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- From: rivero@cc.unizar.es (rivero)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen
- Subject: Re: PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS ON HOLD
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.200111.6000@ulrik.uio.no>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 20:01:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.021916.12721@riacs.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.021916.12721@riacs.edu> Douglas G. Danforth,
- danforth@riacs.edu writes:
- >... a lot of reports...
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- and...
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- Can anyone explain then why the HP products can be sold?
- Get a 48sx ($250) add the Screen, the cpu and the muP, and you have got
- a PDA!
- (I agree, lisp on a 48 is slooow, but
- Apple would pay for the components of a mythical
- > PDA today, based on a composite of the figures
- > from industry analysts and manufacturers:
- >
- > Pen: $125
- > Pen-sensitive screen: $175
- > Expansion slot: $10
- > Communication: $35 to $150 (wired);
- > $10 to $500 (wireless)
- > Case and power supply: $50-70
- > Storage, 20 megabytes: $300-600
- > Microprocessor and "mother-board": $100
- > Memory chips: $140
- > Software licenses: $100
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