Having lived in Japan for about 5 years, and having
done a lot of business with Sofmap (good place), bear
in mind that the Newtons that they do (or did) have in
stock (and I left there about a year ago) are waaaaaay
overpriced. When I left they were trying to get
50,000 yen (about $500) for a 130. I almost laughed
myself to dehydration.
Things may be different now, though. Just be careful.
Bear in mind, too, that the operating system on these
Newtons are in Japanese as well, with Japanese menu
items -- not a real problem since it will still
transcribe letters in "romaji" (ABCs) -- and actually
having the Japanese OS is kinda cool if you intend on
writing in Japanese. Check it out.
There used to be a Newton Shop in Shinjuku as well.
It is now called something else, and they now sell
Palms and Handsprings and such, but when I left a year
ago, they were still selling Newton accessories,
though. I think if you go to
http://www.thenewtonstore.com or
http://www.thenewtonshop.com, it will redirect you to
the store's new site under the store's new name.
Akihabara is great. I spent way too much time there,
happily.
Larry Cafiero
San Francisco, California
--- BK <bk_newtontalk_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> If you intend to hunt for Newton stuff, you are
> better off to visit the
> SofMap store in Nishi-Shinjuku where they sell
> second hand and stock
> clearance stuff. They always have a bunch of 2100s
> and 130s along with
> some accessories.
>
> In Akihabara it's worth while checking out SofMap
> store #10 where they
> sell really old computer junk. I have seen a few
> Newton pieces there in
> November.
>
> If you are in the market for a new Mac and want to
> take advantage of the
> falling Yen (now at 132 to the Dollar) I'd recommend
> a stock clearance
> item from SofMap stores #2 (basement) for desktops,
> #9 for older
> desktops and some Powerbooks, both in Akihabara or
> the one in
> Nishi-Shinjuku for PowerBooks and iBooks. With a bit
> of luck you could
> get a stock clearance iBook 500 for about 900 USD if
> you don't mind the
> Japanese keyboard. Depending on what Apple announces
> in SF this weekend
> there will be lots of new stock clearance stock
> available in two weeks -
> Your timing couldn't be better ;-)
>
> Don't expect any iPods though - haven't seen any
> shop that had any iPods
> for sale - all on back-order.
>
> rgds
> bk
>
> On Saturday, January 5, 2002, at 02:15 ,
> Michael_Guzzo/Harmac_at_harmac.com
> wrote:
>
> >
> > When I visited Tokyo for the first time last year
> my guests took me to
> > Akihabara. All I could say was "Wow".
> > I'll be visiting Tokyo again in two weeks, I can't
> wait to see what
> > goodies
> > I can find...
> >
> > --
> > Michael Guzzo
> >
>
http://home.att.net/~michael.guzzo/newton/newton.html
> >
> >> Well tomorrow it's off to Akihabra with a
> co-worker to show him
> >> around --
> >> his first time there. It should be interesting
> as one never knows what
> >> new or unusual device they might see while they
> are there.
> >>
> >> Sushi
> >
> >
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