Thread: Till date how many internet tablets do you think were sold?
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meanwhile is offline meanwhile
2008-04-11 , 18:35
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Originally Posted by Benson View Post
Isn't it worth noting that a lot of outlets were out of stock of N800s for a while? This would seem to indicate that there weren't a lot of N800s "sold" to retailers but not really sold to consumers...
If "sales" meant physical units, yes. But in the real world, sales usually aren't real. Really! They're agreements on pieces of paper - sometimes even letters of intent rather than binding contracts. I remember a biz in the UK that claimed to have raised £20M when it really had £1M, but that the bank had given them a letter saying that if they met some conditions - which were quite impossible - then, at the bank's option, they could get more. The bank did it as a cheap way of giving positive PR to their client.

Always look for the catch.