I can assure you guys that this isn't going to ship in at least 90 days or more. The reason well, if this is shipping as a COMPLETE system with a custom case... it takes about 90 days to tool ABS plastic start to finish. At least in my experience in China, and by the time you go to tooling the case design has been engineered, debugged, photographed and apporved by all invovled from marketing to retail customers. (in this case probably like 10 guys lol)
So if a case design exists it's gotta be well underway or in the final prototyping stages to see a mid-year ship date.
So my theory here is that this has been posted to generate interest and garner support from potential developers and us fanboys
If they're using an existing sheet metal frame and redressing the front ABS plastic front shave some time off that. If the case is totally custom start to finish it takes longer of course.
Either way, good luck guys... I do not mock you... I salute you!!!!
In my expierence we'd release press photos once we commited to tooling and signed off on that bill. Becuase there's really no return once chips are being fabbed abd steel molds made... not unless you want to take a bath of bibilical proprtions...