Author: pavel
Date: 10:16:52 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 13:13:07, Roy Eassa wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 13:02:46, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On May 30, 2002 at 09:01:44, bryan whitby wrote: >> >>>With the excellent chess programs now available for the Pocket PC and Palms, >>>have Novag and Saitek both blown it by releasing monochrome touch screen chess >>>computers or will the price facture save them ? >> >> >>These dedicated units have absolutely no future. >> >>Too late. The Palms are much better for a price only slightly higher. >> > > >Whether it MAKES SENSE to buy them (it doesn't, I agree) versus whether enough >people WILL buy them are two different things. I guess the developing companies >must think that there will be enough buyers to justify the development costs, >despite the smarter choice of Palm + Chess Tiger. (BTW, a used 33 MHz _color_ >Palm [or clone] can be bought for well under $150 US.) 150? I believe at some places I have seen it at 130 dollars with a 20dollars rebate. Not sure if it was color though. pavs
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