Did Apple really bury 200,00 Lisa's? If that happened that early in the company's history, I'm suprised they survived as a company. I had no idea they had that much sunk cost (lost revenues actually) with the Lisa. --- Roger Prokic Baltimore, Maryland USA
-=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- ...... Original Message ....... On Wed, 30 May 2007 16:30:27 -0400 Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So here's the gist of my gathering thoughts: > >The Foleo is for people who (a) are mobile a lot, (b) don't want to pay for >a subnotebook, and (c) primarily deal with business-oriented >information/email. Given that most business users don't have have to pay >for a subnotebook (their companies foist a $1000 laptop on them), I really >don't see who is going to buy this. > >The one exception could be college students. College students fit all three >categories except for the fact that anything that won't play YT video is >immediately ruled out. So that's a bust, too. > >I expect Palm to follow Apple's lead with the Lisa and dump 200,000 unsold >Foleos in a landfill sometime in early 2009. > >I hope I'm proven wrong... > >On 5/30/07, Roger Prokic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm thinking that the Foleo competes with laptops. Do I really need a >> Foleo when I have a MacBook Pro that does so much more? >> >> Roger >> --- >> Roger Prokic >> Baltimore, Maryland USA >> >> -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using >> SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- >> >> ...... Original Message ....... >> On Wed, 30 May 2007 08:50:14 -0400 Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >I think the Linux-powered smartphones will simply be an extension of >> >the Treo line when launched; today's announcement is a totally >> >different category (so Palm will be doing _both_ if things work out as >> >they intend). I believe the Linux phones are supposed to be out in >> >the Fall (in time for the holidays). >> >- Craig >> > >> >On 5/30/07, Joy L Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Seems very bizarre to me too. I love my palm treo 750 over my htc 8525 >> just >> >> because its not nearly so big and can handle one handed, unlike the >> 8525. >> >> Why would I want to go to carrying something bigger again? If I wanted >> to do >> >> that, I'd just start carrying my laptop around again. I was all ready >> to >> go >> >> out and get one of the linux phones, now I"m greatly >> disappointed.....joy >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > >-- >http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
