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Old 02-16-2011, 01:25 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
Are parts really that expensive? At launch last year, a 16GB WiFi iPad cost Apple $230 to manufacture. B&N sells their Android tablet - Nook Color - for only $249.

Something's amiss.
I suspect that Apple have more R&D costs to recoup than do B&N. The Nook Color is a pretty standard off-the-shelf Android tablet; there's a lot of custom development in the iPad.
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