And if it comes in at a more realistic $500? I th...

2009-12-16T09:53:44.394-08:00

And if it comes in at a more realistic $500? I think you need to take off your rose colored Googles and re-read what you wrote.

To think HTC does not want to make any money on this device (stripped down parts before assembly will likely be >$250), the assemblers do not want to make any money, the truck drivers delivering it don't want to make any money and Google does not want to make any money is simply too much whacky weed.

The other option is Google is willing to loose $100+ on every unit sold.

Then there is complete lack of good games on Android right now.

While this looks like great hardware, it is not going to come for free like you hope. Add to this, the 1.5 years Android is behind the iPhone in major applications from medical to games and Google still has an uphill climb to topple the iPhone/iPod Touch (what 70+ million units out there now?)

I see you left the word "games" was left...

2009-12-15T09:07:30.535-08:00

I see you left the word "games" was left out, and that's probably the biggest selling point of the iPod Touch. And sorry only an iPod Touch can do everything an iPod Touch can: functionality might carry across to other devices but design won't necessarily, and the "how" matters as much as the "what" when it comes to using apps.

The potential is there (from what we're guessing at the specs anyway), but Apple certainly won't be standing still. And all this "killer" exaggeration is always overblown; there's no need to kill any business segment to be successful.

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