The UX50 is now only $999.99 at sonystyle.ca !! That's a $200 price drop !!

[cliemike]

Like I said the UX50 is not available at sonystyle.ca (http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/HomepageView?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001) for $999.99 !!

[Wanli]

this is not US Dollars, is it ? ;)

[silverbulletmr2]

better not be haha

[JwY]

wow
that's actually not that bad now

[Benjamonous]

What's the difference between the Canadian and American versions of the UX50? If they're the same, we might as well buy them from SonyStyle.ca to get the cheaper price, right?

[Jeffry]

LoL the unit is not even released yet and they already dropped the price. Talk about pricing problems...

[graison]

Can you imagine shelling out $1000 for this instead of a laptop? I can't. Walt Mossberg on CNBC yesterday said it should be $500US, then it would sell like hotcakes.
mmmmmm, hotcakes

[Snubolis]

looks like Sony is finally realising that the US/Cdn exchange rate isn't THAT bad anymore, and are pricing the unit accordingly.

Still awfully pricey, but I'm happy with any price drop. :)

[orol]

graison: it's 1000 CANADIAN dollars :-)

[Snubolis]

Also, with a pricedrop of $200 so soon, that sure implies that Sony had next to zero pre-orders for this thing (in Canada at least). I'd assume with a pricedrop of $200 they're really hoping people will start to gain interest in purchasing.

[Jeffry]

Originally posted by Snubolis
Also, with a pricedrop of $200 so soon, that sure implies that Sony had next to zero pre-orders for this thing (in Canada at least). I'd assume with a pricedrop of $200 they're really hoping people will start to gain interest in purchasing.

True but like graison said, with notebook prices dropping, I don't think the unit itself can justify $1000 (even if it has built-in wifi and bluetooth).

[dach95]

Sony probably just realize that people no longer will stand for limited versatility devices. Why not have both landscape and portrait option, more memory, better camera.

[Xak]

Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but by my calculations (ala www.xe.com) $999.99 in Canadian dollars is about $718 US dollars, which is still more than the $699 price on the US SonyStyle website.  How is it a better deal to order from the Canadian site?  Besides the 32MB MS offer, which is barely worth the $18 difference in price...

If I'm stupid and missing something, please tell me =)

Cheers!

[UKClieBoy]

There is still no sign of the UX series here in the UK though, let alone a price drop already! :-(

[elf]

There are several reasons, one of which may be the price, for the alleged lack of interest in Canada in the UX-50.

I believe that the primary consideration for the UX-50 is lack of WiFi connectivity. It is not as widespread in Canada as it is in the US.

The other reason is that a lot of people (including me) have bought the SJ33 as recently as 3 months ago-- the likelyhood of buying another PDA in the next 6 months are very low.

I predict that the UX-40 will be more popular than the UX-50, in Canada at least.

[Unregistered]

I emailed Sonystyle.ca about the price back when they wanted $1200 canadian for it, asking why it was so much above the exchange rate. I eventually got some lame email back from some lady explaining that they are confident that Canadian customers will see the value in what they are getting. No other explanation.

I wish I had saved it. I'd post it here.


CrazyMike