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Old 07-24-2010, 08:03 PM   #25
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Although I started this thread only a few days, ago, prices are already dropping, a little.

Here's an example: http://cgi.ebay.ca/10-1-Google-Andro...ht_3002wt_1436

(I am not endorsing this model or this vendor; for discussion purposes only.)

It's resistive touch, 1024x600 16:9 screen, 5000 mAH battery (abt double the norm), but 220 v charger. It's also entirely possible the specs are wrong. I am thinking that within 2, 3, 6 or 10 weeks we will see some further dramatic changes in specs. This is already a much more interesting model than could be had, for around the same price, as recently as May.

None of these units appear to exceed 2GB onboard storage. Modest improvements in screen resolution, and possibly capacitive vs resistive touch, and something closer to 64 GB onboard storage, eventually with 3G options in addition to wifi, will make for much more compelling units. One has to think these variations aren't very far away.

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