I may be the only one, but I would gladly pay $50 for a Nokia 3210 - at the very least as a party or back-up phone. I think that it still holds up well today, and if not, they could just improve the hardware and add a camera and colour screen: "3210S"? I have actually tried finding and ordering a mint 3210 on eBay without any luck.
I don't see anyone beating Apple in the app phone market - maybe Google themselves might fare adequately with a new Nexus and some Android tweaks. I am not an Android person myself, but I am sure that others are.
I was actually thinking the other day that there could be a market for rock solid, no nonsense businessphones. Which makes phone calls. A week or two of battery life. Small but legible b/w display. Good, physical buttons. Solid construction. It couldn't be that pricey to make and if marketed correctly, it would probably manage to get its niche market.
Too bad that nobody is interested in niche markets these days.
I don't see anyone beating Apple in the app phone market - maybe Google themselves might fare adequately with a new Nexus and some Android tweaks. I am not an Android person myself, but I am sure that others are.