Luhmann said:
The end result was that I asked UPS to tell customs to dispose of the device. A lot of money down the drain, but less expensive than returning it to the US which would have been expensive with additional customs duties...
Sorry to hear that.
Rick31 said:
I like the prices on Ruten too, but what concerns me is that in all of the pictures, they have a Cingular Wireless sticker on the phone. I also noticed that it doesn't say if this is an unlocked phone or not. While I'm sure it is, and they probably just stole the pictures from the internet, it would be worth asking about before buying.
Yeah, that's what bothered me too. And whether unlocked or not, I reckon it's an unofficial import so might not be covered by warranty.
I bought a new Treo 680 on Sunday. I got it from one of those little shops in the K-Mall -- thanks for the tip! It was 15,800 including the free extra battery. That was a limited time offer from Palm, by the way, so if anyone's going to buy a 680, they should get one soon.
The machine I got has a one-year warranty and it has Chinese support on the ROM. That's a handwriting recogniser plus CJKOS (though without Hanyu Pinyin input so I had to re-install my old full copy of CJKOS to get that).
I'm liking it a lot so far. Battery life is certainly less than on my old Treo 600, but that's the only downside. Everything else is great.