Comments on: Sony swallows its pride and jumps into the netbook game, doesn’t seem to understand netbook pricing http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/07/sony-swallows-its-pride-and-jumps-into-the-netbook-game-doesn%e2%80%99t-seem-to-understand-netbook-pricing/ portable pc, mobile computer, pocket pc and handheld computing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lave http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/07/sony-swallows-its-pride-and-jumps-into-the-netbook-game-doesn%e2%80%99t-seem-to-understand-netbook-pricing/#comment-24204 lave Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:47:46 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=8307#comment-24204 good to see it, but the problem is the battery life, too short, and the 6 cell looks awful, ruining the design.. i better wait for something else and update , or go with the 1000he. good to see it, but the problem is the battery life, too short, and the 6 cell looks awful, ruining the design.. i better wait for something else and update , or go with the 1000he.

]]> By: Bradley http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/07/sony-swallows-its-pride-and-jumps-into-the-netbook-game-doesn%e2%80%99t-seem-to-understand-netbook-pricing/#comment-24200 Bradley Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:15:29 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=8307#comment-24200 Official US pricing is $499, which is reasonable and within the normal netbook pricing scheme. Official US pricing is $499, which is reasonable and within the normal netbook pricing scheme.

]]> By: pan.sapiens http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/07/sony-swallows-its-pride-and-jumps-into-the-netbook-game-doesn%e2%80%99t-seem-to-understand-netbook-pricing/#comment-24197 pan.sapiens Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:14:23 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=8307#comment-24197 They are charging AUD999 = $781U.S. here in Australia, which is about $250U.S. more than I paid for my much higher spec. Core2Duo laptop 18 months back. Apple do the same kind of markup. We call it the "sony tax" / "apple tax". Guess there is a sucker born every minuite. They are charging AUD999 = $781U.S. here in Australia, which is about $250U.S. more than I paid for my much higher spec. Core2Duo laptop 18 months back. Apple do the same kind of markup. We call it the “sony tax” / “apple tax”. Guess there is a sucker born every minuite.

]]> By: Ben Lang http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/07/sony-swallows-its-pride-and-jumps-into-the-netbook-game-doesn%e2%80%99t-seem-to-understand-netbook-pricing/#comment-55099 Ben Lang Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:56:53 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=8307#comment-55099 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New article: Sony swallows its pride and jumps into the netbook game, doesn’t seem to understand netbook ... http://cli.gs/PrySV</span></span>

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