that appletv has found some good uses with linux fanboys. they already have plugins ready and youtube running on it aa well as full distributions of linux.
On 5/30/07, Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ============================== War Eagle
