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On The Verge since Nov 08, 2011
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A refurbished E4200 can be had for around $105 on Amazon…I don’t have any experience with the E4200, but I had an E3200 a few months back (similar to the E4200, but 600 Mbps vs. 750 Mbps, and without media server capabilities) and it was excellent…one of the simplest, most drama-free routers I’ve ever used. However, I returned it because of the WPS vulnerability…WPS couldn’t be completely disabled, so the router was left vulnerable to potential “brute force” attacks. That was back in March…I’m not sure if Linksys has since addressed the issue…if the WPS issue has been addressed, I would recommend this product without hesitation…I hated having to return mine.
In the end, I ended up getting a refurbished Airport Extreme from Newegg ($109), and I’m happy with it. Pretty easy to set up, and no WPS vulnerability. But if the WPS issue were ever resolved, it’d honestly be a tossup between these two…both are excellent products…good luck!
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This doesn’t surprise me…when I bought a Kindle 3 a year-and-a-half ago, I remember how I could only find it at Target (Amazon and local brick-and-mortar stores all had them on back-order, since it had just launched). I liked the Kindle, but a couple of weeks later, Amazon finally got it in stock and I realized that by buying direct from them, I’d save over $40 via cheaper prices on the Kindle cover + no sales tax.
So I found my receipt, returned everything to Target, and got it from Amazon instead. Even if the prices on everything are exactly the same, Target can’t win…the savings on sales tax alone can really add up on gadgets over $100, particularly with free shipping…
It really will be too bad if/when sales tax becomes required for online purchases…
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You’re right in pointing out that the $99 wouldn’t really cover the true cost of the phone; however, my main point is that dedicated handhelds like the 3DS still present a relatively poor value when compared to smartphones, and also amount to an additional gadget to carry when industry trends point to people increasingly using fewer single-purpose gadgets in favor of convergence devices (easy example = the impact of smartphones on the GPS market).
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