[smidwap]

Your thoughts parallel mine. At the very least, if this idea is so brilliant, why can't a company like Dell or Apple begin mass-producing these little tikes? Even with patents and all that legal mumbo-jumbo, I'm sure they could find something to sell. Makes me wonder if this product really will sell, or if the biggies just lost out on an early opportunity.

[rms]

>why can't a company like Dell or Apple begin mass-producing these little tikes?

If these tablets sell, they certainly will.

[whacked_new]

I was wondering if big companies were unable to produce these things cost effectively due to tie-ins and bundle deals or whatnot.

Oh, perhaps one thing is the requirement to fork a dev team to maintain a niche OS... methinks that's one of the biggest reasons?

[fizx]

They could be afraid of cannibalizing sales of their more expensive gizmos.