Buy Monochrome Zaurus Sharp LCD Pencom PI-6000 / 6000FX / 7000 Price Survey '96 / 5 / 16,17 -Significance of Monochrome Zaurus A...
Buy Monochrome Zaurus
Sharp LCD Pencom PI-6000 / 6000FX / 7000 Price Survey
’96 / 5 / 16,17
-Significance of Monochrome Zaurus As
reported on PC Watch , Sharp announced the higher specification color Zaurus of Zaurus and plans to release it on June 25th.
Color Zaurus has greatly enhanced functions as an information gathering device such as a digital camera card and access to the Internet, and is said to be different from the conventional Zaurus (hereinafter referred to as “monochrome Zaurus” for easy distinction). It is a good product. The price starts from 120,000 yen, which is close to the cheapest model of Toshiba’s Windows 95 laptop “Libretto 20” , which is 178,000 yen.
However, if you look only at the personal information management tool, there is no shortage of monochrome Zaurus. Sharp himself has announced that Monochrome Zaurus will continue to develop.
● What kind of models are available?
Currently, only two models, PI-6000 (released in ’95 / 8) and PI-7000 (released in ’96 / 2), are listed in the Monochrome Zaurus catalog. Models before this are only in stock, and there are few opportunities to see them at stores except for some disc count shops. However, there is a model called PI-6000FX that was bundled with a fax modem when the PI-6000 was released, and since it was sold until recently, it is still sold in stores as an active machine.
To briefly summarize the difference between PI-6000 and PI-7000
- Display is 30 digits (6000 is 20 digits, the same applies below)
- Built-in fax modem (sold separately, CD-FM5 (16,000 yen))
- Auto login to NIFTY-Serve and PC-VAN is possible (NIFTY-Serve only)
- Angel line (directory assistance service) with search function (without)
- With (without) pager message function
- Add-in software can be directly downloaded and saved (only possible via PC, not saveable)
- IC card cannot be used (possible)
| Store name | phone number | PI-6000 | PI-6000FX | PI-7000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (standard price) | 69,000 yen | 85,000 yen | 93,000 yen | ||
| Yo Aki Hara | Laox The Electronic Stationery Museum | 03-5256-5751 | 39,800 yen | 51,780 yen | 69,200 yen |
| T-ZONE Minami | 03-3257-2771 | 49,800 yen | 59,800 yen | 79,800 yen | |
| Sofmap Chicago | 03-3253-9400 | 39,800 yen | 68,700 yen | ||
| New inn | Sakuraya Shinjuku East Exit PC / OA Building | 03-5269-3030 | 41,200 yen | 69,400 yen | |
| Sakuraya Shinjuku West Exit | 03-3346-3939 | 41,200 yen | |||
| Yodobashi Camera West Exit Main Store | 03-3346-1010 | 41,200 yen | 53,800 yen | 69,400 yen | |
| Sofmap Cicago2 | 03-3345-2780 | 68,800 yen | |||
| Camera Doi | 44,800 yen | 69,800 yen | |||
This price is an independent survey of the retail prices of each shop on the afternoon of May 16th and 17th by the PC Watch editorial department. We do not guarantee that it will be sold at this price. The actual selling price will change, so please check at each shop when purchasing. Please ask each shop about the location of each shop.
The editorial department cannot answer individual telephone inquiries.
See the news release of PI-6000
See the news release of PI-7000
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