Please, let there only be 1 available........

In for 3...

hazmatkillerkat wrote:Please, let there only be 1 available........

You jinxed it!

hazmatkillerkat wrote:Please, let there only be 1 available........

Nope they have every one never sold; i.e., all of them. Ever.

So the fact that these have to be plugged in to use kinda kills their desirability.

That was a bad decision for whoever made that. A Personal Internet Viewer that has to be plugged in, isn't that called a computer?

I have one.

It's called a Laptop,Desktop, and cell phone

Even if there's only one, this one will take a while.

why there is not woot on the screen? That would be only useful purpose for this thing....

I feel like I should buy it -- but have no conceivable reason to.

This thing supposedly makes a really great alarm clock! I'm buying 3 and my mom's buying 3 too! hope they don't run out... >_>

I would DASH it alright - dash it against the wall, the floor, the dash board, all in frustration. So sad that this is the best Sony can come up with.

What are you going to do with it? If you want it as a weather station, it doesn't update. As already said, it's not battery powered so you can't take it outside on the deck. It's really an alarm clock and yes, it can stream video but everything can stream video from Netflix these days. Not a very useful or well designed device in my opinion, yes I own one, sadly.

avante296 wrote:why there is not woot on the screen? That would be only useful purpose for this thing....

There is a Woot app for the Dash

http://dash.chumby.com/guide/widget/Woot

Engadget called this a very expensive alarm clock at $200. Actually, at this price it isn't necessarily a bad deal if you think of it as alarm clock, photo frame, movie viewer, and browser in a pinch.

neohemp wrote:Nope they have every one never sold; i.e., all of them. Ever.

They're refurbed, so luckily they only have the ones they DID sell!

I am still trying to figure out exactly how this thing could be considered useful. Other than as an alarm clock, that is.

Maybe you could use it as one of those fancy digital photo frames?

mconrad wrote:They're refurbed, so luckily they only have the ones they DID sell!

No these are so poor even the brand new ones had to be refurbed

This is a different breed of woot-off killer. At first glance, $75 for a touch-screen device seems pretty great.

Then you actually read the specs, and you realize that $25 would be the price point where you might sacrifice your money for a product you might use once or twice - ever - just to see if they'll offer up for sale something you're actually looking for.

Evil.

mconrad wrote:They're refurbed, so luckily they only have the ones they DID sell!

Hey, don't talk about my sisters like that.

On the plus side, it runs Linux. On the minus side, it is made by Sony. Sony doesn't have a good track record with support for Linux products. Sony hates Open Source, except when they're using it.

I've played with one. The hardware is physically sound. It feels and looks durable. The one that passed through our store came back briefly for product support with a newbie wifi configuration question. It had been clearly dropped from a significant height. Other than the divot missing from one corner, it was not damaged. Nothing was knocked loose. So hardware very good.

If it weren't Sony (and I didn't work in a resale store, where I can get stuff like this cheaper than the customers), I would buy one.

mconrad wrote:They're refurbed, so luckily they only have the ones they DID sell!

And that would be all of them?

I demand thanks for buying one. THANK ME! Otherwise my $75 is not well spent.

There is nothing good about this thing..nothing at all.. NO redeeming qualities. so please buy one so we can get to the next item in the wootoff!

Will it run Skype?

fuzznarf wrote:There is nothing good about this thing..nothing at all.. NO redeeming qualities. so please buy one so we can get to the next item in the wootoff!

That was REALLY convincing.

South Dakota is loving these.

Maybe for $6.99 I would consider this.....

Will it work with my Betamax?

jpeg543 wrote:This thing supposedly makes a really great alarm clock! I'm buying 3 and my mom's buying 3 too! hope they don't run out... >_>

there are way cheaper alarms than that holmes dont waste your money

paskyhawk wrote:Will it run Skype?

No

Looks great until you start reading.. Would be interested for maybe half the price.

Going to use this for internet radio, so i do not have to fire up the computer each time.

paskyhawk wrote:Will it run Skype?

will it run tea? lmao

Tomorrow is the 235th anniversary of the publication of The Wealth of Nations, so this is timely.

I already bought a Chumby One, which is essentially this, but smaller. I was thinking of getting this, then I realized, "OH YEAH, if the power goes out, I'M SCREWED!!" At least the Chumby has space for a backup battery...

mconrad wrote:They're refurbed, so luckily they only have the ones they DID sell!

Well refurbished doesn't mean that it was actually used by anyone.

These were probably ones that were just bought by someone and then either refused at delivery or were taken back to the store.

Marc7682 wrote:will it run tea? lmao

Tea We, the Hitchhikers? i wrote p o r n where did tea come from thanks woot

shep1111 wrote:Will it work with my Betamax?

yes, and laserdisc also

Engadget reviewed it, it got a 6/10 but that was at full retail of course. http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/01/sony-dash-review/