Send your 'Hiro P' BUGbase back, get a BUGbase WiFi for $99

If you classify yourself as a hardcore DIYer, you probably sprung for Bug Labs' 'Hiro P' BUGbase way back in the day. You've also likely been weeping since the entirely more awesome BUGbase WiFi was announced last month. Thankfully, you can now empty your current bucket of tears and stash it away for good, as a wicked good deal has just arrived to turn that frown upside-down. Bug Labs is offering the $449 BUGbase WiFi for just $99 if you send your original BUGbase back to the company before November ends. If you'd like to take advantage, feel free to hit up Bug and mention the offer being emailed out to existing users after the break.

Hello,

First off, I want to thank you for being a BUG customer. I appreciate your business and would love to hear what you're doing (or dreaming about doing) with your BUG!

You may have heard us announce the availability of BUGbase WiFi. In addition to integrated WiFi *and* Bluetooth, BUGbase WiFi is RoHS and CE compliant, allowing us to ship BUG to the European Union and lots more countries around the world. Other improvements include a friction-fit docking connector and improved power management, along with a few other under-the-hood enhancements.

In all the excitement, we haven't forgotten about all of you who already own a BUGbase. We value you early adopters and want to make it easy for you to upgrade. For the month of November, if you send us your original 'Hiro P' BUGbase back, we will send you a new BUGbase WiFi for $99!.

Please send me an email and let me know if you'd be interested in this upgrade and I'll get back to you right away with the details.

[Galley Posted Nov 5th 2009 4:44PM]

I have no idea what that thing is.

[Dafrety Posted Nov 5th 2009 4:49PM]

Then you don't belong on Engadget.

*goes to google what BUGbase is*

[patboy2008 Posted Nov 5th 2009 4:58PM]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Bugbase

[nrp Posted Nov 5th 2009 5:06PM]

It's an ARM development/prototyping platform for people who are willing to spend 2x as much as a Beagleboard or Gumstix costs for some added convenience.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 5:10PM]

A link to the company site would be nice...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 5:43PM]

Cultural reference for the uninitiated:

'Hiro P' - Hiro Protagonist was the main character in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash

A MUST READ for any real geek. And of course, when reading, always consider the context of when it was written.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 6:35PM]

Maybe engadget can combine articles like these into a "Stuff we like to report, but most people probably don't really care about"

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 7:08PM]

Awesome that a) this thing is named "Hiro P" and b) it took no time at all for the name's origin to be pointed out. Bravo!