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| Seamaster wrote: | | It can't be long now before Tomtom are forced to price their cradle more realistically. |
I have the TOMTOM car kit and it is well worth the money !!
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I tend to agree that all the hardware/docks will be coming down in price, and probably sooner rather than later. I really expect an active dock with gps chipset and speaker to be available in the $60 range within the next 6 months. Just a guess of course.
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| gatorguy6996 wrote: | | I tend to agree that all the hardware/docks will be coming down in price, and probably sooner rather than later. I really expect an active dock with gps chipset and speaker to be available in the $60 range within the next 6 months. Just a guess of course. |
Wishfall thinking, 
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Perhaps, but with actual hardware costs at well under $15 according to estimates I've seen (except for molding costs on the mount itself, guessing maybe $5 or 6$ depending on volume), if someone could avoid dealing directly with Apple who wants 30%, I think it's very possible.
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| gatorguy6996 wrote: | | if someone could avoid dealing directly with Apple who wants 30%, I think it's very possible. |
That 30% is for appstore software, not hardware. They may charge a fee for the 'designed for iPhone' or whatever certification but that's it.
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Ah, thanks for the correction Darren. Quite right.
Regardless, with the very low hardware costs associated with building a mount, I still expect to see at least one in the $60 range by early next summer.
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| RRPs at launch. But competition always drives prices down. It's a gravitational fact of economics. I bet all of them are streeting at half price by the end of March. |
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| gatorguy6996 wrote: | | Regardless, with the very low hardware costs associated with building a mount, I still expect to see at least one in the $60 range by early next summer. |
Indeed, once demand has been proven then hopefully we'll see a raft of options and prices will plummet.
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| Seamaster wrote: | | RRPs at launch. But competition always drives prices down. It's a gravitational fact of economics. I bet all of them are streeting at half price by the end of March. |
Only if we see competition increase. I'll set a reminder for April next year and we can pop back here and see what the status quo is then 
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Out of all the kit avaiable to turn my touch into a GPS the Dual Electronics looks the best as it will make my touch a portable GPS system.
But with price an issue (what's new), I think the Tomtom one is the probably the one I'll go for.
Hopefullyit will be released before 14th December so I can use my £8 off voucher that Tomtom emailed me this week.
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| Darren wrote: | | Seamaster wrote: | | RRPs at launch. But competition always drives prices down. It's a gravitational fact of economics. I bet all of them are streeting at half price by the end of March. |
Only if we see competition increase. I'll set a reminder for April next year and we can pop back here and see what the status quo is then |
I see Tomtom have dropped the price 20% already.
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TY168?mco=MTY0MjYzNjE |
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No, that is the carkit for the iPod Touch. This is a different model and lacks the BT handsfree functionality.
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