I`m not even close to agree with this thread ,
Sure comparing it with a laptop is a hight price but you have to add the cost of a cellphone + a 5 MP camera + GPS + the comfort of handling all this with your fingertips and put it on your jacket pocket (try to do that with a dual core cpu at 2.2 ghz, 8 usb ports, 4GB of super fast ram and 17 inch lcd).