I expect to see some GingerITs dashing about in various robotwars. YY
Bill Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Boy, what bad timing Kamen has. Not only is it too late for > Christmas sales (if in fact the things are shipping anytime soon, > as opposed to this being a demo for next Christmas shipping), > but overall it's a year or two too late to catch the Razor Scooter fad > and the San Francisco geek toys market, where there are > some people still commuting on $500 electric scooters > (Doug Barnes used to haul one on Caltrain, for instance), > but an N-thousand-dollar device that's only usable for short hauls > within cities, it'll be a real tough sell. > > The real question is whether, next year when he's trying to sell quantity, > anybody will list to the next round of hype. On the other hand, > this announcement is at least timed to keep people from > totally forgetting him as more dot-com vaporware, > so maybe it's not that bad timing after all.
