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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale C860 (uk)

« on: June 27, 2005, 08:23:21 am »

Zaurus now sold.

I will still import new Zaurus if anyone is interested!

Cheers
Marc

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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale C860 (uk)

« on: June 25, 2005, 08:24:29 am »

I have a C860 for sale.

The PDA is in execellent condition, and is fully UK converted (latest Cacko ROM, but can change if required) and comes with a UK PSU.

I'll also throw in an memory card.

£250 including special delivery.

Or for £275 I'll include a D-Link wifi compact flash card.

I can also import and convert the new Clamshell models (C1000, C3000, C3100), at very competetive prices, and have done so for several members on here. Please PM me for prices.

Cheers
Marc

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For Sale / Wanted / For Trade: Toshiba E-805 Vga Pocketpc

« on: June 25, 2005, 08:10:04 am »

I would like to trade my Toshiba E-805 VGA PocketPC for a Zaurus SL-860 pda (or a newer model) with wireless CF Card. The E-805 is in great condition and includes the extended battery pack. It comes with WM 2003SE preinstalled and has a Wifi card built into the unit.
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Where in the world are you?

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For Sale / Wanted / C3000

« on: April 28, 2005, 06:04:09 am »

This thread seems to be drumming me up a little business, so I think I'll give it a bump.   

Anyone interested in a 3000 or 1000 (UK only please) just give me a shout.

Cheers
Marc
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Thanks alot to uczmeg for the fantastic & prompt service of getting me a C3000. Everything works fine & its a joy to use. Still finding my way round, so i will probably be here often to ask questions.

Next stop is to get a usb host cable.  ;-)
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It was a pleasure doing business with you. Always happy to help!

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For Sale / Wanted / C3000

« on: April 12, 2005, 09:29:22 am »

This thread seems to be drumming me up a little business, so I think I'll give it a bump.  

Anyone interested in a 3000 or 1000 (UK only please) just give me a shout.

Cheers
Marc

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For Sale / Wanted / C3000

« on: April 09, 2005, 09:44:08 am »

Hi

Is there anyone in the UK who sells the C3000? if not where is the best place to buy outside UK.

Thanks
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Got mine a week ago from www.trisoft.de, very fast service, the c3000 had been converted to engkish AND some of the latest apps had been installed such as ko/pi and kino2! they come highly recomended.

Russell
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I'll beat trisoft's prices in the UK by about £80 to £90 on a 3000. And will do the conversion, provide UK power supply etc.

Cheers
Marc

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For Sale / Wanted / C3000

« on: April 08, 2005, 01:12:37 pm »

Hi

Is there anyone in the UK who sells the C3000? if not where is the best place to buy outside UK.

Thanks
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Hi,

I import the clamshell Zaurus models into the UK.

Have done it for a few people on here.

I can get you a 3000 if required. Just email me for more info.

Cheers
Marc

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For Sale / Wanted / Swap: Xda 2 Pocket Pc/phone (uk)

« on: March 23, 2005, 06:18:28 pm »

Hi,

My friend has seen the Zaurus 860s and 3000s that I have got for a few people here and wants one. But has no cash. So is looking to swap his XDA 2 for a Zaurus (with cash top up if necessary).

Let me know if you fancy a change...

XDA 2 Pocket PC PDA Boxed in excellent condition.

Tri band phone unlocked to all networks.

400mhz PDA with 64mb ROM, 128MB RAM, Bluetooth, VGA camera and SDIO SD slot.

Is exactly the same as this i-mate, just with a different badge:

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=108654

Only interested in an 860 or above. Although cash will be considered too!

Cheers
Marc

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / New Zaurus Announced: Sl-c1000

« on: March 16, 2005, 06:57:48 am »

Thanks, but I was a bit vague there.  I was wondering whether the C860 dropped in price after the C860 was launched, say one or two months down the line.

Harry.
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All hardware drops in price given time! It is just how long you are prepared to wait, and as soon as it gets to a nice level you probably want the next thing!

I don't remember how much the 860 was originally, but we've come down quite a bit since I bought my first one last year. The prices have stayed fairly stable though, they haven't dropped with the speed PCs seem to, so if you buy a 1000 now I doubt you'll feel too distressed in 6 months time.

Cheers
Marc

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / New Zaurus Announced: Sl-c1000

« on: March 16, 2005, 06:38:14 am »

Just curious.  Does anyone know whether the C860 fell in price after it was launched?  The current price of the 1000 (still pretty high for a toy) and the time it will take to port the various roms to it is putting me off. 

I'd go for the 860 for the software options but I'd really like the usb host feature.

Harry.
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Price of the 860 dropped by 2000yen (approx £10/$20) at PriceJapan.

So nothing significant.

It seems thehe 860 is being replaced by the 1000, so I expect production has stopped and the remaining units may end up getting cleared out.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / New Zaurus Announced: Sl-c1000

« on: March 15, 2005, 07:50:25 am »

And yes the 1000 has more memory than the 860.

Cheers
Marc
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I'm sorry but I think you are wrong on this count.

The C1000 has exactly the same memory and flash configuration as the C860 and C760 according to [a href=\"http://ezaurus.com/lineup/sl/compare_spec.html]Sharps Zaurus spec page[/url]

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         C1000        C860        C760
 Flash    128MB        128MB       128MB
 Rom       64MB         64MB        64MB
Stu
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Oops. Good call Stu. I guess I was scanning my specs too quickly.

Cheers
Marc

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / New Zaurus Announced: Sl-c1000

« on: March 15, 2005, 04:10:56 am »

ok there new zaurus is now available on price japan
i want to buy one but i want to know if it is possible to convert this zaurus to english
r the c1000 more memory than the c860 ?
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Nice price on the 1000, that is what the 860 cost yesterday. The 860 has dropped 2000 yen.

I would imagine that the 1000 will convert to english in exactly the same way a 3000 does. Have a look in the 3000 group there are a few message threads there right near the start of the group (so the oldest messages).

Give it a week or two and the importing companies will have instructions out and people on here will have done it.

The 860 at this time has more interesting total conversions in a range of ROM replacements that the 3000/1000 currently doesn't have. But they will appear given time.

And yes the 1000 has more memory than the 860.

Cheers
Marc

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / New Zaurus Announced: Sl-c1000

« on: March 11, 2005, 12:27:50 pm »

I think you misunderestimate the cost of connectors vs the cost of making substantially different devices, and that the Z isn't a very high volume/low margin product.

CF cards are *cheap* commodity devices*, so if the 3000 and 1000 are identical except for one is uDrive the other CF (and a different case cover), there's huge economies of scale in having them identical right up to the last second of deciding to fit an uDrive or a CF and picking the right colour of case.

* Ok,  a 128MB card is, what, US$20? and connector US$1, and the flash chips  alone would be ?$5, but then you've got to solder the flash and go through further testing, whereas the CF card could be programmed ready to go.

Localisation is also easier, just in case they do decide to offer an English version again.

It also makes it easier to repair when bricked, which I guess is perhaps the most common reason for repair - just swap or rewrite the CF.
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I am with iamasmith on this one.

I think it would be cheaper for them to put a larger amount of NAND memory on board too, and even if it wasn't there is a good reason why a CF card is unlikely...

I'm pretty sure CF cards have a limited number of writes, so you are putting a potential timebomb in your system if you start to rely on them as storage for something like an operating system.

Cheers
Marc

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / New Zaurus Announced: Sl-c1000

« on: March 11, 2005, 10:43:28 am »

Does does make me fear for any slc-3000 custom harddrive based roms (apart from openBSD and debian)

I'm not sure you should worry.

It looks like the 3000 and 1000 are essentially the same machine, the 1000 just doesn't have a hard drive, so it should be little work to make ROMS work on both.

It is nothing like the 860/3000 scenario that we currently have.

Cheers
Marc

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / New Zaurus In March?

« on: March 11, 2005, 07:21:44 am »

What I can say regarding ROM supprot is that the new Cacko ROM is more likely to appear for the C1000 than C3000 simply because: I like C1000 more (it's black! , it's cheeper, I already have a microdrive and it has layout similar to current Zaurus models, which means easier transition.
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Well that has made my choice easier!

I've been holding back to see where Cacko goes next!

Cheers
Marc