SunSPOTs available in the EU

Having not been keeping in touch with news about WSN for 3 weeks while I was on holiday, I’m notified by my colleague today that SunSPOTs are now finally available in the EU area. But checking on their website myself, it seems that it costs much more to get a Sun SPOT development kit in Europe than in the US after currency conversion (€627 compared to $550 excluding tax), which is probably not news anymore given the fact that it’s almost always more expensive to buy goods in Europe than in the US. However Europeans can probably take heart from the news that they are soon going to change the pricing in the US from $550 to $750 (apparently as of 27th Feb 2008) Well, perhaps not, €627 is still a lot of money. Just shows that wireless sensor motes are still very much in the prototype stage.