I\'m sure the Chinese CEC have their eyes on the American market, I\'ve just come back from Beijing and I could not get over how expensive electronics were there, more expensive than the US for Memory cards, Digital cameras etc etc.
I would look to Sharp to blame for the high prices, the recent drops in price for the 5600 are clear indication that inventory is being offloaded in advance of a new product range push. The shift to a Chinese manufacturer producing a PDA with English all over it is good indication that Sharp has a mature and well developed product on their hands and is about to take on the US & UK markets with a bit more conviction. However prices will be overly expensive to milk new adopters and avoid pissing off retailers holding old stock.
I\'ll be getting one in about a year (o;
