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theducks ([personal profile] theducks) wrote2005-12-30 11:40 pm

Dear lazyweb..

So new phones.. I want a Sony Ericsson K750i, unlocked, no contract. I want to go somewhere in Perth to buy it. Cheapest in Perth I can find is $618 from Dick Smith, vs ~$520 from eBay Australian based sellers. Any other suggestions?

I'm torn, cause I have a Sony Ericsson T68i, and it's a hunk of crap, but the K750i is much newer and has a quite decent (for a phone) camera, and works with iSync, does bluetooth and IR. The other phone I'm looking at is the Nokia 6230i ($493 from DSE), but apparently doesn't work at all with iSync. Boo.

Subject the second.. Liz suggests we get a new HDD+DVDR box.. (current one only does DVD-ROM+HDD). Myer is having a 10% off sale on video stuff. A few people make these things. Sony is way out (the company supports DRM :P plus it probably won't be region free), Samsung service sucks serious balls.. which leaves Pioneer and Panasonic. Pioneer isn't on sale, and Panasonic is the parent company of Matsushita, makers of DVD-RW drives that go way too far enforcing region coding (and yet, their consumer stuff is apparently region free). So somewhere I'm going to have to compromise. I'm impressed by the DMR-EH50 and the DMR-EH60 from Panasonic thus far. But if I get a phone.. erm.. Liz is buying the new DVR ;)

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