[_glass]

Hm ... according to 1, 3, 4, 5 around 718$, pre tax and pre carrier subsidy, to 2 750$. I don't think this is too much of a prize for market entry. Remember the 1st iPhone, with all of its specs.

1 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10319133-94.html 2 http://www.nokian900.com/nokia-n900-internet-tablet-rumors/ 3 http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/08/nokia-evolves-aw... 4 http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n900_is_now_officially_outed_a... 5 http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/nokia-n900-running-maemo-...

[ars]

Seems quite a lot to me. It's basically the price of a desktop or notebook.

I wonder if I could hook up an external (bluetooth?) keyboard, and a monitor and basically use this thing as a full daily computer.

I saw it has video out (NTSC/PAL), but I wonder if it can do monitor out - hopefully at a higher resolution than 800x480.

[dejb]

Actually it looks like it will sell for a bit less than an iPhone outright. 'Outright' is a word used by people in the free world to describe actual phone ownership as opposed to rental.