Just yesterday I encountered the same experience in Sydney. While looking for a good, compact Phone/PIM combo phone the salesguy suggested the Nokia 6280.
It certainly was a lovely model of a phone, small and nice weight. But when asking to see a working version so I could check out the PIM features, he replied 'We only do last-minute ordering because the prices are always dropping and we don't want to be stuck with inventory that costs too much'.
Have you considered the Tascam US428? It performs as a bright-blue hardware interface to your sound software (a stripped down version of Cubase is included, although you may be unimpressed with the 'Mac version coming soon!' bit).
It's got a USB interface, MIDI I/O, 4 inputs, 2 outputs, and may meet many of your needs...
I'm trying to locate one in Sydney at the moment (with limited success), so I cannot give a review of its capabilities, but if it lives up to the product blurb, it could be nice! (any tips from fellow Australians?)
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It certainly was a lovely model of a phone, small and nice weight. But when asking to see a working version so I could check out the PIM features, he replied 'We only do last-minute ordering because the prices are always dropping and we don't want to be stuck with inventory that costs too much'.
Bit annoying really, but understandable.
Have you considered the Tascam US428? It performs as a bright-blue hardware interface to your sound software (a stripped down version of Cubase is included, although you may be unimpressed with the 'Mac version coming soon!' bit).
It's got a USB interface, MIDI I/O, 4 inputs, 2 outputs, and may meet many of your needs...
I'm trying to locate one in Sydney at the moment (with limited success), so I cannot give a review of its capabilities, but if it lives up to the product blurb, it could be nice! (any tips from fellow Australians?)