Comments on: Import an Asus R50A UMPC for under $1,400 http://jkontherun.com/2008/11/20/import-an-asus/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:27:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Corrupted Mind http://jkontherun.com/2008/11/20/import-an-asus/#comment-42665 Corrupted Mind Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:06:22 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/import-an-asus#comment-42665 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Wow. Clearly someone at Asus HQ took my threats of doubling up seriously (as of course they do) because the price of this little UMPC is falling (fast). My one-two punch of MID (Aigo) and Netbook is currently priced at a princely £850 and as much as I desire trying out the Aigo MID practically my life only needed one device. So compared to the ASUS price of £875 - they are in range. The real problem however is that my pricing "sweet spot" is between £600-700 (about the price of a MacBook) so they both have a little way to go! (I think the "one-two" punch will win this particular race, as both the price of the Aigo and the Evernote is falling rapidly because of the brutal competition, in the case of the Evernote and the arrival of new MID's in the case of the Aigo)</p> </div>

Wow. Clearly someone at Asus HQ took my threats of doubling up seriously (as of course they do) because the price of this little UMPC is falling (fast). My one-two punch of MID (Aigo) and Netbook is currently priced at a princely £850 and as much as I desire trying out the Aigo MID practically my life only needed one device. So compared to the ASUS price of £875 – they are in range. The real problem however is that my pricing “sweet spot” is between £600-700 (about the price of a MacBook) so they both have a little way to go! (I think the “one-two” punch will win this particular race, as both the price of the Aigo and the Evernote is falling rapidly because of the brutal competition, in the case of the Evernote and the arrival of new MID’s in the case of the Aigo)

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