not very worried about the hp jack... it's useful tough but I guess you can work around it.
The news here is that the regular units will be available in April and I'm late on the list... so I better go back to work.
It would seem these first run models are probably quite limited in number of unit available, but i have no idea. But i wouldn't think they make a whole lot of units with headphone jacks. So the big stockpiling of inventory that many were imaging while the bugs were being fixed probably never happened. I'll have to reset my mind for a MUCH longer wait than I had anticipated I think. Plus April probably means July...