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Popular Mechanics Calls Foleo Biggest Tech Flop of '07% Q7 G; T* C6 `& Y
或是说算是消费类IT产品里的最大的失误之一.." y; u2 g- }& h( B% b7 \& n
. f+ |7 r5 A. _2 ?# `0 v可能是好的理念,产品本身有很多亮点.重量轻.电池续航时间长.即开即用....
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: f, `0 @8 \# }9 n' K但是出现在错误的时代.错误的企业.错误的经营方式..
# }) {) M- I0 ^9 d- R. ~, N1 W不顾企业本身的情况,不顾多数用户的需求,在不花力气维系现有用户群体的情况下强行发布,,,并固执地坚持到最后...临铺货前仓促取消..对于自身创利能力越来越弱的PALM无疑是一记重创...这种情况下...这件东西再好...这件事情也是相当大的一个失败9 ~6 c6 a# i* o3 X" B1 q4 o: f" r
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Posted By: Kris Keilhack on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:36:33 PM
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9 F; G& k' ]; E" H& [0 gThe end of the year brings about the usual "best of" and "worst of"lists. Venerable print publication Popular Mechanics has chimed in withan unlikely show of support for the now-cancelled Palm Foleo Mobile Companion amidst the potentially misleading title of "The Worst Gadget of 2007". ) G" L: q: p1 ?, y9 `$ T
The Foleo sits atop Popular Mechanics' list of flops, beating out the underwhelming Apple TV,not because of any inherent limitations or design weaknesses. Instead,Popular Mechanics claims that the Foleo was a victim of the intensescrutiny and criticism from the online blogging community. Thissentiment is in direct contrast to our earlier piece on the Wall Street Journal articlethat reports Jon Rubinstein and a small team of executives reviewedPalm's product strategy back in the summer and made the decision tocancel the Foleo before it hit the market.
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Overall, the Popular Mechanics article, written by Erik Sofge, mostly offers praise for the Foleo’s lightweight design and long battery life.The staff at Popular Mechanics actually appears to have had a good bitof hands-on time using a Foleo evaluation unit. Mr. Sofge evenoverlooks the device’s main shortcomings such as its lack of YouTubevideo capability and its lackluster feature set when compared tosimilar competitors such as the Asus Eee PC, even concluding with the consensus by the PM staff that the "Foleo deserved better". ( E6 Y+ a) L e& e. X
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