Reply to: Electronics cheaper after Christmas?

[TimberWolf]

Well it arrived extraordinarily quickly. All works fine as far as I can tell while its tethered to the mains. Manual says not to use it while on its first charge but who can resist playing with a new toy while it charges for hours?

Seems awesome. GPS, Compass, Camera, Video, Radio, Media Player, Internet, etc, all on a 5" screen. Sorry about you suckers still on 3.5"'s. One can download Google Map data for off-line use and I will give that a go outside later using the GPS alone, without a WiFi/Data connection. Android seems okay so far, although I do feel that any of these many Apps I have thus far downloaded could be doing any number of naughty things.

[TimberWolf]

55p per hour. Not the best rate.

And now I'm constantly checking my email for a despatch notification, which usually occur way before Amazon predict when you buy. Until then I'll just have to settle with playing with my life sized paper cut-out. Wow, what a big 'screen'.

[VectraMan]

I'd been looking for about 3 days solid over Christmas. Saved me £40.

55p per hour. Not the best rate.

[TimberWolf]

Made you look.

I'd been looking for about 3 days solid over Christmas. Saved me £40.

[gingerjedi]

Where?

Not here

Made you look.

[TimberWolf]

£120 now

Where?

Not here

[gingerjedi]

£180 now. This thing changes price rapidly even within Amazon's own stock.

Happy I got mine for £135 yesterday, assuming it's not a dud

£120 now

[TimberWolf]

Now £170 through Amazon. Looks like every now and then a third party seller puts a few up for sale for £135 and when they quickly sell out it's back to the more expensive Amazon direct price.

£180 now. This thing changes price rapidly even within Amazon's own stock.

Happy I got mine for £135 yesterday, assuming it's not a dud

[TimberWolf]

It's just dropped from £180 to £135!, but though it says in stock (5 left) is being sold by "Tribal UK".

Now £170 through Amazon. Looks like every now and then a third party seller puts a few up for sale for £135 and when they quickly sell out it's back to the more expensive Amazon direct price.

[darmstadt]

Nope, thats different to the Samsung Note as the Note is also a phone:

See here

That has a 5.3" screen but my Nexus has a 4.65" screen so not too much difference except mine has the Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) version of Android which is very nice, quite different to previous versions (and is very fast.)

[TimberWolf]

Bought it. Now I need to decide what class of 16 GB Micros SDHC I need to buy. Hmm.

[TimberWolf]

Woo Hoo!

It's just dropped from £180 to £135!, but though it says in stock (5 left) is being sold by "Tribal UK".

Safe as buying through Amazon Direct?

Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5 Inch 8GB MP3 Player - White: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Need an answer quick, my 'Buy with 1-lick' finger is twitching <twitch>.

[TimberWolf]

Are you talking about the Samsung Note? I thought that was a phone as well, kind of in between a phone and a tablet. I have the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is quite large and so far works fine for those day to day uses such as browsing the web, viewing streaming stuff and the occasional call.

Yeah, except I'm interested in the budget version for peasants:

Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5 Inch 8GB MP3 Player - White: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

[darmstadt]

Smart phones are too small now IMO, now that so much media, including Internet, is consumed by them and fingers so big in comparison to their minuscule screens. I'm hoping 5" is good for on the move and for tablety uses.

Are you talking about the Samsung Note? I thought that was a phone as well, kind of in between a phone and a tablet. I have the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is quite large and so far works fine for those day to day uses such as browsing the web, viewing streaming stuff and the occasional call.

[OwlHoot]

I gather they have started selling 3 TB disks now, whereas 2 TB was the limit for a long time.

So that means my 4-bay disk pack could now hold 12 TB instead of a measly 8 TB. Bet it would cost a fair few bob though.