Thread: Biggest Disappointment: Nav Software
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2007-11-24 , 23:22
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Originally Posted by Hedgecore View Post
I never thought about the fact that the nav software might be hiking the price up by a lot... if that's the case, leave the hardware in place, and make it a separate bundle... for what I'd use it for I'd be aces with Maemo-Mapper.
I doubt that it is. It pro'ly is a wash as far as their model may be concerned. The "free" software will promote sales of the pay for play software.

I have a gut feeling that this won't be the last we see of this business model and I suspect there will be a few others who will give us "free" crippleware in order to create this new class of con$umer device.

The hardware is, what it is and the current price of an N800 is a dang bargain. I would think that the transmissive/reflective screen was the most costly new addition.
...even so, Nokia is starting out giving a discount on the N810 bringing the price down to arround $409 for most.

The N800 stayed at full retail from all suppliers for at least a couple of months.