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thinking about getting a bluetooth gps receiver and software. i did a little research but i still didn't get any definite answers for a couple of my questions. can any receiver work with any pocket pc? or can any receiver work with the wizard? can any software work with any gps receiver? if they aren't what are the best match ups for the wizard? I've read that the garmin doesn't work well with the wizard. true or not true?
i just need to know some opinions also of people using a gps receivers and software on their wizards
I use the Nokia LD-3w reciever and TomTom for software. Setup was a little weird with the reciever, although I blame that on the fact that at the time I knew nothing about bluetooth. Since then I've had no complaints about it. Make sure you get a reciever with a SirfStar III chip, that's the most important thing. After that look at battery life and price. The nokia has tremendous battery life, I generally use it for 3 weeks or so in the car between charges.
Holux GPSlim 236 here. Sensitive and good battery life. No issues in pairing.
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Hi,
Im also interested in using SatNav, I have a MDA Vario! (Also very much a novice!!). Just to clear things up, do you need a seperate Bluetooth GPRS receiver? I thought this phone could receive GPRS? Also ive read somewhere about enabling the GPRS on the phone, is there something else i need to do?!!
[email protected] said:
Hi,
Im also interested in using SatNav, I have a MDA Vario! (Also very much a novice!!). Just to clear things up, do you need a seperate Bluetooth GPRS receiver? I thought this phone could receive GPRS? Also ive read somewhere about enabling the GPRS on the phone, is there something else i need to do?!!
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Posting your question once is enough see your other thread for the answer...
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Sorry, i posted that, then thought it might be best to start another thread!! Thanks for the advice tho man!!
[email protected] said:
Sorry, i posted that, then thought it might be best to start another thread!! Thanks for the advice tho man!!
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No problem. Just trying to make my reading day shorter. lol. For what it is worth, I am using a BT359 and I love it. http://www.usglobalsat.com/item.asp?itemid=134
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demontefixo said:
No problem. Just trying to make my reading day shorter. lol. For what it is worth, I am using a BT359 and I love it. http://www.usglobalsat.com/item.asp?itemid=134
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i hope your right. i just purchased it. i didn't do my own research this time. just went on your word and what i read about the sirf star iii chip.
hiimcliff said:
i hope your right. i just purchased it. i didn't do my own research this time. just went on your word and what i read about the sirf star iii chip.
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Well, no problems on my end with the unit. One caution, if you leave it on your car's dahboard, make sure it is larger than your "defrost" vents. I slammed on the brakes one day and the thing almost disappeared on me. lol. (I guess I could use velcro...hmmm)
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im going to buy the official tomtom one
may be £66 but its probably one of the best matches ive heard of being used.
STOP!
hiimcliff said:
i hope your right. i just purchased it. i didn't do my own research this time. just went on your word and what i read about the sirf star iii chip.
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Dude, you just got jacked ! Cancel the order while if you can!
You can get a better GPS receiver and a car mount for your Wizard for a fraction of the price you paid for the BT359W. I recommend the iBlue 737 (I use this personally) which goes for ~$90 shipped with the mount:
http://www.buygpsnow.com/i-blue-edi...n-off-powered-gps-ready-cradle-mount-731.aspx
Review of iBlue 737: http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=175&page=5
BT GPS
Most BT GPS recievrs work with Wizard. I personally have used Holux, TomTom, iBlue and Rikaline- and they all worked.
SiRF III chip is good and improves both accuracy as well as reception. Battery life would be next important issue.
At present I am using Holux GR 230 XX with TomTom 5.2 as well as MapKing 7. Both run work fine on the wizard.
I don't care about price as long as it comes highly recommended. besides the battery life seems pretty good from the specs. thanks anyway though.
ladude626 said:
Dude, you just got jacked ! Cancel the order while if you can!
You can get a better GPS receiver and a car mount for your Wizard for a fraction of the price you paid for the BT359W. I recommend the iBlue 737 (I use this personally) which goes for ~$90 shipped with the mount:
http://www.buygpsnow.com/i-blue-edi...n-off-powered-gps-ready-cradle-mount-731.aspx
Review of iBlue 737: http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=175&page=5
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I don't care about price as long as it comes highly recommended. besides the battery life seems pretty good from the specs. thanks anyway though.
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It is highly recommended from one person. If you read the forums and reviews at gpspassion.com, you'll see why everyone is raving about the iBlue 737. And if you think 11 hours is good, the iBlue 737 gets 27 hours. Plus the chip on the iBlue 737 is much more sensitive and acquires signal much faster. There's also another version that has 32 hours of battery life:
http://www.buygpsnow.com/qstarz-bt-q818-32ch-bluetooth-gps-qstarz-818-qstarz-bluetooth-gps-754.aspx
Why have just OK when you can have the BEST??? But if you're happy throwing your money at 2nd-rated products, it's fine with me .
ladude626 said:
It is highly recommended from one person. If you read the forums and reviews at gpspassion.com, you'll see why everyone is raving about the iBlue 737. And if you think 11 hours is good, the iBlue 737 gets 27 hours. Plus the chip on the iBlue 737 is much more sensitive and acquires signal much faster. There's also another version that has 32 hours of battery life:
http://www.buygpsnow.com/qstarz-bt-q818-32ch-bluetooth-gps-qstarz-818-qstarz-bluetooth-gps-754.aspx
Why have just OK when you can have the BEST??? But if you're happy throwing your money at 2nd-rated products, it's fine with me .
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And tomorrow there will be another really great product. I guess I will refrain from posting suggestions.
The BT359 works very well for me accross multiple platforms, if the iB737 had been around or if you had been here months ago to recommend it I might have purchased that, who knows. Your tone however, is not appreciated, it makes it sound like you are marketing the product for that website.
Have a good day.
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demontefixo said:
And tomorrow there will be another really great product. I guess I will refrain from posting suggestions.
The BT359 works very well for me accross multiple platforms, if the iB737 had been around or if you had been here months ago to recommend it I might have purchased that, who knows. Your tone however, is not appreciated, it makes it sound like you are marketing the product for that website.
Have a good day.
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i agree. a few dollars more is not a huge deal for me.
and the product is already on its way to me. if im not happy with it, ill send it back. if its good enough for me, ill keep it. not a big deal at all.
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And tomorrow there will be another really great product. I guess I will refrain from posting suggestions.
The BT359 works very well for me accross multiple platforms, if the iB737 had been around or if you had been here months ago to recommend it I might have purchased that, who knows. Your tone however, is not appreciated, it makes it sound like you are marketing the product for that website.
Have a good day.
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If I were marketing for their websites, I'd be making pocket change recommending these products to you fools .
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If I were marketing for their websites, I'd be making pocket change recommending these products to you fools .
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Your charm continues to impress us, you can be certain of that.
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Qstarz
I have a Qstarz 810. It's pretty similar to the SIRF III characteristics wise but seems to have better battery life (20 odd hours). The newer models are even more battery efficient.
I have certainly had no probs with it. It is much more sensitive than my old compact flash GPS I had in my PDA.
A friend has the Sirf III based Holux and swears by it.
Holux has comms over USB if it is any good to you, but battery life isnt as good.
I decided Qstarz was slightly better on stats and I wanted the battery life - almost swayed by USB comms on Holux tho.
Either way you get a good senistive GPS.
pdamods.com have some nice mounts with built in sirf III gps for anyone who is interested (and some without).
One question for anyone out there who has used it. External GPS app doesnt work for me. I access GPS direct. Anyone have this working ?
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Well, no problems on my end with the unit. One caution, if you leave it on your car's dahboard, make sure it is larger than your "defrost" vents. I slammed on the brakes one day and the thing almost disappeared on me. lol. (I guess I could use velcro...hmmm)
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i've been using it for about 3 weeks now. works GREAT!!!! i love it. battery life is adequate. i love the accessories it comes with. usb > wall charger and/or usb > car charger. i can use the usb car charger with my other devices too. thanks for the advice.
w3..besteway.com/productinfo.asp?id=7115
Thoughts please.
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w3..besteway.com/productinfo.asp?id=7115
Thoughts please.
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Read this!
http://www.scamfreeinternet.com/scam-list/fraudulent-online-retailers/comment-page-2/
China Scam...
I'm half suspicious you are the scammer responsible for that page, and you've only posted to get more hits, since I can't believe anyone with even an iota of critical thinking would need to actually ask that question.
If you do pull the trigger on that one, then I know this nigerian guy who will be keen to be in touch with you, could be quite a lucrative opportunity.
if it looks to good to be true.......chance is this is like many sites in china......con, I used to get loads of ads of these kinds of companies with stuff mega cheap, just google them and see, other chance is that it is a cheap copy.
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I'm half suspicious you are the scammer responsible for that page, and you've only posted to get more hits, since I can't believe anyone with even an iota of critical thinking would need to actually ask that question.
If you do pull the trigger on that one, then I know this nigerian guy who will be keen to be in touch with you, could be quite a lucrative opportunity.
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I can assure you I am not. how do I delete this post then before more people click on it? Trust me dude, I'm just like the rest of ya'll trying to get my hands on one.
Yeah, I know you are desperate to have the phone like the rest of us. You're not the only one here to have rational thought overtaken by gadget-lust, you should see the number of guys here who purchased 32GB microSD cards for "amazing prices", only to receive fakes.
When you're buying electronics you should really only ever stick to reputable sellers - anything online that looks too good to be true is a sham.
Well I start a new job in the next couple of weeks where I can't bring my cell phone into the facility, but I also get an upgrade in August. I'm not going to be able to use my phone for 60% of my awake time but all the sexy new phones are sitting pretty. SGSIII, DInc 4g... etc. Is anyone else in this situation of very limited use of phone? I'm trying to justify paying an exta 30 bucks a month for data I'm not gonna use. I also have a tablet so it's not like I'm dropping our android friend.
Well, if you don't run into a lot of situations outside home where you need data access, then I would say it isn't worth it. Also, what kind of job doesn't allow cell phones? That seems a little extreme, so curious behind the reasoning.
I'm a contractor and when we do jobs for the state (Prisons), no cell phones are allowed inside. It really sucks lol.
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well I'm a mechanical engineer and this place is a US navy contractor... they have just a tiny bit of security. Mainly its due to the fact that there is a camera on every phone nowadays.
Mechanical Engineering Represent!
Anyway, if you wan to "sell" your upgrade, hit me up.
bukithd said:
well I'm a mechanical engineer and this place is a US navy contractor... they have just a tiny bit of security. Mainly its due to the fact that there is a camera on every phone nowadays.
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I know blackberry makes camera-less phones for military, don't know about android. I would probably jump back to a flip phone, or texting phone if it was me and use the tablet for everything else.
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I know blackberry makes camera-less phones for military, don't know about android. I would probably jump back to a flip phone, or texting phone if it was me and use the tablet for everything else.
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You can make any phone cameraless lol.... Just remove it from the device or punch it out with a knife
When I worked for General Dynamics manufacturing radios for military use, we were not allowed to carry any cell phone with a camera either. Some of the equipment was pretty top-secret, and they were very serious about security!
con247 said:
You can make any phone cameraless lol.... Just remove it from the device or punch it out with a knife
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Best idea ever con... lol. I was an ME at GaTech and a friend of mine is actually up there at big blue getting his master's in Nuke/Mechanical stuff
a.mcdear said:
When I worked for General Dynamics manufacturing radios for military use, we were not allowed to carry any cell phone with a camera either. Some of the equipment was pretty top-secret, and they were very serious about security!
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Thats about where I will be. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna keep smartphoning it up because it has become just as much of a hobby as it has been a practical useable device.
Hi, I've decided to cancel my order of the OnePlus X, but the order state is already: 'processing'. OnePlus spokeperson told me that i can refuse the package when it ships to me and they will refund me the money.
My question is, will they refund the WHOLE cost (Phone+shipement) or just the cost of the phone?
Thanks in advance.
Why didn't you ask this to them? :3
I did, but they respond at best once a day(I know they have a lot of customers at the moments, so I'm okay with it). I'm asking here, maybe someone had a similar problem.
I'm in the same boat. I opened also a PayPal dispute as they advised. I'm also not sure the express shipping costs will be refunded. Please keep this thread updated with your and/or others people experiences.
Pretty much sure they won't refund shipping cost, they'll probably also charge you for return shipping.
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Pretty much sure they won't refund shipping cost, they'll probably also charge you for return shipping.
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Sounds fair to me. They shipped it in good faith that they had a legitimate order.
Yeah i agree with @CafeKampuchina
Why buy a phone if you won't want it?? Such a stupid thing to do.
I bought the phone with an invite since it was going to expire in a few hours, but the next day i saw how unfinished this product is (software/AA cpu/camera/sd problems etc adn how I could have bought something better for this price) so I've submitted a ticket to cancel my order while it was still at "pending shipment".
//NOTE it was still at: Pending shipment, which means they should have just cancel the order and refund me the money as it states here:
"You can cancel your order before it ships by submitting a ticket. Please make sure to choose Cancellation as the issue!
However, once your order status has been changed to “Processing”, your package will be on its way to the address that you provided. In this case, you may refuse the parcel and send us a cancellation request saying you've done so. We'll issue you a full refund when we confirm the package has been returned to our warehouse"
I have submitted the ticket at 11:00PM, however the guy have responded to my ticket at 4:00AM, and it changed to "processing" at ~2:00/3:00AM. To be honest I dont see this as my fault, but I've not heard from him since and the phone is on its way to my house.
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@Qbsti
You should sell it unopened as soon as it arrives.. This phone has a lot of demand so no harm, and you will make someone very happy..!
I agree with the above, just sell it.
Oh and next time don't believe every person who's complaining about issues, because some people are compulsive moaners.
I for one an totally happy with my OPX, and I have had it for a week now. Most of those issues you mention are down to software an OP team are already working on a fix.
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@Qbsti
You should sell it unopened as soon as it arrives.. This phone has a lot of demand so no harm, and you will make someone very happy..!
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In Poland there is little to none demand for the phone. On our "ebay", Allegro.pl you can find many offers, but no one is buying.
I guess I'm stuck with this phone at least untill the next nexus with sd820.
Jackshot - I'm kind of worried about the camera and low audio quality /w headphones. I'm long past being a mobile gamer
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In Poland there is little to none demand for the phone. On our "ebay", Allegro.pl you can find many offers, but no one is buying.
I guess I'm stuck with this phone at least untill the next nexus with sd820.
Jackshot - I'm kind of worried about the camera and low audio quality /w headphones. I'm long past being a mobile gamer
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Who told you that the audio is bad with headphones?
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Who told you that the audio is bad with headphones?
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OnePlus forums, gsmarena review (http://www.gsmarena.com/one_plus_x-review-1337p6.php).
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OnePlus forums, gsmarena review (http://www.gsmarena.com/one_plus_x-review-1337p6.php).
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All the threads on OP forums are praising this device. No one has said that audio is bad, and neither have I. I've actually listened via earphones for about 2-3 hours this week and it sounds perfectly fine to me.
geko95gek said:
All the threads on OP forums are praising this device. No one has said that audio is bad, and neither have I. I've actually listened via earphones for about 2-3 hours this week and it sounds perfectly fine to me.
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Well Im coming from N4 which had pretty bad audio quality (bad speaker, subpar headphone quality, terrible call quality) so maybe it will not bother me that much.
Also the thing I noticed about people, especially in India, when they are hyped about a device they prise everything about it without noticing any shortcomings.
Anyway, if I have to lose 20% if the price in the process of returning the phone then I'm going to keep it.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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Well Im coming from N4 which had pretty bad audio quality (bad speaker, subpar headphone quality, terrible call quality) so maybe it will not bother me that much.
Also the thing I noticed about people, especially in India, when they are hyped about a device they prise everything about it without noticing any shortcomings.
Anyway, if I have to lose 20% if the price in the process of returning the phone then I'm going to keep it.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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Yeah I had a nexus 4 as well mate, which my gf now owns. I used to listen to it via headphones, it didint sound too bad but then again I wasn't running stock. Speaker was pretty poor tbh, both quality and positioning.
I'm happy with the whole package of the OPX, it has its shortcomings but all of them seem software related. Yes there is only 1 speaker on the OPX but the quality is pretty good and the position is great, and I understand that they had a budget to work with. Which seems even more admirable considering what they have achieved.
Keep the phone. I think many people just keep panicking and overreacting when they find some bugs. You have to remember that as usual people that are satisfied with their purchase tend to forget to write reviews since they're busy playing with their phone and are happy with it, but almost everyone who's not happy is going to write everywhere how crappy this phone is.
I'm pretty sure that you'll like the phone more than you think you will. Also trust in devs. Most of the bugs that you'll find will be gone by the end of the year
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Keep the phone. I think many people just keep panicking and overreacting when they find some bugs. You have to remember that as usual people that are satisfied with their purchase tend to forget to write reviews since they're busy playing with their phone and are happy with it, but almost everyone who's not happy is going to write everywhere how crappy this phone is.
I'm pretty sure that you'll like the phone more than you think you will. Also trust in devs. Most of the bugs that you'll find will be gone by the end of the year
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I'm a long time Paranoid Android user, and most of their team is working for OnePlus at the moment. I belive that they can make this phone fly
i am coming from a nexus4
this phone feels good in hand
performance is very good
camera ist okay although helen said they will release manual mode camera sometime
sound quality is fine. i dont hear any difference to other devices
battery life is good but can be tuned software wise
display is really good
i think most problems this phone has are due to the immature software
the opx is a really good phone for the price point
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Keep the phone. I think many people just keep panicking and overreacting when they find some bugs. You have to remember that as usual people that are satisfied with their purchase tend to forget to write reviews since they're busy playing with their phone and are happy with it, but almost everyone who's not happy is going to write everywhere how crappy this phone is.
I'm pretty sure that you'll like the phone more than you think you will. Also trust in devs. Most of the bugs that you'll find will be gone by the end of the year
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Totally agree, people just love to moan. Especially on the OP forums.
Qbsti said:
I'm a long time Paranoid Android user, and most of their team is working for OnePlus at the moment. I belive that they can make this phone fly
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Yeah the toggle edit in the pull down is so blatantly from PA rom lol
ckret said:
i am coming from a nexus4
this phone feels good in hand
performance is very good
camera ist okay although helen said they will release manual mode camera sometime
sound quality is fine. i dont hear any difference to other devices
battery life is good but can be tuned software wise
display is really good
i think most problems this phone has are due to the immature software
the opx is a really good phone for the price point
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Totally agree.
https://www.jbl.com/wireless-accessories/JBL+SOUNDBOOST+II.html
Free shipping. Great mod.
I got in on it. The $11 shipping kind of killed the deal, made it into a meh deal for me. Damn the thing is huge, flimsy kickstand, surprised It didn't break already. Not sure how I'm gonna us it, its too big to carry around. Probaby will just keep it in the car. Maybe at the office for streaming music, not through the company network and not have the network engineer ***** at me.
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https://www.jbl.com/wireless-accessories/JBL+SOUNDBOOST+II.html
Free shipping. Great mod.
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I got in on it. The $11 shipping kind of killed the deal, made it into a meh deal for me. Damn the thing is huge, flimsy kickstand, surprised It didn't break already. Not sure how I'm gonna us it, its too big to carry around. Probaby will just keep it in the car. Maybe at the office for streaming music, not through the company network and not have the network engineer ***** at me.
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I'm trying to purchase it, but every time I go to the link, there's no option to purchase it, it just says"Coming Soon"... Can either of you help or elaborate on why I can't find the purchase button? Lol stupid, I know, but I've tried everything!
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I'm trying to purchase it, but every time I go to the link, there's no option to purchase it, it just says"Coming Soon"... Can either of you help or elaborate on why I can't find the purchase button? Lol stupid, I know, but I've tried everything!
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It was a very limited sale, when I checked it the day this post came out, there was a little over 1 day left. I suspect it is over and JBL website is not smart and put coming soon. Just a thought.