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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Cheaper is mainly related to number
being made.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>For years laptops were more expensive
than desktops, as each manufacturer had to customise their smaller size
motherboards etc. Desktops used more mass made mainstream
off-the-shelf components (eg power supplies, memory chips, video cards, cases,
CD drives, HD etc) so were cheaper. This has now almost
disappeared as laptops are now outselling desktops - soon desktops actually may
become more expensive.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Same happening for
phones. Early adopters always pay more because:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>-new and cool adds to
price</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>-hardware is new, so more expensive
irrespective of whether its bigger or smaller</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>-software is new -> manufacturers
charge more of course.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>-new infrastructure (3G) is expensive
too</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>-In general making something a bit
smaller than the industry standards always raises the costs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>A wag once said - A cell phone is the
only thing where guys will sit around boasting that theirs is smaller than
everyone else's.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Back to The Future of
Delphi:---</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>=======================</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>What I have been saying all along is
that the market is however heading quite fast now in this direction. This
means programmers are going to be asked more and more to make sure their apps
can be used from smaller touch screens....I reckon whether or not we see it
coming the current software environment is changing as surely as it did when
Windows first came along, only this time Windows may not be the
platform... I can live with moving from Windows, but would prefer to have
Delphi move with me to the new platforms even if MS doesn't...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>(I have used other OS's like Unix and
Linux, they all have their good points so don't be afraid of them.
Same with other languages. Can live with cross compiling from Windows to
Android etc with emulators from Delphi. Would prefer to not have to
consider learning everything new again - new OS, new IDE, new
language.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John<BR></DIV>
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is obviously cheaper, in terms of materials but also because “small” usually
comes as the result of higher integration within the component parts, reducing
the number of components, which in turn increases reliability and reduces
servicing/maintenance costs. VLSI has perhaps been the single greatest
contribution to the commoditization of electronics.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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