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Originally Posted by jocampo
Cost is about that ... so profit would be zero or too low ...
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True enough, but they would have accomplished two things:
1.)Build up considerable market share to make it easier for future devices to succeed and attract developers to the platform.
2.)Make money off the market, accessories, etc.
The the tablet market is right now, I don't think they could have come in, sold large quantities and make a reasonable profit on the hardware for the first model run. No matter how good the device.