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Old 04-02-2012, 04:03 AM   #62
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Why would you assume that they would not be interested? Thousands of sales (probably many times more than they have ever dreamed off in the first place) AND very good publicity. What more could they want, that would definitely mean they could offer a much reduced rate over the one quoted earlier.
The high price probably reflects R&D costs rather than the costs of manufacturing the actual device. It may not be economically viable to offer it as a $50 (or whatever) iPad app; it's a very specialist market sector.
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