Crazy prices closer to launch date

[ls3mach]

I never once suggested that my business would come crashing if I didn't have this phone early... I said I rely on a phone to make money. The $450 retail is still unconfirmed, is it not? My point is, the Treo600, Treo650, Touch Pro and the Touch Pro 2 where all retail of $600. It could be argued that this phone is nicer than all of them. I paid full retail for my Treo650 which was over $650 after taxes and shipping. By this point, I wouldn't pay to get the phone early, but I would have at the day of the I/O had I not been able to work a new contract price. I am pumped about the phone, but I would probably say I was more excited about the Treo650 than this device. You guys can spend your money however you want, but if me (a lowly working class guy) can say that $1000 isn't a lot of money, then it is absurd to think that if someone wants something they won't gladly spend it to buy the phone.