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For Sale / Wanted / FS: NEW Zaurus 860 (UK ONLY)

« on: September 25, 2004, 03:39:20 pm »

Marc,

Thanks for the information, really useful.  

Hope you don't mind some extra questions.

Would the C750 be any cheaper, enough to consider it over the C860 at £400? (I'm not worried about memory, I have 4GB microdrive, a 512MB CF card plus two 256MB SD cards floating around).

During my web browsing I found the UK supplier of the 'Yopy 3700' for £199 new. I can however not find a decent comparison between the Sharp and the Yopy, differing camps of linux users it would seem like the differing pda's.  I know the Yopy 3700 isn't anywhere as rounded a product as the Sharp Zaurus but £200 is a big gap between the two devices.  Do you as a linux pda user have any views on the Yopy 3700?  Would I have a hard time getting additional software for the Yopy?  (Found plenty of Zaurus software from my SL5500 days).

Which ROM do you think is the better option for the Zaurus?

Thanks for all the advice, really having fun checking the various options out presently.

Regards,

Garry

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For Sale / Wanted / FS: NEW Zaurus 860 (UK ONLY)

« on: September 24, 2004, 11:47:19 am »

Marc,

Pity I missed out on your sale.  I'm investigating the PDA market presently and seem to be settling on going with a Zaurus 860 next (completely fed up with my Ipaq 2210 constantly needing soft / hard resets because of software conflicts).

Is there any way to get a Zaurus 860 into the UK for less than 'Shirtpocket' prices at £535? Does the import tax mean its not worth it?

Is there any forums etc. to check out for second hand units apart from eBay? I'd be more than happy with a C700 or C750/760.

How hard is the conversion to english for a native sharp unit?  Is it worth the extra money to Shirtpocket to get a english configured one.

Regards,

Garry