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Old 12-02-2010, 10:06 PM   #12
SolRaven
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Originally Posted by jj2me View Post
Just a guess, based on
- clicking on the "discontinued" 650 and seeing it is "Coming Soon" on that page
- the improbability of this device being discontinued at this point in its lifecycle
===> bad programming.

They probably wanted to automate that text next to the icon that should say "Discontinued" or "Out of Stock." Perhaps one programmer ass-u-me'd. Or they improperly retrieved the data that would tell which text to display. Or ...
Good catch. Hopefully, you're right. I was in SonyStyle today grabbing a shiny new 650 and they had 1 black and 2 red 650's out for purchase. I asked the salesman if he knew what the deal was with the website saying "Discontinued" but he said hadn't heard anything.
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