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In fact the cost advantages are only partial these days, as Microsoft recently reduced the license cost for XP Home on ultra low cost PCs. My EEE 2G boots Linux in 25 seconds, but the XP version is not far behind. The actual models I tested had modified Linux front ends which are cost effective, but the practical and performance advantages over XP remain unclear. The Atom is certainly capable of it so I’d expect at least to see fanboy photos of Windows booting on one of these units soon after release. Will there be Windows versions of these two MIDs? That’s not known as yet, but I don’t think it’s inconceivable. Gigabyte MID has more traditional design and plenty of expansion. Neither is likely to match the atomic (pun intended) battery life of the Gigabyte or Lenovo MIDs, which is critical for a pocket computer. The Q1 can now be found knocked down to $800 or so. The 02 is still languishing around the $1,800 mark. Who are they for? No-one really knows yet, but they’ll definitely appeal to the people who are (not) buying the OQO 02 and Samsung Q1 Ultra these days. The Lenovo unit I played with even had an Olympic paint job cute. They both have usable, if very different, keyboards they’re both eminently pocketable and both have Intel’s super-efficient Atom CPU which means tons of battery life. Neil Bermanīoth the Gigabyte and Lenovo MIDs are expected to come in around $500, albeit running Linux. Apple already went through that with the original iPhone launch and hwere wise to avoid a similar pitfall with the iPad. Sure sales might have been down recently due to the weak economy but the way to win back sales is surely to price appropriately and look for volume buildup rather than having to endure price cuts that anger early adopters. Sheesh, that really was the week of crazy pricing. If the Galaxy Tab pricing rumors are true, expect to see limited numbers out and about. The company’s Q1 7-inch Windows XP tablet and Q1 Ultra follow-up device were too expensive to win significant consumer attention. Samsung does have a history of expensive tablet pricing. The rumors also suggest that the unsubsidized Galaxy Tab might cost $649, which is slightly higher than the 16GB iPad 3G. The rumored $399 with a contract make it seem irrelevant, since anecdotal evidence suggests that only a small percentage of iPad owners have subscribed to the ontract free AT&T data plan, which starts at just $15 per month. These issues might be surmountable if the Galaxy Tab were to be priced competitively – and I mean something like $199 on contract and say $399 contract free.

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Heck even Google said Android 2.2 is not designed to run tablets.

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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, it looks like the Samsung Galaxy Tab will not have the software and app ecosystem to compete effectively with the iPad.

If that last one turns out to be accurate, it could end up as a disaster for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Did we just live through “Crazy Pricing Week”?įirst was the Logitech Revue Google TV at $299, then the Cisco Umi home videocon came along at $599 and yesterday we saw rumors tha the Samsung Galaxy Tab might launch at $399 on a 2 year contract with T-Mobile.

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