You can buy an EKEN M001 on ebay for like $100, so I agree it should be easy to sell a high quality 7" tablet for double that price. I say let's wait for this year's Christmas business, it's gonna be interesting.

What I remember, most cell phone customers in Europe pay by the minute for outgoing calls. If called, they cell phone owner does not pay anything, but the land-line caller pays long distance charges.

Here (I'm in Canada) people pay monthly plans that allow them, say, 200 minutes and free weekends or some such.

Now, which system entices the cell phone companies to enhance the service and the coverage? The one system that helps them make more money if people use the phone more - or the other system in which every "free" minute used by a customer actually costs the cell phone provider money?

chm.