Without fail.
So, I finally scored a Nokia 770 about a week ago (through Amazon, but TigerDirect turns out to have been the real vendor) and what happens? Nokia releases a new version that is roughly twice as fast, dual SD ports, and an integrated video camera. Is there a site I can go to to find out when not to buy new hardware? Otherwise I always end up with something that is made obsolete the following week (this happened with my iPod Video, iMac G5, Zaurus 5500, Powerbook, etc.). I am hoping to replace the aging Powerbook this spring with a new Macbook and would like to avoid a repeat performance.
What really burns me is that Amazon does business with a company like TigerDirect who has such a crappy return policy. The box actually had a sticker on it saying something about “no returns due to steep discounts on a popular product” - how is paying full MSRP a steep discount?
Well, in any case the 770 is a pretty neat device. I got all of my AIM contacts proxied through a Jabber gateway so I can use the built-in IM client and have vpnc installed and working with our Cisco VPN solution, so I can do what I bought the thing for in the first place. As an added bonus it makes a pretty nifty remote control for the two Squeezeboxes at home, although browsing by album cover is pretty painful with ~1400 CDs in the library, even on an 802.11G-only network. The next project is to get Maemo Mapper working with the Wintec bluetooth GPS I picked up last month.
