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I think you're absolutely right, and it's something I've been thinking about myself.

It's not an uncommon practice to bundle in "extras" to encourage growth in a market segment. During the push to DVD by the industry, Mission To Mars (and several other films) came in bundles where you got a DVD version of the same movie for free. Dragon Age: Origins comes with download-codes for extra content to get people into the habit of going online to look for that kind of stuff. Why SHOULDN'T they bundle books with a download code? It's extremely cheap advertising that bolsters their online efforts.
@Giroro There's ALWAYS a Dave.
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I personally don't wish it was features but QUALITY that set them apart. Differentiating by features is why there are so many gimmicky, useless features made up.
I want a tiny little mechanical pet ghost. Can I please have one of these?
Well, if they didn't expect to sell many, they wouldn't have that many in stock, so it makes sense. It exceeded low expectations, I'm not surprised. Time will tell what this means in actual NUMBERS.
Who're BUYING these things?! I'll admit that as a student I find pretty much everything expensive, and I will concede that it's important that someone DOES buy them to encourage further development and lower prices, but I'm amazed that they're actually selling... If they ARE selling, that is.
Ayup. It's creepy and disrespectful. I just don't get it.
"HAHAH! LOOK AT THE MONKEY IN THE CAGE! Look at it trying to hide from us, that's so cute!"
Wow... The phone for creepy celebrity stalkers! How incredibly cool!
Or maybe just downright disrespectful and weird.
Salesmen are always instructed to "guide" prospective customers toward the products that give the company more revenue and the products they need to get rid of, so this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. If Samsung's TVs are anything like their cameras, the retailers get quite nice margins on them.
I'm going to get two and call them Lennon and McCartney because that's what Lister would have done.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm looking for a pair of quality headphones that aren't seemingly made of glass. I'm an avid BMXer which causes me to frequently bash on any type of technology that joins me for my daily riding. I've been through the higher quality headsets in the Skullcandy line as these are supposed to be built for "abuse," which is laughable. I cant wear earbuds or canal buds, as my large ears seem to have a repelling property upon anything that sits in them. Wired or Bluetooth doesn't really matter, but I need something that can hold up to taking a few hits every now and again. I'm trying to keep 'em under $150. Thanks!"
 

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