Members of the Palm OS economy seem to enjoy playing whac-a-mole with one-another(examples: Palm, HackNDev) – and Expansys just joined the pack. As you may recall, I ordered a GSPDA M70 quite some time ago…various quirks in regards to the ATU number led to the order being delayed quite a bit.
For all those of you unaware of what an M70 is – it’s the latest Palm OS powered phone from Palm competitor GSPDA. The image below from Theo Poon shows how the box looks:
Anyways, I managed to sort the ATU number crap out last week – and just got an email informing me that Expansys itself does not know when the device will ship(german text below):
leider hat unserer Zulieferer nicht seinen Termin einhalten können, weshalb diese Verzögerung Zustande gekommen ist. Sobald der Artikel eintrifft erfolgt der unmittelbare Versand.
Es tut uns leid, Ihnen im Moment keinen anderen Bescheid geben zu können.
This email states that Expansys’s supplier has not been able to meet his promised shipping date. As of now, Expansys does not know when the M70 will arrive – if it eventually trickles in, it will be sent out to my location as soon as possible.
Do you think that we will ever see an M70?
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If you really want a M70 before Xmas, try eBay.com. Cheapest offer (with worldwide shipping) is $164 (that’s around 120 Euros). Add some 30 Bucks (20 Euros) for shipping and the same amount for your local tax-stuff. In the end, it might be cheaper to order directly from a dealer in Hong Kong *who actually has the unit available* rather than waiting for Expansys to wake up (BTW. $260 is way to much for the M70. I wouldn’t pay half of that…)
Hi owl,
the reason I chose Expansys is their return policy…
I get the box, review it and return it
. Nothing beats german customer care law 
.
Jokes aside…the telephone gal told me that if I want to do a review, this is just what I should do…
Best regards
Tam Hanna
Hi Tams, if you need help on the m70, drop me a email!
Hi Tams – have you seen the new M70 “S” – I phoned the GSPDA folks in Hong Kong and they insist it is a new phone – although all I can see from the new manual posted on their site is a new chapter on the “Security” system. Looks like the same phone body with additional (and rather cool) security software. The lady I spoke with in HK kept insisting that the “phone” was new – but when I asked if it was the same as the M70, she said yes. But then I asked what the difference was and she couldn’t tell me.
Hmmmmmmm
There is one for sale on Ebay for about USD216
anyone knows if gspda has a support for vista (for its ’studio’ software)?