View Full Version : Jasjar in stock in Tottenham Court Rd, London.,what a beauty
bukwit
08-09-2005, 09:16 PM
I got to play around with one this evening, Like the colour and overall shape/size. Not too big or bulky to make it difficult to carry..and it fitted into my Ipaq belt-clip case! ;)
The screen is amazingly clear..a little smaller than the HP4700 screen and not as bright but still a beautiful screen. The stylus is cool...quite big as styli go...2 speakers at the front base of the unit (didnt get to check the audio quality)...Video and camera quality seemed very good infact...speed of the unit was quite responsive...didnt see any noticeable slowdown. Overall very impressed. Will try and mess about with it more 2moro sometime.
The store that had just stocked them is called Inkino situated inside Sunrise Digital Electronics about half-way down Tottenham Court Road if any1 is intrested.
saldous
08-09-2005, 09:48 PM
How much is it from there?
bukwit
08-09-2005, 10:05 PM
675
Some of the images of the Jas Jar looked like the devices was grey-black, other images made it seem almost brown.... How would you describe the colour? Can you take a picture and post it?
vijay555
09-09-2005, 09:51 AM
The orange ones are an ugly grey black like the M500 (I prefer the qtek aluminium look!).
We played with it at Modaco's party in August... I'm not sold on the idea yet.
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bukwit
09-09-2005, 11:36 PM
its definatly not brown...more dark grey with black keyboard...will try and take a few pics of it and post here
bukwit
09-09-2005, 11:38 PM
its definatly not brown...more dark grey with black keyboard...will try and take a few pics of it and post here
What can you say about the camera quality? I heard that it is crap...
gavinfabl
12-09-2005, 11:04 AM
popped into Sunrise, and what a beauty. I was so tempted. Still am.
might pop over there today and get one.
Very knowledgeable as well.
bukwit
12-09-2005, 10:39 PM
I was quite suprised at how good the video quality was...not tried taking any pictures with it as yet...waiting till end of next week before I can afford to get one ;)
I'll do a in-depth review just as soon as I get my hands on one.
KillyTheBid
24-09-2005, 11:02 PM
Just an update on where to get the JASJAR. I followed up a number that is given on the iMate campaign for the iMate JAM on the London Underground (0845 225 7225) in the hope of getting a repuatble dealer of things iMate. I was pointed to an outfit called Inkino Ltd on Tottenham Court Road. They have TWO outlets on this road. One at the Sunrise Digital Centre at 229 Tottenham Court Road and the second at the MBA Technology Centre at 243 Tottenham Court Road. Thier contact number is 0207 631 4567. I went along to see the JasJar and could not believe it; there was a queue here of guys waiting to buy and try this amazing machine. As sods law would have it the guy two places in front of me bought 4 of these machines with cash. The guy in front bought the last one and the elderly guy serving had spotted that I had been patiently waiting and took the time out to show me the demo machine and promised me that I would get the first one from the next delivery next day. True to his word I got a call at 10.00am the next morning. By 10.30 I was the proud owner of a spanking new JASJAR. :D What a machine! What good service. I should mention that at this store(243) and the other branch the guys are very clued up and do not do any hard-selling. In fact they openly invite you to go and check out other places. Most refreshing. I am going there for the accessories as soon as they start rolling. The old guy is going to ring me. They have also promised to install TomTom Nav 5 for me. I checked out the other stores out of curiosity and believe me these guys were the only ones who actually know anything about the product on the street. They also live by thier products and were able to show me TomTom running on a SPV c500, a Trep 650, iMate JAM and also a standalone GO 700. All the other shops showed me the cellophaned boxes from the shelf. Shame on them. They know who they are. I will keep you posted of my findings from using the JASJAR. Be cool.
gavinfabl
24-09-2005, 11:21 PM
a myth about tottenham crt rd. its many shops owned by 3 families, so of course they dont mind you browsing elsewhwere in their other sstores.
any they all talk to each other.
KillyTheBid
24-09-2005, 11:43 PM
Wrong my friend. I have checked this out and yes the hifi type sellers are pretty much all related. Its a different story with the PDA/GPS guys who are primarily guys who hold concessions in the bigger stores. A lot of them are owned by one particular mob(I use this word under advice) but these Inkino guys are new kids on the block and been going for less than two years and yet have already earned a reputation for knowledge and service. I have gleaned this info from casual chats with other non PDA sellers who had no axes to grind. One guy even hinted that he wouldn't mind working from them. On my last visit there I got to try out the Holux GPSlim bluetooth receiver and picked it up just from what I have read about it in the press and on the web; next week I am going for the MemoryMap stuff and TomTom. The JASJAR is still Rocking!
gavinfabl
24-09-2005, 11:53 PM
strange. most of the tcr stores i know people personally and have business dealings.
gavinfabl
24-09-2005, 11:54 PM
good 2 see new talent though
bukwit
25-09-2005, 12:06 AM
@KillytheBid
I got my jasjar from Inkino also...glad u liked it...its an amazing piece of kit...I personally know the guys at Inkino and can vouch for them 100%...great bunch of lads with very good knowledge.
bukwit
25-09-2005, 12:07 AM
@KillytheBid
I got my jasjar from Inkino also...glad u liked it...its an amazing piece of kit...I personally know the guys at Inkino and can vouch for them 100%...great bunch of lads with very good knowledge.
sub69
25-09-2005, 01:39 PM
Mine came from Inkino too and I highly reccommend them...
While I was in there playing around with the demo JasJar, the guy behind me bought a Bluetooth GPS thing for his PDA. He started chatting to me about my potential purchase before pulling out his HP6515 to answer a call.
As soon as 'Mr Inkino' saw this guys HP, he explained to him that it already had built-in GPS, and that the receiver he'd just purchased was pretty much useless if he was intending to use them together. He then proceeded to refund the guy his cash, and give him a thorough demonstration of how to get GPS up and running on his PDA.
Basically, I was quite impressed by the fact that the man working there spotted a new PDA from halfway accross the room, did himself out of a sale, and then spent 15 minutes helping out someone who ended up spending nothing in there. Made me happier about giving them my hard earned cash!
Mine came from Inkino too and I highly reccommend them...
While I was in there playing around with the demo JasJar, the guy behind me bought a Bluetooth GPS thing for his PDA. He started chatting to me about my potential purchase before pulling out his HP6515 to answer a call.
As soon as 'Mr Inkino' saw this guys HP, he explained to him that it already had built-in GPS, and that the receiver he'd just purchased was pretty much useless if he was intending to use them together. He then proceeded to refund the guy his cash, and give him a thorough demonstration of how to get GPS up and running on his PDA.
Basically, I was quite impressed by the fact that the man working there spotted a new PDA from halfway accross the room, did himself out of a sale, and then spent 15 minutes helping out someone who ended up spending nothing in there. Made me happier about giving them my hard earned cash!
The next time I am in London, will definitely give Inkino a visit. These news certainly brightened up my visit. Otherwise I have struck off Totenham Court Road as one of the lousiest places to get electronic.
lilliput
25-09-2005, 06:01 PM
I was in manchester yesterday .. but expansys was CLOSED !!!!!!!!!!!! arg ..
but I've touched a "fake" of the m500 ... (from free to £179 !!!! )
I guess that next saturday will be the good one :)
dajtw
03-10-2005, 02:22 AM
Inkino people definitely knows their products. Was tempted though the fact that getting a Jasjar with an O2 contract (internet) costed me 330GBP with the year's contract being 300 making a grand total of 630GBP, still cheaper than Inkino and I get 100min and 100 text. Why would anyone want to pay the 675 for just a mobile and nothing else?
My Jasjar is btw, unlocked and no different to the Jasjar being sold in TCR.
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