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Vulcan’s FlipStart UMPC might have garnered some attention for its diminutive size and handy QWERTY keyboard, but its whopping great price also caught the eye. At its original $1,999 it was considered an eye-watering frippery, while even a $500 price cut left Vulcan still searching for buyers. Now they’ve seemingly set at the sticker price with a scythe, chopping it down to just $699.

It’s hard to believe they’re making much money on the FlipStart at under seven-hundred bucks – either that, or they were royally screwing people who paid either of the two higher prices – and the whole thing has the whiff of desperation about it.

Nonetheless, it suddenly becomes a far more realistic proposal as a “companion PC”, which is how UMPC devices were originally marketed.

Vulcan [via Crave]