Consoles are taxed as "gambling equipment" here, which is a ~90% import tax over the cost of the product plus shipping from the factory. Add to that the ~50% local taxes that apply to every product (that apply over the price of the product + shipping from factory + import taxes + national shipping, and some of them apply over other taxes) and the profit for local sellers (they need a high profit margin due to the ridiculous expense for having employees) then you get those ridiculous values.

If it's a FullHD TV set, it has to be 1080 pixels tall. This would mean 2520x1080 in this case.

In Brazil? At least US$250, usually more. This is cheaper than a PS2 here, actually. Game consoles are considered "gambling equipment" (yep, stupid, I know; only the government doesn't) for customs, so they are taxed at least 80% (plus state taxes).

It has 3G (UMTS) and no 3.5G (HSDPA).

Go to an S60 themes site, such as www.babinokia.com. All of those will work, as long as the creator added a landscape version.

Actually, they will use the EPL, which is accepted as an "Open Source license" by the OSI and as a "Free license" by the FSF. It's GPL-incompatible, but you wouldn't expect GPL extensions to it, anyway. Of course, software running under an EPL OS can be GPL'd.

Great way to keep your readers coming back :-)

@Todd
From a picture of a work-in-progress you can already tell it doesn't improve, even with Nokia constantly making the best phones out there? I'm quite sure this phone will not be tied to a single carrier on a single country, and that it will have the top mobile technology they can get on it (HSDPA/HSUPA probably), and an open OS in which you can actually install stuff without resorting to third-party installers (AKA Symbian).

Actually, if you get over 200 kbps, it's defined as "3G speeds". The fastest Edge networks are indeed (barely) 3G, and it seems like AT&T has just joined that group of 3G Edges.

Digg it: http://www.digg.com/apple/Solid_gold_iPhones_for_sale