Some of the shops have fully functional connected models as well.
For example, right round where I live.
Gerhard Fasol
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Michael Sydenham wrote:
>
> Hi Stuart
>
>
>>From: Stuart Woodward <stuart@gol.com>
>>Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:34:38 +0900
>
>
>>If the models on display were fully functional instead of mockups I
>>think people would choose the most useable phone if they had time to
>>play with it. Right now, in most cases you can only decide from the
>>external styling and the feature list.
>
>
> Recently, larger stores like Yodobashi etc are showing some "hot demo" units
> on display. These are almost fully-functioning handsets which you can try. I
> say "almost", because of course you can't make a call & browse, however you
> can play with the UI & basic functions (e.g. movie player in the case of AU)
> determine whether it basically suits you. This is certainly better than
> evaluating the dummy phones with the usual "tilt it this way see the smiling
> girl, and tilt this way to see the email client". Unfortunately only a few
> models are displayed as hot demos - hopefully this will turn into a trend
> with more models on offer in future.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael.
>
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