[ILUG] Nokia phones and Linux

[Andrew Betson]

>> > Be warned - they are not cheap though..
>>
>>Tell me about it - I just checked the site and person 2 person are listed a
>>the Irish supplier
>There not, some company out in talaght supplys em cant remember the name, 
>they
>do all the palm pilot's and extra's, and the cost on em is fairly 
>hefty.  Its why the company
>i work for dosnt really bother selling them........ The margin is crap.....
>
>
>>  - a STG£69 ex VAT price turns into an IR£145 ex VAT -
>>more than double.
>Whats the population difference between here and the UK??
>and how many moblie data users compared to here......... its all a mater 
>of scale........
>
>
>>   When I expressed my outrage at this: "well we have to
>>ship it in and the difference in sterling..." .  My reply: "Bull$#!+" .
>>It's 30cm of cable and probably a CD-ROM, even with a manual and padding,
>>the whole lot can't come to more than 0.75lbs...
>Missed out the bit of plastic and copper that connects it ;-)
>
>
>>Anyone know how I can make one of these things myself?
>Doubt u can, nokia tend to get smart and inlude a small module in the cabe 
>to make
>em harder to copy (i think)

Andrew
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