Conspiracy Theories
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Originally Posted by whydidnt
Is there some sort of grand conspiracy among Motorola, HTC, Samsung, HP and MS that prevents one of them from releasing a reasonable sized multi-media phone that has 8 GB of flash memory?
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Yeah, that's it.  If there were, and it ever came to light, you'd see government intervention (like you did with PC RAM manufacturers).
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Originally Posted by whydidnt
If not, then I say there must be some sort of OS limitation that still exists in WM preventing them from releasing this sort of device.
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More silly speculation. I have a 2 GB MiniSD card in my Q (and I've heard of people using 4 GB cards). I also have an 8 GB CF card in my iPAQ hx2795 Pocket PC. So the OS is quite capable of handling large memory sizes.
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Originally Posted by whydidnt
Otherwise, how can all of these, otherwise successful, companies be this ignorant about these devices' capabilities and potential market?  |
Just because they don't put large amounts of Flash in doesn't mean they're ignorant. How much does a 4 GB iPhone cost? How about an 8 GB iPhone?
I just did a PriceGrabber search on all forms of 8 GB Flash. The cheapest price there was $60. Maybe OEMs don't want to have to raise their prices that much. Many people are already asking why you would buy a PDA/Smartphone when you can get a decent laptop for the same price. (You don't need to answer that -- I already know the reasons.  )
Steve
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