Expansys raises price of Qtek 8080 by $130!! WTF?

[Guest Lament]

I was going to just be done with it and order a qtek from expansys, but lo and behold they jack the price up by ....

$130

See here: http://www.expansys.us/product.asp?code=108280

It figures. I wait around and then they increase the price. I think I should just wait a little longer now.

[Guest spacecowboy6982]

Ive heard alot about this lot. Seems to me that they also lie about release dates too :!:

[Guest yoos]

Yea, I was thinking about getting one from them until they raised the price... They did have a more reasonable price then other sites, but now it's raised a little higher than I would like to pay for a phone. I don't understand why this phone is so expensive... I have an SPV and I like it, but I can get an AWESOME pocketpc for this price. I don't want to get on a conversation about the smartphone and pocketpc being in different categories, I know they are for different purposes/audiences maybe, but the fact is you can get a ton more for the money in just a little bit larger package. Guess I'll have to wait quite a while till the prices come down...

[Guest The PocketTV Team]

Ive heard alot about this lot. Seems to me that they also lie about release dates too :!:

The estimated availability went from 21 days to 60 days.

The i-mate 8080 ( http://www.expansys.us/product.asp?code=108953 ) is still a bit cheaper at $561 with estimated delivery of 7 days.

Does anyone know the exact differences between the Qtek 8080 and the i-mate 8080 ?

I know that they are based on the same HTC Voyager hardware, but to they have the same firmware and the same bundled applications ?

[Guest yoos]

I have no idea what the differences are, and I wonder why they have a picture of an E100 Tanager on their i-mate 8080 page?