I have an O2 XDA 64 mb unlocked I bought in Malaysia in the last week of December 02, the screen broke 4 days later. The unit was sent back to O2 for a new screen. (this is before I found this wonderfull site.) It will be returned to me next week finally. I would like to know if someone who has a Sx56 or t-Mobile 64mb as a straight exchange for my unit. I have all the manuals and receipts if needed. I simply cannot use this unit in Canada as it is the wrong frequency even though when I bougth it they said it was a N. American unit. :evil: I loved the unit for the 4 days I had it and can't wait to get one that works in N.America. Canada does not sell these units and I cannot seem to get them anywhere.
I think u're gonna have a hard time trading your unit, since nobody in the 900/1800mhz area has a 800/1900 unit, and same around. maybe u want to just sell the unit, let me know your price.
If I was to sell the unit I would need to get enough for it that I could buy a N. American unit. Whatever that cost be with taxes and duty.
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Hi,
Does anyone know a good place to buy a cheap O2 XDA?
Some people claim it can be bought (with no subscription) around 500 Euro's.
I was unable to find a place where I can buy them for that price.
A shop around Amsterdam would be nice, but online ordering is no problem too ...
Thanx ....
Try eBay.com
Thanks for the reply
Good thinking, but we can't buy them from e-bay.
We need more then one, all with receipt.
And I think the risk of not getting the devices, or
(slightly) broken/buggy models is too big.
try O2 shop in Holland if they have them
in the UK they are selling reconditioned 32mb XDA's for 99 GBP with contract (can be data only), missing a few bits - headphones and software, but you can get these separate anyway.
I just cancelled my O2 data contract and bought another XDA with standalone data contract with PAYG voice.
Regards
Tim
Whereabouts are they selling them for £99 Tim?
buy XDA
Try: http://shop.brando.com.hk/
I just bought one from them excellent service ,
I sent them money via Paypal and the device was FedEx to me the day after.
Asa.
Tim C said:
try O2 shop in Holland if they have them
in the UK they are selling reconditioned 32mb XDA's for 99 GBP with contract (can be data only), missing a few bits - headphones and software, but you can get these separate anyway.
I just cancelled my O2 data contract and bought another XDA with standalone data contract with PAYG voice.
Regards
Tim
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You mean UK O2 shops are selling reconditioned XDA for 99 GBP ?
It's unbelievable.
yes 99GBP - I bought mine yesterday from O2 shop in Bluewater, (01322 623860) but I guess any of the larger O2 shops will do them - I didn't check the O2 shop in Lakeside which is smaller.
It had no headphones, leather case or software.
The headphones you can get for £20 GBP
Those horrible cases you can get for £20 GBP (or a decent one off ebay for $30)
and I have the software anyway - and would imagine you could obtain easily from this forum anyway.
It had the USB cradle, power plug - uk & european pins, little serial power adaptor, stylus x 2. The xda was in near perfect condition , only the label on the back was slightly lifted, where i guess the technicans have changed something. Maybe others will be different.
If you already have a 12 month voice contact, the data part is probably only 3 months. So i cancelled my data contract and will give the sim to someone and took out a new data contract (12 months if data only) with PAYG phone since i rarely use the phone (which most sales reps won't tell you - and the data contract works out £10 a month less for me anyway.
and now i just have to decide which XDA I keep, and sell the other one.
Regards
Tim
O2 is still selling these refurbished PDA for 99£ in all their stores I've seen in London.
I am worried about the absence of software.
What software usually comes, but is absent on the refurbished XDA?
Is it software to install on your PC/Laptop or is it softawre for the XDA?
Thanks
XDA for sale
For sale : O2 XDA , brandnew in the box, 32MB internal memory, € 500,-or info: [email protected]
WOW 99 pounds I want one but without service - Possible ?
99 pounds WOW
I am really interested in finding out this software missing part .....
1- Please, let me know. If this software can be downloaded from somewhere around here then I would contact them immediately to buy one.
I don't need any service I just need the device. Is that possible ? is this price for the device only without any service ?
2- Is this tri-band !!
Thanks a million guys. This is a great piece of information.
Can't find anything for 99 GBP at http://shop.brando.com.hk/
I just went to their website but couldn't find any thing for 99 !!
so I emailed them [email protected] to ask.
GONE
No more. All gone.
Can some 1 in UK tell us how much will it cost to buy one in UK with the plan? I don't need the plan but it seems that this is the only way to get1, right?
There's nothing on their website but go ask in their shop
I've bought mine a month ago now for 99 pounds in London, in Hammermith Kings Mall, but the two shops on Oxford Street also had them for 99 pounds.
I admit I haven't checked since then, but when I asked last month they said this wasn't a temporary offer and it would go on.
They don't actually advertise them anymore, but just ask for the "REFURBISHED" XDA in the store!
As far as I can tell the "missing software" is the 2nd CD-ROM provided by Microsoft which contains Microsoft Activesync (and probably other free Microsoft software) which you can download for free from the microsoft website. http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/activesync35.asp
(version 3.6 is also available, but other users on this forum suggest you do not use it (yet))
It did come with the O2 CD-ROM
It did not come with the headphones, no replacement stylus, no leather case
It is NOT tri-Band
confusing response from O2
I went to the shop in Hammersmith this morning, they said they still carry the promotion but have no XDA "in stock" (read: none that have been brought back to O2 for "refurbishing") but when they will get some you'll still be able to buy them for 99£.
HOWEVER, i also called one of the shop in Oxford Street and they said they stopped selling them a "long time ago".
Sorry for the confusion, hope this helps.
Hammersmith phone number and or better email Website
Hammersmith contact info
Store name
Phone number
email address (Preferred)
URL
O2 Shop
43 Kings Mall, Hammersmith
W6 9HW
t: 020 8563 0542
I asked in the second O2 shop on Oxford Street, the one closest to tottenham court road ( Yes I know, I always go to the same places, ...)
They said the same thing:
- ...We don't have them any more
- But wil you continue the promotion if you get some more in stock?
- Yes...
He didn't say whether they were actually expecting to get any new ones in stock
I am not sure but...
somehow I get the feeling that the ease of unlocking has led O2 to change the strategy in selling these thingies.
On the other hand.....I just lost an online battle of command and conquer Generals. So there go my strategy skills :evil:
Robert
hi, i bought a xda unconnected from dixons for only £399
if you go into any dixons store, they will do a search for you across stores in the region, you must quote unconnected. (ex-display)
It would probably be cheaper to buy one on contact and throw the sim card.
12 months @ £15 per month = £180 + the cost of a phone.
If anyone does throw the SIM card, can I have it?
Regards
Tim
Hi,
I'm considering buying a XDA online from http://shop.brando.com.hk/
I myself live in the Netherlands and since it's not around the corner, I was wondering if some of you have experience with this online shop ?
Is it reliable ?
Thanks for your input !
[email protected]<nospam>braminator.com
haha, buying from that place is so X....... if you lots on money, buy from him. I bought my 3 weeks ago Scadisk 256MB for Singapore dollar $169 only
Do it in holland
Bram,
I bought my XDA second hand and the seller decided it would be a good idea to upgrade it before being sold.
It has been upgraded end of march and it works like a charm.
He also gave me the bill of the upgrade since there is warranty!
Upgrade has been ordered from PDA Tech Center in Maarssen. Price was 99 Euro. There website is http://www.sfinx.demon.nl/palm
I am not affiliated in any way to them.
Robert
Why is it so slow to be avilable in other countries?
The 64MB XDA has been out in Asia for may months!
Brando
I've ordered a stylo and a protection seal for my screen over there.
It was delivered very quick. They sent me the wrong stylo and they sent me a new one for free and payed the returning stamps for me.
Good service at Brando!!
Stefan
哈哈 ,
FYI, brando stuff are very expensive... at least $50 exp... if you got plenty of $$$ get form him. there was time the ram is $100 more then others people is selling
Hi all..I recently bought an XDA from an O2 outlet here in Ireland which I subsequently sent back due to speaker problems. Having waited two days for my replacement XDA, (in the interim I was given a Nokia 5110 as a substitute phone, I'm sure they got it out of a musuem..) I finally picked it up yesterday. The retailer told me it was a brand new phone and that it had come out of a sealed box. When I picked up the phone I noticed marks on the top of the aerial consistent with a fall or even with someone nibbling on it! I pointed this out to the retailer and was assured again that the phone was brand new. Giving the benefit of the doubt I brought the phone home, hooked it up to the PC and went to adjust the memory allocation as I was gonna transfer a large number of mp3s to it. Now the XDA I originally bought had 64MB RAM, the unit I was given as its replacement had 32MB RAM - so much for it being a brand new phone! Also the battery took less than 2 hours to fully charge - on my original XDA the initial charge took approx 4 hours with subsequent recharges taking about 2 hours, the same length of time my supposedly "new" XDA took to fully charge on what should have been it's initial charge.
At this point something a friend said with regard to technology popped into my head, call it paranoia but he is fully convinced that Ireland receives the rejects, previously repaired, or just downright faulty items of technology where they are pawned off as being brand new. My experience with this XDA seems to bear it out. I rang the O2 retailer back and informed them that the phone I received was not new and when I explained my reasons why, I was told that the phone was probably a new one alright but that it had just been sitting in its box in a shop and not sold, hence the 32MB rather than 64MB version I was given. It didn't explain the marks around the aerial or why the initial charge took only as long as a phone that's been in use before to charge.
Am I being paranoid here or are companies chancing their arm by sending units that are technically second hand to Ireland (or other countries for that matter) for resale as new units? Does anyone else have a similiar experience, not necessarily with the XDA but with other top of the range (and expensive!) products, technological or otherwise?
Personally I'd take it back and tell them where to stick it....
Even if it is brand new... you bought a 64mb XDA...
It does sound rather fishy though... I think you've got enough reason to be 'paranoid'.
ask them how a brand new XDA can have only 32mb of RAM... I doubt they'll be able to give you that answer...
I've heard on various occasions companies such as dixons selling 'brand new' hardware (computers in one instance) where the customer brought it home to find the previous owners information including credit card number and other sensitive stuff...
Its not necessarily O2 that are screwing you over... it could be their manager or area manager that’s trying to cut a little from their budget...
either way that phone certainly doesn't sound 'brand' new.... probably someone’s reject that took it back last year.
Ian.
Hello from Ireland
I had the exact same thing from O2 as well, you might have my old phone, I bought a 32mb one but the screen was scatched so they excahnged it again for another crap one, so I rang O2 UK and told them my worries and I got one sent fromt he UK, perfect and no worries at all. Its cheaper in the UK aswell. You are legally entitled to a full refund if it does not meet the standards you expected and was told about "not fit for the purpose it was sold" is the lawyers talk!! I spoke to a mate who works for O2 in Limerick (head office) and told me that they do actually refurb the phones. for returns etc. so I would demand a brand new one with 64mb and threaten them with vodafone or metior that will scare them!!
Gary
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[email protected]
xda
hi
you need to kick up a fuss e-mail trading, or. or europe and every one you can think of this is disgracefull dont take there c***
Just to update you on my phone situation...having been told that my replacement XDA was a new unit I tried a few things to prove/disprove this...I backed up my calendar and contact info using Permanent Save and when I hit OK it backed up my info but it also restored the previously stored info on the phone, which, if as alleged, this phone was new then there should have been no such info already on the phone. Not to my surprise when I went into my contacts there were names and numbers that I did not recognise. I even have the home number of the individual who previously owned my phone! So what I'm wondering now is what to do next, who can I complain to and what will O2 do to compensate me for their mistake?
Also the retailer from whom I bought the phone left a voice message saying they have a brand new 64MB XDA waiting for me instore. It will be interesting to see if in fact the phone is brand new and not a refurb as Gary says is the norm for O2. Cheers for your tale Gary, I was contemplating getting a refund but I love my XDA and hopefully I'll have no problems with this next unit. Will keep you posted.
Hi
Just to let you know the 32Mb model was released early, and was replaced by the 64mb model. There was an offer for o2 staff, including family and friends to purchase the 32mb xda for 99 pounds ( i did !)
I also recall that the o2 shops had a limited supply of 32mb xda (advertised as reconditioned) which they were selling for 99 pounds.
You may have got one of these phones. It may have been a genuine mistake from the store. However, they cannot give you a 32mb model in exchange for a 64mb model.
nice to see your retailer is offering you a 64mb one...
what happened?
cheers,
Ian.
no local phone companys are offering the XDA /qtek..... phones
with a phone subscription which always lower the price of the phone
but i can buy the qtek 1010 64MB without a phone subscription but with sales tax (25%) it's 589.662 £ / 827.496 euRO
which is pretty high imho
are there anywhere in UK or germany or something like that where you can buy the XDA without a subscription much cheaper then that ?
(and are these places where they ship to other EU countries ?)
thanks for any help
Rudegar
How would £464 suit ya. This is a pretty good company I have bought lots from: Epansys.. has a warehouse in manchester.
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=XDA_SIMFREE
is the 464 with vat ?
and would the percel be a 0.5 or 1kg ?
check the webisite.. all the info is there..
it says 464 inc vat but as for delivery..not got a clue mate
ok are not too familier with the UK way to differing between with VAT and without VAT
European Union - FedEx Int. Priority
15.00 .5kg
24.02 1.0kg
25.66 1.5kg
27.25 2.0kg
28.85 2.5kg
Next day - 2 Days
anybody got any idea what it would weigh when sendt and it being bulk and all ?
thanks for the help btw
I managed to pick up a 32MB XDA for £150 from carphone warehouse - no plan either. Ex demo model which was as good as new. The SKU is XDAXDEMOSILVER if you want to check with your local CPW to see if they have any in stock.
Hi
I am sure you guys will know- eBay UK is a good cheap source for xdas and I got mine (64mb version) brand new for £290; no vat. You got to play safe and check out the seller; for me I got his number, send a cheque to a proper address with the cheque crossed so that it HAS to go into a bank account and made him send me a proper receipt. You can also use one of those escrow service which only pay the guy after you have received the set in good order. Right now this minute, there are 32 mb brand new phones advertised for £250. Most of these guys selling the new phones are folks who have contracts with O2 and doesn't need the upgrade xda and tried to make some money out of it. If you bid for one, I figure the 64mb version would be worth around £300 ish and the 32 mb version is about £200 ish. This is from observations over the last 3 months or so and of course there is an element of luck as to how many people were interested in your same bid.
Good luck :lol:
Vic
XDA for sale in Italy
XDA is coming for sale in Italy in July/August as Qtek 1010 from 3 operators.
Vodafone: will sell it only through their business channel at first, later in stores as Vodafone PDA. You can check www.190.it
WIND & TIM: both operators should go commercial very soon, I guess September.
Good thing is in Italy non of the operators lock the phones. Therefore you can go into ANY store and buy the device without a contract or so on
Daniele
Purchased July 2003, mint condition & reboxed with all goodies. Have upgraded to XDA II last week.
I 'm seriously interested ... how much do you want (plz keep it reasonable )
Is the XDA still for sale?
Hi there I note that you have an xda for sale. Is that still thecase and if so how much of a reasonable price would you ask for it?
Secondly, do you or anyone else for that matter, know where I can get my screen repaired on a 2002 64 meg model? Or is it feasible for me to attempt a diy job if i can get the parts?
Many Thanks
8)
Re: Is the XDA still for sale?
I was hoping to get £150.
still for sale?
just wondering if your xda has been sold?
sold
sold by bro for £170
128M TMO XDA For Sale
I'm really wanting an XDA II and have an existing XDA (TMO USA PocketPC Phone Edition version). Had it replaced under TMO's $75 replacement plan 4 months ago, pretty much new. Had PocketPcTechs upgrade unit to 128M. Uses their driver (T2TDisk) to access upper 64M.
Got all the original stuff it came with. Bit of a techie so have upgraded unit to ROM 4.01.00, RS 6.24.01 (WM2003). Still waiting for TMO's USA official upgrade.
Appears the going rate is in the GBP140-150 range (~US$250). Been thinking of using eBay but hey ... Buyer pays shipping. Anyone interested? I'll send separate email link to interested parties.
128M TMO XDA For Sale
I'm really wanting an XDA II and have an existing XDA (TMO USA PocketPC Phone Edition version). Had it replaced under TMO's $75 replacement plan 4 months ago, pretty much new. Had PocketPcTechs upgrade unit to 128M. Uses their driver (T2TDisk) to access upper 64M.
Got all the original stuff it came with. Bit of a techie so have upgraded unit to ROM 4.01.00, RS 6.24.01 (WM2003). Still waiting for TMO's USA official upgrade.
Appears the going rate is in the GBP140-150 range (~US$250). Been thinking of using eBay but hey ... Buyer pays shipping. Anyone interested? I'll send separate email link to interested parties.
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