice as long and costs three times as much as you expect, believe them.

Another month has slipped by with nothing to show for it.  Progress is being made troubleshooting technical issues, but there is nothing to show for it yet.  Deployed prototype is a binary thing – either it is working or it is not.  Still in the not category at the moment.

Thank you to all the continued support.  Revising plan given current situation and will update one and all as soon as there is forward movement.

While we are *still* waiting on the Bing v2.0 prototype, I’d like to take a quick moment to announce the launch of GoGreenInStyle.com.  The site features tips, suggestions, and stories about greening your wedding.

My fiancee and I have teamed up to bring the site to a)help other people that are interested in infusing sustainability into their wedding planning, and to b) entertain! Expect to hear about escapades of my fiancee and I as we plan and execute our green wedding.  

On the Bing front, look for new news this week… fingers crossed!

There you go.  Now you too have the Steve Miller Band stuck in your head. Unfortunately, you don’t have a Bing stuck on your bra.  And neither do I.

Thank you to all the folks who are checking in today to hear about the much heralded and extremely delayed fully functional Bing prototype.  Don’t give up hope.  We will have another week or so of waiting, but it will be here soon.

These latest delays are not major diversions from the time table and not that significant in the scheme of things.  *deep breath* These are the sort of things that are completely expected.

(And for those of you who are eager to make a humorous comment about the intro to this post, no, I’m not wearing a bra.  Although if it will help get Bing to market and move units…)

This just in: the boards for Bing V2 are over the Pacific at the moment… schedule for arrival tomorrow.

These are just the base for the boards – they will still need to be assembled/populated.  But it is an exciting and encourgaing thing to know that the elements are coming together.

Be advised: we will likely miss the Nov 19th date, but not by much.  Bing will soon be born!