FINALLY! we can buy Staria

[Dr. Evil]

> I don't understand why one would pay $1000 for a Starium device when
> comparable devices are available in the market place for less than half

Do you have any references for those?  I'm in the market for a voice
encryptor system.  Are these devices really comparable in terms of
ease of use?

> of that. The design goal for the new Starium boxes was sub-$100 retail.
> I doubt that design goal was met, but I would not pay a penny over $350
> for one device. Which will still leave the seller with a nice profit.

Yeah, I remember they were supposed to be much cheaper.  Perhaps they
will drop the price later.  I'm sure they didn't pick this number
casually.  If this is something that a lawyer would use to communicate
with a client in criminal defense cases, or for government use, for
instances, then $2k/pair might be a very reasonable price.  It does
price it out of the consumer market, but how big is the consumer
market for these things, even if they are $100 each?