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List:       olpc-devel
Subject:    Re: AMD to stop working on Geodes
From:       Jerome Gotangco <jgotangco () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-01-29 1:03:40
Message-ID: c138e6150901281703v77389caev7242b3944d60b36f () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Carlos Nazareno <object404@gmail.com> wrote:
> say those four magic words, sell the XO via geek online stores, and
> 1CC will be so slashdotted to high heck with orders that the waiting
> list will take years to fill out. At similar price points, the XO-1
> puts the Nintendo DS, Tapwave Zodiac, GP2X, Sony PSP, Chumby and iPods
> + iPhones to shame.

I'm not so sure of this. Nintendo is in the business of selling
software and their consoles are just the drivers to it. So with iPods
and PSPs. And most of these items are pushed to drive sales of a
bigger item (a Wii, a MacBook, or a PS3) so there is some sort of
selling strategy involved. Selling individual XOs in retail could be a
driver though, to make up for the disappointing G1G1 2008 sales, but
its pretty damn hard to compete on sheer geekery alone.




-- 
Jerome G.

Blog: http://gotangco.blogspot.com
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