Cybiko up to 20 dollars off!

Zwingle

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Office Depot has these on clearance for 59.99....maybe lower in your area....thay are all sold out around here...DFW, Texas that is....
 

bonk102

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yeah, these have been on clearance for awhile, i've heard mixed reviews on them, anyone have one now?
 

Zwingle

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IMO....I thought they were a great idea....but priced to high for the market (kids) they were trying to attract. And they were really ugly.....I think the company that makes them could make a good product if they redesigned it....and made it a bit smaller....they tried to cram too much stuff in the unit. Would be a nice alternative for IM in the cube farm.
 

Hork

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I got one free through StartSampling.com.

The apps on it are okay. I guess I'm just not anywhere where I can use the RF network, which is what I'm really interested in since I used to study/design online chat apps. Maybe I'll try taking the thing to a sporting event or something some time and see if anyone else is using one.

My kids are begging me to give it to them. At least, my 9 year old daughter is. My 16 year old son shows not interest in it. I guess I'm trying to figure out who would have the most use for it and where other users would be.

I haven't even used the serial link to connect it to the PC yet.

My perception of this thing is that it's just a toy for kids without a real user base to make it popular and no way to really establish one. I don't think it'll be around long.

Hork
 

Hork

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Just every once in a while on Start Sampling they had a sample of the Cybiko available. I got lucky and hit the site when it was available... several weeks later a purple cybiko showed up in the mail!