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Call me when this is 8" to 10".
And let me just say I don't work for/with/or in any way with this company. I just believe in both openness and the portable market and can see how a device like this is a good thing.
Edit-reply: while Apple can try to split off a premium market as it did with PC's, this is going to be a lot harder (and the premium market will be lot smaller) when then OS provider isn't trying to make a profit.
name as well as logo is similar to http://humanized.com/enso/
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I don't see anything overtly wrong in that thread. If anything I see HN readers behaving badly by taking advantage of someone whose English isn't that great. For the most part the things people were attacking him for are things that almost every manufacturer does in China (copying web sites for example). I don't see anything that indicates he's dishonest (and even if I did I'm not sure it would detract given the pric…
Well, you've been warned. I think there is plenty in that thread that is not above board, but of course you are entitled to your own opinion.
But yeah, if the price were higher or if I needed the money more I could see being more weary of this.
And this is why Steve Jobs sees Android as a direct attack against Apple: these devices (which Apple would like to sell at a high margin) can be made really cheap in a world of commoditized hardware (thanks, Microsoft!) and free software (thanks, Google!). Edit-reply: while Apple can try to split off a premium market as it did with PC's, this is going to be a lot harder (and the premium market will be lot smaller) wh…
http://www.androidtablets.net/
Not a week goes by without another announcement.
http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/apple-ipad-meet-and...
And this is why Steve Jobs sees Android as a direct attack against Apple: these devices (which Apple would like to sell at a high margin) can be made really cheap in a world of commoditized hardware (thanks, Microsoft!) and free software (thanks, Google!). Edit-reply: while Apple can try to split off a premium market as it did with PC's, this is going to be a lot harder (and the premium market will be lot smaller) wh…
It may be a competitor to the iPad / iPod Touch, but it's not a serious competitor. Apple still has the "premium" edge on it, their market doesn't seem likely to be overly affected. An Android tablet definitely appeals to me more than an iPad, for software purposes, but I'm not one of the iPad's target consumers. Though I'm not interested if it doesn't have multitouch.
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Well, you've been warned. I think there is plenty in that thread that is not above board, but of course you are entitled to your own opinion.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad you posted it. I think a big part of me is just thinking "If he's a total crook and I lose the $155 completely it's really not that big of a deal". I mean, he takes Paypal so I don't even have to give my CCard number. But yeah, if the price were higher or if I needed the money more I could see being more weary of this.
Until the guy comes clean and shows that he's able to ship (which means he has at least the funds to buy a number of them, most companies in the far east have a minimum order volume, typical 100 or 200 pieces for devices like these, at some fixed discount, and has a written guarantee that they will be delivered at a certain date) he has no business taking any money at all. And even then, given the history of these threads (there was at least one other one) I'd like some more proof. If you start of by fibbing about your ability to deliver then you will need to overcome that later.
Selling fake watches on ebay is one thing, selling hardware like this is a completely different thing.
So far, I'm not aware that he did what he said he would do, which is to ship units to blogs for review. I think that would be a major first milestone on the way to large volume shipping.
Sending out a couple of review units is peanuts when you do something like this.
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I don't see anything overtly wrong in that thread. If anything I see HN readers behaving badly by taking advantage of someone whose English isn't that great. For the most part the things people were attacking him for are things that almost every manufacturer does in China (copying web sites for example). I don't see anything that indicates he's dishonest (and even if I did I'm not sure it would detract given the pric…
The most important thing I learned is that it's not his device. He's just re-branding a device that other people made. It's also clear he doesn't understand the technology he's selling. It also seems to be true that he was taking paid orders before he actually had a device.
This one is close, http://szboeye.en.alibaba.com/product/255890895-209487612/5_...
Android 1.6? Make it bigger and use current version of Android and I'll buy one.
> Upgrades to Android 2.x will be available within 1 month to our customer on their private section for simple downloading and upgrading. Easy instructions will be provided.
Funny -- from http://enso-now.com/n/Images/Slideshow/dimensions.png
> Designed by Enso in Hong Assembled in China
