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Originally Posted by frankenbike
Definitely not competitive with the iPhone for far less money in the GSM market. I don't even think it would go over that well in the CDMA market.
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Why? The CDMA market is just as big as GSM in the US. I don't really think there is a huge difference in the demographic makeup of either, is there?
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Originally Posted by frankenbike
I think they've got it right. We're cheap bastards, and they know we're not gonna spend that much on phones we know we'll be replacing in two years.
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Pretty accurate statement - though 6 months per phone are all some of us seem to make it.
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Originally Posted by frankenbike
Still waiting for that 1/2" (12.5mm) thick keyboard phone  |
The HP iPaq 910 almost gets there at 16 mm. I wouldn't consider it too thick. However, it has other issues - small screen, eats battery like a kid eats sugar, somewhat slow, can't rotate screen etc. But we are getting there!
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Originally Posted by frankenbike
I also think that for a high res phone, they need the killer app of a browser like Skyfire to be ready for market anyway.
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Except Skyfire only works on QVGA devices today. Actually Opera 9.5 is pretty decent - not quite as good as Safari on the iPhone, but more stable, in my experience. Hopefully we'll see Mobile Firefox soon and and make this even less of an issue.