on 11/12/02 4:48 AM, David Orriss Jr at dave_at_davenet.net wrote:
>> The Edsel, as best I remember it, was a perfectly good car. Its
>> problems were just that it didn't live up the hype surrounding it,
>> sales were far short of the manufacturer's projections - and way
>> below the cost of development - and a lot of people made fun of it.
>> Sound familiar?
The Edsel had a toilet seat for a grill, and these nasty, "knee-knocker"
wrap-around windshields that I discovered the hard way. The name was stupid,
but they drove well. I got to drive one--once, and it was a joy--once I got
over the smarting knee cap. After I banged my knee, the owner told me what
they were called, letting me know they were "notorious." :-)
I really don't think the Newton fits this description. I never knocked my
knee, and I don't think the Newton looks like a bathroom appliance. It's
only "flaw" was its handwriting, and the inability of the general populace
to find a genuine use for it--genuine enough, at least, to risk the hundreds
of dollars necessary. Beyond that, at the time, most people didn't carry a
cell phone, didn't want or need access to email while on the go, and many
other things. The problem wasn't so much the failure of the Newton itself,
as to its timing (and the perceived poor HWR.) One can only do so much
marketing to overcome such things.
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