Chapter 12 Buying a PDA
In fact, if Terry hadn't warned him, Chi Heng wouldn't have gone into the lake even if he was beaten to death.
Apart from having no interest in wild outings, he still vividly remembers the scene when he almost drowned while trying to touch lobsters when he was a child. After that, he became afraid of river and pond weirs and was bitten by snakes for ten years.
After hammering and hammering, Terry quickly installed the door for Chi Heng, and also helped him secure the door lock and configure two keys.
Chi Heng took out the money to settle the bill, and Terry said cheerfully: "If you have any trouble in the future, you can continue to call me. This is my phone number."
He handed Chi Heng a piece of paper with his phone number on it. It must have been torn out of a notebook temporarily and prepared in advance.
As soon as Terry left, Chi Heng took out the cleaning equipment he had purchased. He briefly swept the door and then went in to clean the kitchen. After such simple cleaning, another hour passed.
After looking at the time, it was almost 4:30 in the afternoon. Chi Heng did not dare to delay any more, so he got in the car and left, heading to Dok Town.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, we just arrived at the supermarket in Dok Town.
Since he chose to live here, the things he bought in the morning were not enough. Chi Heng first bought sheets and quilts, then kitchen utensils, and a small lawn mower. After spending all this, he lost another US$560.
The cashier was still the girl. She looked at Chi Heng with interest, "Hey, why are you here again? Where do you live?"
"oh."
However, after seeing it, the 3.5-inch semi-transmissive screen of this PDA, with a resolution of 240×320 and 65,536 colors, was no different from a blind screen in Chi Heng's eyes.
As soon as he entered, the shelves on the left and right sides were filled with various electronic products. However, even though Chi Heng was inexperienced, he could tell that these products were definitely second-hand goods because they had all been unpacked and the surface of the packaging box was covered with dust.
The boss was so careless that he didn't even want to clean it.
Following the girl's instructions, Chi Heng didn't go around for too long before he saw the LED sign of Wilder Electronics Store.
I have to say that this PDA is very good, and the color brightness of the display is almost unparalleled in the eyes of young people, if Chi Heng had never seen an electronic watch and that display.
A young man with curly hair was buried behind the workbench, soldering a circuit board. The workbench was full of messy electronic products. If you removed the screws, you would probably not find them in the blink of an eye.
"Mio168 is the world's first navigation device with built-in GPS module launched by MiTAC two years ago. It is also the first GPS handheld device using Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC-2003 operating platform. When Mio 168 was first launched, it was known as
It is the most compact portable satellite positioning and voice navigation system in the world. The GPS satellite receiver is built-in and can be used immediately after booting without installation, which is very convenient."
The girl nodded: "We don't sell mobile phones and computers here. You either go to O'Neill Mall in town to buy them, or you go to Wilder's to buy them... I suggest you go to Wilder's, his place
We have everything and it’s much cheaper.”
The girl asked back.
After Chi Heng also introduced himself, he inquired: "Can I ask where I can buy electronic products nearby?"
After the young man turned on the phone, he handed it to Chi Heng.
"What electronics?"
he asked.
"I've never seen you before," the young man stood up, "Are you new to Doc Town?"
She told Chi Heng carefully where Wilder was.
Chi Heng explained.
He continued talking to himself, "I don't have many PDAs with GPS navigation here. One of them is broken. The only one that works is the Mio168. You wait here."
"Justo Chi."
The young man enthusiastically introduced Chi Heng and helped him how to operate it. He was still talking about the specific parameters of this navigation PDA. He didn't need to read the manual, as if he knew all the data in his heart and could tell it casually.
Chi Heng said: "I haven't seen these for sale in supermarkets."
"It uses the Intel PXA-255 300MHz microprocessor, is thin and short, weighs only 147 grams, uses a high-brightness 65k color semi-transparent color LCD film display, and LED backlight module, and has a 'single-button navigation' design
, allowing drivers to easily switch between GPS and Pocket PC with one finger.”
"Well, there's also electricity."
The young man didn't understand.
Chi Heng explained his intention straight to the point.
"No electronic map?"
The sound of Chi Heng entering the store still disturbed the young man with curly brown hair. He raised his head. He was probably only in his twenties, no different from a college student.
Saying goodbye to the supermarket, Chi Heng got in the car and drove the pickup truck, heading to Wilder Electronics Store before the sky darkened completely.
“It also has built-in navigation maps for North America and Europe, and 12 items of life information queries, including gas stations, parking lots, restaurants, etc…”
"Oh, what's the matter?"
This is obviously a second-hand phone, but it's very new and shiny, without much trace of use.
It was said to be an electronics store, but in fact it only had one facade, which was not big, and there was no one at the door. Chi Heng regretted it a little, but he had already come, so he got out of the car and walked into the electronics store.
"Wait a minute," Chi Heng interrupted the young man's endless introduction, "What if the place you are using does not have an electronic map?"
Without waiting for Chi Heng to answer, she took the initiative to introduce herself: "My name is Sarah Lope."
Chi Heng was suspicious of the girl's enthusiasm. Could that Sarah Lope be the shill for this electronics store? Well, maybe the other party was right. The electronic products here are cheap because they are all second-hand goods.
"Mobile phones, computers, etc."
"I mean, if there is no electronic map of the place you are navigating to, how can you still know where you are?"
The young man got into the door and heard the sound of rummaging inside. Soon, the young man came back, holding a packaging box, opened it gently, and took out a PDA.
"I want to buy a PDA with GPS navigation."
Young people are interested. Nowadays, there are very few civilian electronic products equipped with GPS navigation. Many people do not even know what GPS navigation technology is. It is rare for someone to take the initiative to ask in Dok Town.
"GPS navigation?"
"This is rare. It has all the road information in the United States built into it," the young man suddenly realized. "If you want to use it to explore, you can. Even if there is no corresponding electronic detailed map, it will display the specific details."
With the latitude and longitude data, you can zoom in on the map and roughly determine your own orientation."
This is an enthusiastic girl, youthful and lively, full of girlish atmosphere. If the freckles on her face make Chi Heng uncomfortable, she is a pretty good girl.
After hearing this, Chi Heng understood that since the longitude and latitude data could be displayed, it would be easy to handle.
"How much?"
Chi Heng fumbled around with the PDA and started asking about the price.
"Its listing price is 599 US dollars," the young man held up his glasses, "Although it is a second-hand product now, you can see that it is very new and has no signs of use. You can take it for 299 US dollars."
Chapter completed!