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Well folks, the big day finally arrives tomorrow. The CherryPal C114 is finally shipped after weeks/months of anticipation… Oh, and there’s an election apparently too..

I began this blog back at the end of July this year and since then the little 2 watt, eco-friendly CherryPal has experienced a number of hiccups and roadblocks that it has successfully managed to overcome.

The first major roadblock was met when merely 6 days after this blog began all CherryPal orders were placed on hold until further notice, which was later attributed to a graphics processor issue. It was not until almost 2 months later that CherryPal orders were again ready to be taken but in this time away the CherryPal had gained an additional 4GB of flash memory and a new name, the C114.

The second major roadblock has been (and may continue to be) funding. In an email to CherryPal “Brand Angels” Max Seybold, CEO of CherryPal, spoke of a binding agreement with a “UK based African-born Indian family” that fell through. Once this was realized the search began for private investors but with the worldwide financial meltdown this proved difficult. In short, CherryPal are in need of financial investment if they are to survive. Hopefully investors will realize the importance of development in small, cheap, eco-friendly computers in time to prevent CherryPal from being absorbed by the impending recession (Anyone wishing to invest in green/open/fair CherryPal should get in touch via investgreen@cherrypal.com “Any amount helps!”).

The newly dubbed ‘CherryPal C114’ was to ship on US Election Day, 4^th November (11/4), “guaranteed”! And now that day has arrived…