i would make sure one is just a rebrand of the other. From the two pictures the edges of the eyboards didn't look similar.
On 6/3/07, J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/8188/8188105_sa.jpg > > > > http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/23-203-009-02.jpg > > > > On 6/2/07, J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Here's the question: > >> > >> Is this -- > >> > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8188105&st=bluetooth+keyboard&type=product&id=1165609051373 > >> > >> the same as this -- > >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823203009 > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> 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----- > >>> > >>> From: J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Subj: Re: [Treo] Treo keyboards > >>> Date: Sat Jun 2, 2007 7:03 pm > >>> Size: 1K > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> > >>> Staples (they have a local store) has a bluetooth kbd, > >>> > >> but it has to be > >> > >>> 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 --- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yahoo! Groups Links > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> > >> /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/ > >> > >> > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > /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/ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ============================== War Eagle
