From: "David Davies" <david@intadev.com>
> Given that you can make a PDA with a big color screen, lots of memory,
> fat processor, IR, etc. profitably for $300 -$500 then why does it cost
> more to make a phone.
> Given that as a base it would not be unreasonable for phones to cost
> $200 or so.
Not that I claim to know the answer, but....
It can go the other way, can't it? Meeting requirements of an
advanced handset -- say, 80% of what a PDA can do, plus
wireless telephony, in a chassis about 1/3rd the volume -- can
make everything more expensive.
After all, a new laptop computer is generally more expensive
than a desktop computer of roughly the same power, and
tends to be more expensive the smaller it is.
-michael turner
leap@gol.com
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Received on Fri Aug 31 06:33:16 2001