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lovemyxda
22nd February 2007, 10:13 PM
Does anyone know of the best place to buy one of these?
They seem to be getting dearer on ebay.£320 or so.
Perhaps this is still the best bet! Thanks.
hays
23rd February 2007, 03:37 PM
You can get a 12 month deal in o2 shops for £35 -£40 per month for 12 months contract with a free Orbit
They give you £30 trade in for any old phone
You can ebay the co-pilot pack ( I got £60)
r4je5h
23rd February 2007, 05:19 PM
i have one of these co-pilot packs for sale.
comes with a 256mb micro sd and all tom tom maps of the uk
£60 inc p&p
collection is welcome from east london near east ham train stn
or contact me at varsani1@hotmail.com
nm8
23rd February 2007, 11:24 PM
Option 1: Get Orbit from O2 for free (£40/month 12 months)and sell Copilot on ebay.. you get around £60. You can keep the car holder and car charger that comes with it. Then get a TT6 software for around £80
Option 2: Get HTC P3300(Premium) from expansys (Pay £105, £35/month tariff). You get TT6 + Maps of Western Europe on DVD, Free Car cradle and car charger.
What are the differences? Simple.. if you buy O2 branded, you may need to SIM unlock if you want to use other sim cards that will cost you some money. Subscriptionwise, £40 x 12 = £480... £35 x 12 = 420 (£60 savings on Option 2)
Its just a small amount to pay after all for option 2 and no hassle... where as option 1 ... you need to do a lot of things blah blah blah.. and you get crap O2 software....
Its a big gamble getting these expensive stuffs from ebay... you never know what shit the seller has done to it why they are selling it!
This is only my own opinion, everyone has individual choices anyway... im just telling you mine.. kapeesh!!!
lovemyxda
24th February 2007, 03:35 PM
Thanks for your replys,and guidance.Have taken a chance and bought a two week old one from ebay.Cost £280 all in. Lets hope it comes ok,and is as described.Thanks
Adigital
24th February 2007, 04:00 PM
I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
P.S.
I've been using for about a year XDA Exec and on WiFi battery died so quickly that I used it so rarely that it wasn't big deal to have it. With GPRS it is perfect compromise between speed and power consumption.
cudo
24th February 2007, 04:04 PM
I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
what do u mean no WIfI ???
cheerz, cudo
Adigital
24th February 2007, 04:08 PM
what do u mean no WIfI ???
cheerz, cudo
Mean that Artemis version of T-Mobile's MDA Compact III does not have WiFi.
colonel
24th February 2007, 07:39 PM
Option 1: Get Orbit from O2 for free (£40/month 12 months)and sell Copilot on ebay.. you get around £60. You can keep the car holder and car charger that comes with it. Then get a TT6 software for around £80
Option 2: Get HTC P3300(Premium) from expansys (Pay £105, £35/month tariff). You get TT6 + Maps of Western Europe on DVD, Free Car cradle and car charger.
What are the differences? Simple.. if you buy O2 branded, you may need to SIM unlock if you want to use other sim cards that will cost you some money. Subscriptionwise, £40 x 12 = £480... £35 x 12 = 420 (£60 savings on Option 2)
Its just a small amount to pay after all for option 2 and no hassle... where as option 1 ... you need to do a lot of things blah blah blah.. and you get crap O2 software....
Its a big gamble getting these expensive stuffs from ebay... you never know what shit the seller has done to it why they are selling it!
This is only my own opinion, everyone has individual choices anyway... im just telling you mine.. kapeesh!!!
1. O2 has cut back on its software to virtually nothing
2. O2 does not lock its XDAs (unique in the market)
nm8
24th February 2007, 09:26 PM
I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
P.S.
I've been using for about a year XDA Exec and on WiFi battery died so quickly that I used it so rarely that it wasn't big deal to have it. With GPRS it is perfect compromise between speed and power consumption.
I use WiFi on my N560 to listen to online music especially at night I just plug in the wall charger... WiFi is also important to me because I need internet connection to access some software updates (www.epocrates.com). And I like to browse my emails occassionally when Im in bed (lazy me)
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