Snipp'd to keep it short .. Lorenzo Taylor writes: > # nd here you think Sharp, Sanyo and Sony are going to run > # to add support for eyes-free operation on their hand helds? > > I think they could actually benefit by doing so. For one thing, it > translates into at least a few thousand more sales. Which wouldn't justify it. A few thousand is a loss, not a gain. A few thousand doesn't pay the r&d cost, or the costs to ramp up production, or for marketing, or for all the other costs associated with product sales and distribution these days.