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I knew it was coming. When I read the terms & conditions for the Edge discount, it said

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This offer may not be combined with any other Handspring offer except for the Edge/VisorPhone special offer running on Handspring.com concurrently with this offer.

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Translation: the Edge's and phones probably aren't selling that well, and they have stock to move!

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Originally posted by AndrewB
Translation: the Edge's and phones probably aren't selling that well, and they have stock to move!

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Does that mean that you can't do the 25% rebate and the trade-up discount together?

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Originally posted by slotmachine
Does that mean that you can't do the 25% rebate and the trade-up discount together?

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Originally posted by AndrewB
Translation: the Edge's and phones probably aren't selling that well, and they have stock to move!

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Originally posted by Toby
I actually feel a bit vindicated in predicting the VisorPhone being discounted to $100 or less before Christmas.

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Originally posted by dietrichbohn
I'll admit to being very surprised they went that low. I bet sales were pretty bad at that high level...

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I'm not. It's the nature of the cellular beast. Early adopters will pay high rates for cool phones, but after 6 months to a year, you have to drop rates or you'll never expand adoption (which I'm sure has been sketchy anyway due to the deployment of GSM in this country).

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<<brief (hopefully) off topic>>

Why do you suppose they went GSM, anyway?

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Data capability and a nod to more global aspirations. I'm sure it was simpler for them to roll out a different band GSM phone for Europe et al than to make a CDMA version then try to reengineer a GSM version for them.

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I did a huge survey (that got me $15) for Handspring about the Visorphone, and they were really big on the price. And for me, I said that I wouldn't buy it until it was less than $150, so maybe we're weeing the results of me and other's responces to that survey. Ever since I got those questoins, I always knew that HS would lower the price.. just when?

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Where is that? Can you post a link?

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Sure! Here you go....

25% discount on Edge
By the way, this link answers my original question. According to this articcle, the two offers can overlap!

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i wish they'd smarten up and get this thing in canada already. though i could buy it and activate a service plan here on my own, i'd have to pay the us$249, which is quite a rip off in my opinion. $100 i would gladly pay.

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Originally posted by dietrichbohn
Right. Good point.

Toby, I gotta say, you know your stuff.

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Well, I do have a vested interest in paying attention to this stuff. The company I work for also owns a cellular company.

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<<back on topic>>

I wonder if this new, reduced price will stick in some fashion? I also wonder if this reduced price will apply to future versions of the phone (CDMA, analog dual-band, etc)

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One can only hope. It would be a borderline traitorous move, but a CDMA version at the same price would compel me to jump to Sprint.

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the $100 off promo and the $99 visorphone may be used together.

it says so specifically on HS website.
translation... $400 buys an edge with a visorphone

oh so tempting... well if I had $400

is the US visorphone easily adaptable to germany?

I'm going to be in germany next year, and well it would be idiotic to buy a visorphone unless it was usefuly in germany

What would be really great is if they'd let me buy one edge for $299 and 2 $99 visorphones, that way i could give my fiancee the old visor and a visorphone to go with it.

oh well if I had $500.. oh well

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Breathe, breathe, relax.

I, breathe, just bought a Prism last month, breathe, now the price is falling, breathe, and you can even get a visorphone for $99 bucks!!!!

I wanna visorphone-----whine, whine, whine

These prices better hold or I'm gonna,
gonna,
I don't know...
not let people in front of me in traffic!

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Originally posted by kgruscho

is the US visorphone easily adaptable to germany?

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Originally posted by gbgood
Breathe, breathe, relax.
I, breathe, just bought a Prism last month, breathe, now the price is falling, breathe, and you can even get a visorphone for $99 bucks!!!!
I wanna visorphone-----whine, whine, whine
These prices better hold or I'm gonna,
gonna,
I don't know...
not let people in front of me in traffic!

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