Cheapest places to get iPAQs in Japan

HP iPAQ Pocket PCs are not available in the mainstream electronics stores in Japan. Other than a few small Akihabara shops which probably order from HP for each order they receive one of the only other options seems to be Amazon Japan. Although the listed prices on Amazon are roughly the same as the HP site and include free shipping, they are currently running a campain where you get up 15% of the purchase price back in gift vouchers. That's a nice bit of money back you could spend on English books or more electronics :-)

They have the following 3 models but not the h1937 (affiliate links so please use to support Pocket PC Japan):

	iPAQ Pocket PC h5550 - 39,600 yen minus 5,000 yen back in gift vouchers		iPAQ Pocket PC h4150 - 44,800 yen minus 5,000 yen back in gift vouchers
	iPAQ Pocket PC h5550 - 70,000 yen minus 7,500 yen back in gift vouchers

Note that the Amazon Japan site has a link to 'English site' which provides key parts of the site in English to help English only speakers place orders. It's great to see this type of support for the English speaking community in Japan.

All information correct at date of posting. For more information on the above hardware see the Pocket PC Japan Hardware page.