No, the price is not in yen, it's in Chinese yuan renminbi - they use the same currency symbol. 2880 yuan would roughly be about $421 US, or in your case, $433 CAD, which is expected for those specs. Now bear in mind, OQO doesn't make phones, only UMPCs. This doesn't even qualify as an OQO knockoff, it's just an overpriced Centro knockoff from an unknown Chinese manufacturer illegally using the OQO name.
I'm happy with my Blackjack 2, but the faster CPU, wifi, and touchscreen for this Chinese thing-a-ma-bob does make me jealous. I'm extremely disappointed it has no HSDPA. You can get WM6 phones with similar specs at subsidized costs for the same or even lower than this thing goes for, and won't have to deal with an OS that is probably only in Chinese (unless that's your thing) and questionable warranty issues. I'd get an HTC instead.
Wow, now that makes sense, thanks for the clarification. Yeah the specs of the device are really damn nice, if it wasn't a knock off with the possibility of breaking in no time, it would be an impressive device, even for the price.
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zuhalter @ Aug 3rd 2008 10:47AM
No, the price is not in yen, it's in Chinese yuan renminbi - they use the same currency symbol. 2880 yuan would roughly be about $421 US, or in your case, $433 CAD, which is expected for those specs. Now bear in mind, OQO doesn't make phones, only UMPCs. This doesn't even qualify as an OQO knockoff, it's just an overpriced Centro knockoff from an unknown Chinese manufacturer illegally using the OQO name.
I'm happy with my Blackjack 2, but the faster CPU, wifi, and touchscreen for this Chinese thing-a-ma-bob does make me jealous. I'm extremely disappointed it has no HSDPA. You can get WM6 phones with similar specs at subsidized costs for the same or even lower than this thing goes for, and won't have to deal with an OS that is probably only in Chinese (unless that's your thing) and questionable warranty issues. I'd get an HTC instead.
Scazza @ Aug 3rd 2008 3:55PM
Wow, now that makes sense, thanks for the clarification. Yeah the specs of the device are really damn nice, if it wasn't a knock off with the possibility of breaking in no time, it would be an impressive device, even for the price.