[Kirkaiya]

While I agree with Ed's arguments - mainly being that, bang for the buck, the gap has been closed and then some - one could argue that, technically, Nagel is right: Palm sells a entry-level model (the Zire) for $99, and so technically, there is a "price gap"

I know, I know - the Zire is a little piece of ****, with virtually no memory, mono screen, and I'm not sure what else it's been stripped off, but the fact remains that it runs Palm OS, and it's under $100. The fact that it's apples to oranges will be lost on many consumers, until they look at them both.

I think that if Samsung or some other OEM comes out with a model based on Samsung's design that sells for $139, running the full PPC2002 OS, and with an SDIO slot, Nagel will have a hard time proclaiming a "gap" with a straight face (I imagine it took a biting of the tongue this time).

Speaking of which - Jason, have you heard any news of when the Viewsonic will ship? (other than the "mid-November" on their site)???

thanx!