$60 Price Drop on Toshiba e805 at Best Buy

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1061770306883&skuId=6003727&type=product' target='_blank'>http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...27&type=product</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/6003/6003727_rc.jpg" /><br /><br />For those of you waiting for a price break on the Toshiba e805, Best Buy has dropped the price by $60 USD, making it $539.99. I'm sorely tempted to get one of these, but I'd miss giving up the svelte size of the iPAQ 4150, and I'd prefer to wait until official support for 640 x 480 arrives. Still...so tempting!

[apeguero]

"What'cha talkin'bout Willis?"

No seriously, are you saying that the iPAQ 4150 will have official 640x480 support? Any word on when?

I may be tempted then. I've seen this Toshiba model at CompUSA and it seems rather large. But then again, I am a 2215 owner so just about anything else out there would seem large :D

[Janak Parekh]

No seriously, are you saying that the iPAQ 4150 will have official 640x480 support? Any word on when?
No, I'm pretty sure he means "waiting for an iPAQ-sized device and waiting for official support in the OS". ;)

Give it a few more years, and then we'll probably see such resolutions in everything.

--janak

[sponge]

Give it a few more years, and then we'll probably see such resolutions in everything.

A few years after that, you'll see even higher resolutions in everything :P

[ctmagnus]

And a few years after that, we won't need no stinkin' displays!

Either they'll be etched on the lenses of our eyeballs, or we'll all be so old we wouldn't be able to see a darn thing anyways. ;)

[fyiguy]

Added Bonus, get a $50 gift card!!!

Buy a PDA $200 and up and receive a $50 Best Buy gift card instantly (savings will show in Cart)

Both the PDA and gift card must be placed in your Cart to get the savings.

Details are here:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?j=1&id=pcmcat21400050001&type=category

So your total price will be $489.99 not bad...

:mrgreen:

[Janak Parekh]

Buy a PDA $200 and up and receive a $50 Best Buy gift card instantly (savings will show in Cart)
I decided to play with this just to see how it worked, and my Cart says $589 total. I don't get it. :| Does one have to go further through the process?

--janak

[wrightca]

Still a naysayer.

I'm still using my e740. I doubt I'll be buying anything that says Toshiba on it soon. I'm looking to get a 4150/5 myself. The price is so tempting compared to what I paid for my last two PDAs (3630 in mid-2000, and the 740 when it came out). I bought my wife the iPaq 1935 and the size is definitely a plus! This new Tosh is almost a Tablet PC in size. My BDU pockets are that big, but none of my other pockets would fit this Pocket PC.

[nosmohtac]

I've always owned HP PDA's, (The 3970, was actually an HP device, they just didn't start putting the HP logo on it until the 54xx series) but I decided to make the leap to Toshiba. I don't know if I made a mistake or not, but so far I'm loving it. Browsing the web with Wi-Fi in VGA mode is just incredible. The text is small, but very sharp and readable. I certainly hope (fingers crossed but not expecting a miracle) that Toshiba doesn't leave this PDA model in the un-upgradeable heap that they've left some of their other models, when the OS starts fully supporting VGA. I won't hold my breath, but it may likely be a full year or two until that happens, and if feels goot to be at the cutting edge for now.

The biggest thing that made me jump, is that although these devices have excellent screens and processors (for the size of the device), most PDA's are only offering SD for expansion, with a few offering CF instead, or as well. Although there are some excellent prices appearing in the 512MB size, for SD and CF cards, the prices of larger storage cards has not come down as fast as I hoped. With the Toshiba's, we get something that all PDA's IMHO should have built in, USB host capability. I know that a lot of people will say, " Well, that doesn't help you, if there aren't any drivers available for PPC". Well, there are some drivers, and many people are using their Toshiba PPC's with an MP3 player or an external portable HardDrive. This isn't the best, but it can give you up to 80GB of storage for movies, music, and any other media or files you want to take with you.
:soapbox:

Ok, I'm done with my little rant, but I love this new PDA, and I know many others feel the same way. HP has been a very good supplier of PDA's, and I have had excellent experiences with all of them. I held on to my 3970, hoping that the 54xx would include more RAM. That didn't happen until the 55xx. I just about moved up, until I found out they removed the Consumer IR and NEVO (what a disappointment). I don't have CIR or anything of the sort with my e805, but I wouldn't have it with the latest flagship model from HP either, but I do have VGA. 8)

Oh, I did take advantage of the $60 off, but I didn't get a $50 gift card with it. Oh well maybe next time. Has anyone else bought one and recieved the $50 gift card? I'm wondering, did they let you use the gift card toward the purchase of your PDA, or do you have to buy something else with it?

[KAMware]

This new Tosh is almost a Tablet PC in size. My BDU pockets are that big, but none of my other pockets would fit this Pocket PC.

Acutally the new Toshiba 800/805 is the same size as as the HP 567/568.

Plus it comes with SD and Compact Flash slots and it has 128 megs of RAM. Disregarding the screen everyone raves about those two things make it desireable to me.

:D

[crutcherk]

Great deal but Best Buy is sold out of this device online. Some stores have it in stock but not near me :(

http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/6003/6003727_rc.jpg

For those of you waiting for a price break on the Toshiba e805, Best Buy has dropped the price by $60 USD, making it $539.99. I'm sorely tempted to get one of these, but I'd miss giving up the svelte size of the iPAQ 4150, and I'd prefer to wait until official support for 640 x 480 arrives. Still...so tempting!

[wrightca]

This new Tosh is almost a Tablet PC in size. My BDU pockets are that big, but none of my other pockets would fit this Pocket PC.

Acutally the new Toshiba 800/805 is the same size as as the HP 567/568.

Plus it comes with SD and Compact Flash slots and it has 128 megs of RAM. Disregarding the screen everyone raves about those two things make it desireable to me.

:D

It's one of those 'to each his own' type situations. I haven't had a good experience with Toshiba while owning my 740 for the last year. I don't need a CF slot, don't need all the RAM, want both WiFi and Bluetooth, and want the small size. That's the real kicker.

[tsb_hcy]

I'll never understand the size argument myself. Holding the unit or wearing the unit in a belt clip case you'll never notice the difference, unless you're talking screen size of course. :) I want a 5" screen on my e805 replacement. 0X

With ResFix 2.0, the UnDead hack, and PPX nothing can touch the e805. NOTHING. :devilboy:

Well, what are you guys waiting for, go buy one!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Well, what are you guys waiting for

Official 640x480 support? :wink: I always feel nervous about being an early adopter. A faster processor would be nice too.

[yvilla]

Well, what are you guys waiting for

Official 640x480 support? :wink: I always feel nervous about being an early adopter. A faster processor would be nice too.

When there is "official" VGA support, I may well be ready to upgrade again. After all, my e805 is already my 4th PPC. But in the meantime, I'm "unofficially" enjoying the full benefits of VGA right now! :ppclove:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Buy a PDA $200 and up and receive a $50 Best Buy gift card instantly (savings will show in Cart)
I decided to play with this just to see how it worked, and my Cart says $589 total. I don't get it. :| Does one have to go further through the process?

--janak

Any more word how this works? I could not find any more info on Best Buy about the gift card for PDAs & keep getting 'Cookies not enabled' when I click on the link given.

If the price really was $489.99 then maybe, just maybe... :mrgreen:

[Janak Parekh]

Any more word how this works? I could not find any more info on Best Buy about the gift card for PDAs & keep getting 'Cookies not enabled' when I click on the link given.
The theory is you get a $50 gift card for free along with purchase. So it's still $539, but $50 of that can go towards another purchase as well. But I wasn't getting that when I got to the cart...

If the price really was $489.99 then maybe, just maybe... :mrgreen:
My thinking exactly. :mrgreen:

--janak

[JTEK]

Actually, I just ordered the e805, used the "coupon" page for the $50.00 gift card, followed the instructions, and... same thing! I still get charged for it.

However, I called BestBuy customer service prior to pressing the Submit button for my order and gave them the URL for the Gift Card deal. They told me to go ahead with the order, assigned me a case#, and to call back once the order had gone through. I did this, and when I called back with the case#, they credited my account for $50.00 with no problems. (FYI: I used my BestBuy credit card for this order)

Just to confirm: the free $50.00 gift card is usable towards any future purchase.

Nice little extra freebie, if you ask me. Kudos to fyiguy for this great deal.

[beq]

So I haven't been following the rumors these days, and forgot what I'd read in the past. When exactly is "official" VGA support coming (ie. I guess I'm asking when the next PPC OS is coming)?

[Jonathon Watkins]

Hmmm, I was getting tempted by this deal until, I found out that Best Buy only accept US credit cards. I should be coming over to Canada for a business trip soon, but I guess they don't ship to Canada either from what I can glean from their website. :?

Pity, I was getting interested there for a moment. I have a spouse to upgrade to a PPC at some point and this would have been a good opportunity. Oh well, there’s always another deal on somewhere. :idea:

[huangzhinong]

If you guys really want to get e805, you can go to www.buy.com, search e805, the price is $521. There is $15 coupon around which is available for anybody. So the total is $506, free shipping and no TAX, they ship to canada too.

This link is the $15 off coupon. expire 01/31/04
http://www.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=88301879&dcaid=1688

[JTEK]

Pity, I was getting interested there for a moment. I have a spouse to upgrade to a PPC at some point and this would have been a good opportunity. Oh well, there’s always another deal on somewhere. :idea:

Ain't that the truth.
In 2 weeks, BestBuy (where, as I mentioned before, I bought my e805 from) will probably have it for $100 less and thrown in an SD card and $50 worth of McDonalds gift certificates.

Just how it goes when buying electronics. Must... try... and... remain... sane. :lol:

[huangzhinong]

dropped $30 again in bestbuy and the gift card ($50) is $0 now.

[yvilla]

Now it's down to 509.99, and still plus $50.00 gift card! (Best Buy-same link as original post) This always happens to me :!: :mrgreen:

[yvilla]

huangzhinong, note the identical time of our postings! :mrgreen:

[huangzhinong]

huangzhinong, note the identical time of our postings! :mrgreen:

:D Yeath.

It's funny that buy.com dropped their price again too. I guess most local stores will drop the price very soon. Hold your purchase. :)

[Janak Parekh]

Now it's down to 509.99, and still plus $50.00 gift card! (Best Buy-same link as original post) This always happens to me :!: :mrgreen:
Wow. 8O Must... resist... :mrgreen:

Is there any expiration date on the gift card promo?

--janak

[Jonathon Watkins]

... they ship to canada too.

No, they don't. :? (Not any more anyway).

From: "Buy.com Customer Support" &lt;[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:33 PM

Thank you for writing to us.

We are responding to your email regarding international shipping.

Thank you for your interest in Buy.com! Unfortunately, as of May 1,
2003, we no longer ship internationally. Canada is also considered
international.

Please see our web site at http://www.buy.com for details regarding
shipments within the U.S.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We appreciate your business.

Sincerely,

Customer Support

[unxmully]

Expansys have this at £439.76 which at current exchange rates is $784.84. Highly amusing :?

[Jonathon Watkins]

Expansys have this at £439.76 which at current exchange rates is $784.84. Highly amusing :?

Yes, I regularly giggle myself to sleep about the price difference between UK and US prices. :takethat: :frusty: :mecry:

The odd thing is that some things like graphics cards & Dell PDAs are pretty much the same price in both places. Yet on things like most other PDAs, CF & SD cards & most other electronics there is a big differential. Almost double on the Tosh does not surprise me.

Go figure. :?

[unxmully]

Expansys have this at £439.76 which at current exchange rates is $784.84. Highly amusing :?

Yes, I regularly giggle myself to sleep about the price difference between UK and US prices. :takethat: :frusty: :mecry:

The odd thing is that some things like graphics cards & Dell PDAs are pretty much the same price in both places. Yet on things like most other PDAs, CF & SD cards & most other electronics there is a big differential. Almost double on the Tosh does not surprise me.

Go figure. :?

Even taking off the VAT leaves the price at around $660. They're having a laugh :|

Not as bad as Apple though. The current lowest spec iBook goes for $1500 when it's $1099 on the US site. And I thought there'd be a benefit to having a strong pound :?

[SeanH]

It's one of those 'to each his own' type situations. I haven't had a good experience with Toshiba while owning my 740 for the last year. I don't need a CF slot, don't need all the RAM, want both WiFi and Bluetooth, and want the small size. That's the real kicker.
There are a lot of unhappy Toshiba owners out there. Toshiba made the decision not to offer a PPC 2K3 upgrade for the e740. Toshiba does offer a PPC 2K3 for the e750 but if you bought it with PPC 2k2 you have to pay Toshiba $50 to upgrade it. The e750 was released within weeks of PPC 2K3. That’s not good customer service.

Its great Toshiba shipped the first PPC with a VGA display but they should included the hack. They also should have included Bluetooth.

Sean

[AndrewLubinus89]

I couldn't care less about bluetooth but that screen is so beautiful :D

[SeanH]

I couldn't care less about bluetooth but that screen is so beautiful :D
This is the year for Bluetooth. It takes many many years for standards to take off. Standards like PCI, AGP, USB, PCMCIA, CF, SD, CDR, DVDR, ect. took many years to take off. Bluetooth like WiFi has been around many years but never was accepted. WiFi really took off about 15 months ago. It’s hard to buy a laptop now with out it. There are a lot of Bluetooth chip sets that have been shipping for almost a year and there has been a lot of new development we will see in 2004. One nice thing about Bluetooth is all peripherals work with all devices. If you bought an external keyboard, GPS, printer interface or any other peripheral you had to buy one for your model of PDA. Now manufactures of peripherals can create on device for all PDA’s, laptops and phones.

Here is a list of a few Bluetooth devices:
Wireless GPS.
Wireless internet access over a CDMA 2000 or GSM/GPRS cell phone.
A wireless headphone for listening to MP3’s from your PDA
A wireless interface to pipe MP3’s music through your car radio. (all 2005 Lincoln cars will have built in Bluetooth)
Symbol is shipping Bluetooth Bar Code scanners
Bluetooth keyboards and mice are in production.
Many new printers are starting to include Bluetooth interfaces
You can buy a Bluetooth printer cable so you can printer over Bluetooth to a printer.

There are many other devices that will be out this year. My next PDA will have Bluetooth and WiFi.

Sean

[QYV]

A wireless headphone for listening to MP3’s from your PDA

I'm not aware of an actual on-sale product that does stereo audio via Bluetooth, and a quick Google search only produced information about a reference design. Could you provide a link? I'd be very interested in buying such headphones!

[SeanH]

I'm not aware of an actual on-sale product that does stereo audio via Bluetooth, and a quick Google search only produced information about a reference design. Could you provide a link? I'd be very interested in buying such headphones!
Here are a couple.

http://www.jabra.com/
http://www.cylife.de/shop/cPath/131-bluetooth-headsets/

You have to hack the registry to get them to work. This year that will be fixed. None of those are stereo. The BT profile supports stereo headphones. A PDA with BT offers so many future options. It would be foolish to buy a new PDA with out BT

Sean

[hopeful797]

isn't anyone suspicious that this is indicative of either a new model from toshiba to be announced in a few weeks or a new competitor (like the rumoured hp 6000 series)? why would the price suddenly tumble (and why have comparatively few outlets even picked up the e805 to begin with)? i like the e805 so am not trying to be negative, i just find it curious and suggestive of new competition.

ic

[Janak Parekh]

isn't anyone suspicious that this is indicative of either a new model from toshiba to be announced in a few weeks or a new competitor (like the rumoured hp 6000 series)?
I'd suspect that more if the retail price had dropped or if the price had dropped uniformly everywhere. It hasn't.

Besides, there will undoubtably be a new model in the upcoming weeks & months from one of the big Pocket PC manufacturers. ;)

--janak

[richpjr]

I just checked the web site - the price is back up to $599 with the $50 gift card.

[JTEK]

I just checked the web site - the price is back up to $599 with the $50 gift card.

Whoa... unbelievable!
I checked my order status... since it didn't ship until today, I ended up with the sale price that started Sunday ($509.99) and still got the gift card.

Total luck. 8O

[Janak Parekh]

I just checked the web site - the price is back up to $599 with the $50 gift card.
Yep - looks like it was an end-of-year push or something. ;) Buy.com still has a decent price for it...

--janak