So why couldn't nokia just sell them at whatever the fair price is? Wouldn't that make their device more competitive, therefore they could sell more?

And anyone in the market for a tablet pc wouldn't they rather buy one that doubles as a phone as well? Just insert your SIM and go. idk It would be nice.

I mean the iphone is/was expensive, but if you think about it when it came out it wasnt that much more expensive than the tablet... for no contract price what was it about $500 vs $400?
maybe the difference in price was just due to it's popularity, or you can say that extra $100 went to the phone portion of the device LOL.
Ya it's not a completely accurate comparison, they're different devices, but for argument's sake I'm just shooting it out there.