I have placed an order for a Black 4GB iPod nano late last Thursday afternoon, the day it was launched, with free shipping and engraving done through the online Apple Shop Hong Kong. When I ordered the mini for M last May, it too had a 3-5 day shipment period but was delivered after only 2-1/2 days. This time around, the 3-5 day is almost over and it has only shown “preparing for shipment” just now in the order status after a few days of “processing order”.
After getting the Pink 4GB iPod mini for M last May, I realized 4GB may not be enough for me and had thought about getting the 6GB mini for its smaller size than the iPod or the iPod for its storage of my entire music library. As soon as the nano was launched, the sheer tiny size and the great price was simply irresistibly good. Think of it, 4GB of a semi fast CF or SD flash card by itself could run around HKD$2000. For that price, you’d get the flash memory + battery, an iPod to go, free iTune, support for both PC and Mac, and spare change! Considering Korean/Taiwanese MP3 players with either no software or support PC only running at around HKD$1700 for 1GB, the nano could rock the boat of other flash memory MP3 player market and possibly sink it for good!
I’ll just have to either organize my playlist a hell of lot better or get 3 other black nanos to complete a hand of “Pai Gou“.
After I bought the MiniZ Monster, Alec has such a great howl with it I have decided to give him the Monster (a great excuse to…) and on Sunday I went and bought a MiniZ Overland with a Toyota Land Cruiser body as a complete set for HKD$660 and an extra BMW X5 body plus some hop-up parts, for no one carries the BMW X5 as a complete set.
The MiniZ Overland has the same type (but slightly different sized joint pieces) of suspension as the Monster but in much smaller wheels. My friend loves the Overland so much we went shopping again for him last night and finally found one shop carries the Silver Porsche Cayenne complete set. Although this shop sells the Overland for $780, the price is in-line with all other shops we went, except for the shop I bought from who was out of stock, and only this shop carries the Overland set other than the Toyota Harrier (a very ugly car, real or otherwise, IMO). It worked out well for my friend though as he didn’t have to settle for the Harrier set with an extra Cayenne body just to get what he wanted like I had to with the Land Cruiser.
After changing the original springs with oil filled shocks and springs, the Overland climbed from the hardwood floor onto a thick area rug with realistic characters. It even dampens jumps from an otherwise bouncing motion that the original spring only suspension does. With all running MiniZs installed with front and rear lights, we are ready for the Mid-Autumn Festival with these RC “lanterns”.
WhaUSay?!