I will be arriving at China on July 11th, 3:30 AM, Beijing time. I planed ahead on everything I want to do in next 2 month. A new one just inserted itself onto my list--get a LOOX 600. LOOX 600 was never released in US. I ought to hug one during the stay in China.

LOOX 600 was priced at £399 in UK back in 2002. The price in UK now is unknown to me. But in China, LOOX 600 became a very popular item after the late 2003. Even today, more than 1k of LOOX 600 is listed on Taobao.com, the site who beat ebay in China. A new one costs ¥780 with ¥20 shipping (around $105), a reasonable price for me. I'm extremely filthy rich(compare to all my siblings) and dripping gold every time I go out on a sunny day (if you know what I mean).

LOOX 600 equips with Intel XScale 400Mhz core and running PocketPC 2003(or 2002). PDF are pretty much the only kind of file going to be on my handheld, so the 320*240 64K true color TFT screen, 132 x 82 x 17 mm size,175 g weight and 64MB ram are extra nice. The ROM is 32MB Flash, which is a bit small, but I can always get a 1G SD card boost. The battery says can work for 10 hours after each full recharge.

LOOX 600 is the dream handleheld! Glad I found a bunch cost only a bit beyond $105 (with S&H). Finally, Palm Z22 handheld $99 (without S&H) can never compare with the nice and cheap LOOX 600.