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Originally Posted by frankenbike
Maybe the point of the HTC reps post was that they want to milk the Euros at premium prices, and by the time that market segment has run its course, they'll have something similar but cheaper out.
Here's it's a niche market, a smaller one, and it's not worth the effort of swinging deals and FCC approval.
The point about CDMA was that without an iPhone in its pipeline, I don't think my fellow CDMA customers would spend that kind of money in large quantities. I think $400 after subsidies is the top number or close to it at this point.
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I don't agree - the iPhone is widely available in cheap, subsidized manner in Europe already, and HTC has no issue charging their premium (or dropping the price). If they intend to compete with the iPhone they have to compete just as hard in Europe as they will in the US. I think the bigger issue may be ATT telling them NOT to compete with their money-maker, and HTC prefers not to fight with one of their largest customers.
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Originally Posted by frankenbike
I think the half inch mark is a definite demarcation. You can get all incremental, but a half inch seems like the start of what you can call "slim". But it's not.
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Well, having pocketed the 910, the Tytn and the Tilt, I can tell you there is a significant difference between the iPaq and the others. In my pocket the difference between it and my iPhone are negligble. I don't wear cargo pants, just dress slacks, dockers or jeans and the iPaq isn't a nuisance, but too each thier own here.
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Originally Posted by frankenbike
Sure, but "today" it's still in Beta. Next year it will be the product to beat.
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But next year we'll probably see improvements in Opera & Safari as well as perhaps a usable version of Mobile Firefox, rendering the point moot. A web based solution will never be a true alternative for those of us that rely on a secure browsing experience. I was one of the very early beta testers for Skyfire and have been continually disapointed in the overall experience, compared to both Opera 9.5 and Safari. Yes, I can get Flash (not a huge deal to me), but otherwise I don't find it near as easy to use. I still don't understand what Skyfire's business model is. How can they make money? Running those servers has to be a signficant expense, not to mention developing the software, etc. Are they going to charge for the service? If so, how much?