I’ve been waiting for this device with great anticipation. I’ve been watching the eeePC with interest also, but it’s just too big for even me to wear all the time on my belt. A 2.8″ QVGA screen is not enough for me. I’ve tried a Sony-UX, but the ergonomics are not great and the battery life is terrible. This device looks like it will work for me.

If there is such a huge business demand for these, why the delay? I think there is just about NO demand.

Let’s be realistic, the innards of a PDA aren’t significantly different from other similar devices, such as UMPCs. The most significant cost is the LCD screen. The 210 has a VGA screen, while the 110 has an SVGA. I’d venture a cost of something like $250-300 for a decent current LCD screen.

I paid $400 for an iPAQ HX 4705, and it arrived from the eBay seller with a cracked LCD. The cost, about 2 years ago, was $250-275 for the SVGA LCD screen it had.

The tech has improved since then, so for a comparably modern screen, I’m betting it is similar in cost.

Woadan

Mike, I agree with you, PDAs are over priced. But at this point, I don’t HP is ready to pull an Apple and make drastic price cuts.

They seem to be aiming these at business customers and, for some reasons, they seem to think business customers don’t mind paying a premium for things that Joe Average Consumer would laugh at.

Ala Microsoft and their ridiculous pricing schemes for Vista Ultimate and Office Enterprise (not counting the student discount).

My two cents anyway.

Look, get with reality.

Asus Eee = $400.

PDA = $50-$100 value. Period. P.e.r.i.o.d.