Therein lies one of the problems of mail order. The newegg version is
pictured in ThinkOutside packaging, and calls itself a Stowaway. And
when you follow the "manufacturers product page" link, there's the iGo,
formerly ThinkOutside, Stowaway for $50 more, except now it's called iGo
-- and the iGo site does not show the packaging, but in Best Buy the iGo
Stowaway is in different packaging than what's shown in NewEgg, and at
the same price as the mfg. site.
So, the last time I ordered from an egg, is was called Egghead. I've
always wondered whether NewEgg was the same outfit, repackaged. Egghead
had good stuff at great prices.
The problem here is the price is so great I have to wonder about it
being the product I want. And returning online ordered stuff is a pain
in the butt.
On the other hand, maybe for the use I have, I should order the less
expensive. Maybe if the $129 version is so much better than the $79
version, I'll not notice. And the packaging will be in a landfill within
a few days, so ...
Lio wrote:
> it doesn't look like it
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> http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/8188/8188105_sa.jpg
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> http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/23-203-009-02.jpg
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> On 6/2/07, J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Here's the question:
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>> Is this --
>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8188105&st=bluetooth+keyboard&type=product&id=1165609051373
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>> the same as this --
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823203009
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>> Name-wise, they would appear to be the same animal. The packaging is
>> different but that could be laid to the change in name from Think
>> Outside to iGo.
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>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>> If $89 would encourage you to wait, try Newegg.com. Not sure if they still
>>>
>> have it for that price, but that's what I paid for my Stowaway Bluetooth.
>> Did I mention I love it? It is in the MoMA, so believe me the design is A+.
>> Some people (engineers, etc. doing lots of numbers) miss the 5th row of
>> number keys but that would have been overkill in my book.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> From: J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Subj: Re: [Treo] Treo keyboards
>>> Date: Sat Jun 2, 2007 7:03 pm
>>> Size: 1K
>>> To: [email protected]
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>>> Staples (they have a local store) has a bluetooth kbd,
>>>
>> but it has to be
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>>> ordered. So if I have to order, the $129 iGo looks pretty usable in
>>> pictures, and turns out its available at my favorite Best Buy, which
>>> isn't as local as Staples, but more local than a week or so in shipping.
>>> So before I zip down there to buy one, I'm still waiting for some
>>> reviews. Probably pop over to TreoCentral or MyTreo later this evening
>>> and see if anyone has anything bad to say about it, or better to say
>>> about something else.
>>> It's not something I'd use a lot, but if it fits in a jacket or
>>> waist-pack -- the one I had with my Palm was wicked handy.
>>> --- message truncated ---
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>> /The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we
>> know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us
>> whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
>> chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
>> A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
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/The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we
know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us
whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
