Greetings, On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> And $200 for a >> book reader? > > That's a fantastic price for a color tablet - they are almost > certainly losing money on it. > Dear Les, Look at Per capita monthly income of other countries: less that USD 100. And do you think anybody would buy that when they have a family to support? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita BTW, that is per PPP. Which not related to _actual_ cash flow to meet a family of four (let us say,). also look at Current balances of US, Italy, Greece, Ireland etc. per CIA factbook (Well, I could not ) and let us talk further. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html Where does US (and other European counties -- "The online Factbook is updated weekly. ISSN 1553-8133") rank ? All I will request you all is to open your eyes beyond technology. -- Regards, Rajagopal