On Jun 25, 9:55*am, Scott Seidman <namdiestt...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote innews:ce9dbd35-3174-4627-9005-c1bc5056e3e4@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Softbank Shifts Strategy With iPhone; Prices Device Starting At $215
>
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn.../06/23/AR20080
> > 62300476.html
>
> > EXCERPT
>
> > CEO Masayoshi Son said, "There have been users who were just attracted
> > to our low price, but the main point this time is feature
> > attractiveness rather than price." Son has also predicted that the
> > phones will be a sell-out in Japan, which analysts and even Son
> > himself have questioned.
>
> > Son said he expected the first batch of iPhones to "evaporate
> > instantly," and that supplies "will likely be scarce for a while."
>
> I suspect that there will likely be riots on the sales lines. *I'm sure
> thought, that those on the short end of the stick will manage to live
> vicariously through your many posts on the subject.
>
> --
> Scott
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I do not think there will be any significant lines in the USA. I am
convinced we are in a recession which may become a global depression
by 2009.