Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 I was getting fed up waiting for the SPVx/Tanager to arrive or not to which ever way you look at it so I decided to fly from the UK to Prague to buy one! It was simple and only cost a few quid to get there and back. I flew from East Midlands airport with www.bmibaby.com outbound at 1045. Arrives 1345 local. Ticket price from £35 I flew back with www.easyjet.com returning at 1655. Arrives East Midlands 1805 local. Ticket price from £35 That gives you about 2 hours to get to the Eurotel shop and back. There is a store in arrivals but they were out of stock. I got a taxi to the Eurotel's Evropská 690 store (+420267011550 they don’t answer the phone much!). Taxi cost about £10 each way and took 10 minutes. The taxi even accepted credit cards. Back to the airport to complete a short VAT return form and claim the VAT back in cash there and then! Cost of the phone ex VAT 15569.70 CZK (about £331) with no contract! The phone is unlocked for any network and is NOT software application locked (see my review in the newsgroup). http://www.eurotel.cz/site/en/phones/mobil...tml?phoneId=213 Was it worth it - yes!
Guest vijay555 Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 was it worth it? Hmm: that's about £400+. Although it's cost effective, is it really worth it over and above the SPV (which is pretty much free), until SPV replacement comes out over here? You could have got a bluetooth IPAQ/XDA for the cash. Don't get me wrong, i'll probably do the same thing if SPVx isn't released, but i think we do have to consider the cost of these bloody things! Your phone cost half the price of a 36inch widescreen panasonic tv! (although, try carrying one of those 72kg bad boys in your pocket!) V ps: :)
Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 Minus £200 for my SPV which is up for sale :)
Guest Myke Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 that site says that it has a Melody composer.. is that true? http://www.eurotel.cz/site/en/phones/mobil...tml?phoneId=213 Was it worth it - yes!
Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 Not that I can see. Not on the Phone CD or SD.
Guest adam Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 Alien Wireless sells them for $650, which at an exchange rate of $1.6 to £1 comes out at £406. But thats not including the 10% discount for + members, nor shipping. So you got a pretty good deal and Alien don't offer a trip to Prague in their price!
Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 I did't want to wait for delivery. 2 hours to Prague each way. It's like travelling from Mancheter to London on the train, only cheaper!
Guest Myke Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 can the SPV updates be applied to the SPVX? i know theres one coming out soon..
Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 Dunno - Maybe I will get them from Eurotel
Guest Myke Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 i dont see why a new update wouldnt be able to be applied..
Guest Myke Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 does the tanager come with a usb/charging cradel? would an SPV cradel fit?
Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 We'll see. Orange update does not work even though I copied the files accross. SPV configurater does work.
Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 Myke - see my review here http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=62943
Guest vijay555 Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 Good point abuot the minus £200. what are spvs selling for now-a-days? V
Guest Pagemakers Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 About that in the sales/wants on this site.
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 No need to have two posts about your little trip all the info could have been in one post :roll: http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=62943 Topic locked
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