On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Erik Hovland <erik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Mark <wolfmane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> N900 $510 >> http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 >> >> Note that there is no mention of the fact that 3.5G is network >> dependent and NOT quadband. Even at this very discounted price, it's >> still way too expensive for most people. If they get it below $200 >> locked and $300 unlocked it might have a chance, but at these prices >> it's going to sell very poorly. > > You mean like the N95 through N97 selling poorly in the US? Agreed. But at > least the N8x0 showed that they could go down in price over time. > > E > > -- > Erik Hovland > erik@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://hovland.org/ But not enough, and certainly not quickly enough. The N8x0s only came down to a palatable price well after production had stopped and they were already getting scarce. That's not the way to sell lots of units. Mark Ogden Nash - "The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it's always a cat." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/o/ogden_nash.html _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
