A link to a blog update stating that the initial run of boards is being tested, if they are ok then a bigger production run will begin.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/422
That is really good news, and it looks an interesting projects device. It is interesting to look at the interfaces they have chosen on their minimal footprint device. I see the model B device as the only sensible option for a development board because of the network connection, the HDMI or RCA connector seems a little strange - but maybe RCA is more popular in the US. But given space was at a premium you think HDMI would be their only connector covering both audio and video. I had also read they wanted a device to connect simple to a range of output devices, so perhaps that is the reason.
Performance of the board would be of most interest to me, I have an Intel Atom based Nettop for any video viewing and archiving of content. It is certainly adequate at that but it does not take much to reach the limits of the device when doing CPU intensive work. You certainly notice yet another Windows Update getting downloaded if you were watching a video at the same time.
This board has a 700Mhz processor and 256Mbyte RAM, but the demos do show some pretty impressive results even though it does feel light on memory.
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