Is this the biggest rip off?

[vcoleiro1]

Just noticed this new handheld on engadget which will be sold for $5000. Perhaps its me, but this seems to be the biggest rip off I have seen ever. Even more so than the first Apple Lisa


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[Nintendo]

That's too expensive, lol.


The handheld Group is better, imo.

 

[Prometheus]

As with the likes of the Panasonic Toughbook, this appears to be something that's built from older-but-proven guts, for a very, very specific purpose (something that it doesn't appear that the writer of the Engadget article understood, given the seemingly scoffing tone about the storage space and rightful lack of unnecessary cellular networking). I suspect if it's what you're looking for, it might not be a rip-off.

 

[elwing]

As with the likes of the Panasonic Toughbook, this appears to be something that's built from older-but-proven guts, for a very, very specific purpose (something that it doesn't appear that the writer of the Engadget article understood, given the seemingly scoffing tone about the storage space and rightful lack of unnecessary cellular networking). I suspect if it's what you're looking for, it might not be a rip-off.

what I think strange is only the IP54 level, seems a bit low for this kind of device/price, no? or am I just mistaken?

 

[Eridger]

As with the likes of the Panasonic Toughbook, this appears to be something that's built from older-but-proven guts, for a very, very specific purpose (something that it doesn't appear that the writer of the Engadget article understood, given the seemingly scoffing tone about the storage space and rightful lack of unnecessary cellular networking). I suspect if it's what you're looking for, it might not be a rip-off.

Come on, it's Engadget. Did you expect any other kind of behavior?