Maybe not 200K, but many of them were indeed tossed outright. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/06/11/100060835/?postversion=2007053007
On 5/30/07, Roger Prokic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
