Hi Jim!
> Now that I'm salivating on the psiXpda and thinking that $600 is a bit over
> the top, I wonder if anyone out there has a better memory than me.
> What was the cost of the 3A new?
You may be surprised, but usually the offers in US are around 30-60%
cheaper than in Europe, e.g. Germany, resulting in quicker and broader
spread of new technology in US. For example, importing Tablet PCs from
US saves around 25% even tough shipping, import tax etc have to be paid.
My revo plus (16MB) was 845DM = 442€ = 597$.
The Psion 5 was 1300DM, now 665€ or 898$.
Ciao,
Georg
Craig Caroll wrote:
> I am still of the opinion that the n900 is a work in progress and whislt
> there is the potential to replace a psion it is a year off that target.
That's no surprise! The N900 is the first phone running Maemo, with a totally new GUI to boot. Plus Nokia has a tendency to release things too early, and then release lots of updates later.
I'm waiting for whatever superceeds the N900 (or else at least waiting for Nokia to fix all the bugs from releasing it too early). MeeGo probably means Maemo will see more major changes, so I am tempted to wait for that (although if Nokia releases that too early then I could have a looong wait, so maybe not).
> I say this due to lack of rich applications such as office editors, no
> sat nav, weak pim software and syncing with online services such as
> google and exchange is weak.
Are you sure there is no Sat Nav for the N900? I thought it came with Nokia's own sat nav, like their previous Maemo devices?
Sad to hear the PIM software is "weak" - in what way? Looked OK from the screenshots, I was just worried about the inevitable bugs (this being the first release with PIM).
Chris Handley
Thanks Craig, that means I still have to wait and see (and use my Psions so far), although the new Sharp Netwalker seems to be quite useful too.
But I´d rather take the n900 with me, size matters in this case!!!
Balazs
Dear all, maybe you need some spare parts:
well-padded belt holster for revo
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180471599823
rotating belt holster for revo or series 5(mx). Very comfortable when sitting down. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180471602322
Psion revo plus, electronic top, mechanic broken -> spare parts
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180471678598
Kind regards, Georg