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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by PDADoc
And Jason, with regard to your statement about it being a $450 device, I say this: so what? The price point of the 3000 is about what most people pay for competing devices that do the same thing, music, videos, etc.
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So what? Look, it's one thing to no provide an upgrade on an entry level $199 Pocket PC. The person who's buying the cheapest Pocket PC on the market either knows it probably won't get an upgrade, or they don't know any better. A $450 device is a mid/high end device that is a significantly larger investment, and the expectation of an upgrade is more reasonable. HP is alienating their customers, hurting the Pocket PC ecosystem, and I'm calling them out on it. |
Jason,
You're kidding, right? Even you, an MS-MVP, Mobile Devices, can't truly believe that, do you?
At the end of the day, I'm certain they've examined the feasibility of providing upgrades to various models and came to the business-related decision that it just wouldn't be practical. Knowing what you do about the nature of companies in general, do you
really belive that HP would capriciously turn away another source of revenue?
DISCLAIMER: I don't work for HP (heck, I'm not even
in the computer industry at all), but I'd like to think that there are probably some practical/technical concerns involved with providing an OS upgrade to some models which might preclude them altogether.
As much as people might complain about it, my take on it all is this: if you're truly unhappy with the business practices of one company, you can simply go to another with your business; that's what's so great about this world: choice. I say this without the least bit of anger, malice, or irony Just another disclaimer, BTW.
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