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Subject: Re: Have Novag & Saitek blown it ??

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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