Android DevPhone1 available - but not for all developers

Last weekend Google finally announced that they have made their first public Android development phone available to everyone registered as an Android developer. Even though it is basically an unlocked version of the HTC G1 (not exactly a beauty) I still decided to order one. But apprantly that is not possible!

It turn out that Google only ships the phone to a very limited list of countrys - Denmark not included. This is not something I have seen mentioned on any of the announcements coming from Google and I find this choice quite strange (especially as we have quite a few Android developers in Denmark).
Fortunately my company have an office in the UK and I could order the phone to the office there instead.
The phone itself is quite cheep ($399) but what a chock I got when I saw the shipping bill - freaking $171 in order to ship 1(ONE!!) phone from the US to the UK. This was the only shipping option available and it was some UPS with tracking option.
I am seriously considering to cancel my order as I find this shipping price close to ridiculous.
It this just Googles way of saying "hey we only want large companies to work on Android apps?, Screw all you small developers out there"?
By the way! only one phoe can be ordered at a time

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