Not true. You can run an Android app through the SDK emulator all at no cost.
Also, to follow your argument you would pay $99 to Apple plus $$$$$^2 for an iOS device plus $$$ for a Mac platform to build the app.
You assume that if we double taxes Congress will use the money to pay down the debt. As it stands, Congress sees every dollar as part of its personal piggy bank for other projects.
Congress has no desire or incentive to decrease the debt.
Unless this comes in around the cost of a regular netbook (~$320 USD) then I don't really see the point.
Netbook:
Flash: Yes
Replaceable battery: Yes
Touchscreen: No (for the most part)
Real keyboard: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
Tether: Yes
Unless you have a dying need for a 10" touchscreen and the ability to blow up an iPhone application to super pixel size then I really don't see the market. You could argue it as an ebook reader, but the price points they have set in place make the Nook, Kindle, and others look a bit more appealing from the $9.99 and under book list.
Overall, I give it a 9.5/10 on the "solution looking for a problem" scale.
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Not true. You can run an Android app through the SDK emulator all at no cost. Also, to follow your argument you would pay $99 to Apple plus $$$$$^2 for an iOS device plus $$$ for a Mac platform to build the app.
You assume that if we double taxes Congress will use the money to pay down the debt. As it stands, Congress sees every dollar as part of its personal piggy bank for other projects. Congress has no desire or incentive to decrease the debt.
Unless this comes in around the cost of a regular netbook (~$320 USD) then I don't really see the point.
Netbook:
Flash: Yes
Replaceable battery: Yes
Touchscreen: No (for the most part)
Real keyboard: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
Tether: Yes
Unless you have a dying need for a 10" touchscreen and the ability to blow up an iPhone application to super pixel size then I really don't see the market. You could argue it as an ebook reader, but the price points they have set in place make the Nook, Kindle, and others look a bit more appealing from the $9.99 and under book list. Overall, I give it a 9.5/10 on the "solution looking for a problem" scale.