While Pressy, a programmable multi-function button that fits in the audio jack of an Android smartphone, has made great progress since launching as a Kickstarter project in August 2013, the latest update brought a bit of bad news with it. With production ramping up, production quality has proven to be a challenge with quality assurance running across “too many faulty units.” The Pressy team has decided to postpone the original delivery from March 2014 to mid-April to address the manufacturing issues.
We wanted to give you a heads up that unfortunately it looks like we may need to postpone the original delivery date. As you saw in the previous updates, we already have working models in our hands, but while testing the production on larger scale we’ve encountered too many faulty units and had to take a step back to handle the issues causing the defects. Consequently, the original delivery date of March 2014 will be delayed in a few weeks to mid April.
To tide people over until the next update, the team has posted a short video showing how the app works (to the tune of the Pressy Rap):
New production models are expected in about two weeks. We should know better then whether the manufacturing issues have been resolved or not.
Pressy is also looking at “ways to make it up to you all.”
Source : Kickstarter