The pricing seems ridiculous, but it is unabashedly a companion device, and is almost certainly Samsung testing out form factors to see what demographics they w

The pricing seems ridiculous, but it is unabashedly a companion device, and is almost certainly Samsung testing out form factors to see what demographics they work in. Being able to check and respond to messages and do basic operations without pulling out your smartphone may appeal to some people. Recall when the Galaxy Note first came out it was almost universally mocked (including on here, it should be mentioned. I recall the pages of people declaring it DoA, etc). Turned into an incredible success. And let's bring this full circle -- in selling larger and larger smartphone/tablet devices, it almost makes a market for a device like this. At $300 this isn't going to go far, but I'm sure the $200, 800x600, quad-core successor is just around the corner, and then the $100 model, etc.