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pine stuff has excellent cost/benefit, but...
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Depending on your country you can use a remailer. I used to use one when I lived in the middle east and couldn't order from the US. I has a bunch of addresses worldwide you can use to order and they aggregate and forward the packages.
Which service did you find to be the most reliable?
I used shop and ship but there wasn't much choice in the UAE. It belonged to Aramex at the time which was a respected UPS like in the region. It was a while back. I can't speak for what they are worth now and how they work in places where Aramex isn't as well implanted.
I've used Aramex, they're okay.
FWIW I do use a PineTab2 on a daily basis and... it works. I can warmly recommend it but some caveats :
Overall while keeping such limitations in mind, still recommended! (if you can get it shipped somehow)
thanks for the review
honestly that wouldn't be reliable enough for me to daily drive at work, but i'm definitely getting one to play with once i have a little money to throw away