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The whole tech industry saw this coming a mile away. I wonder if they now regret their decision to release it themselves, i think they would've done well with T
by TamDenholm 16y ago
The whole tech industry saw this coming a mile away. I wonder if they now regret their decision to release it themselves, i think they would've done well with TC behind them.
I also think Fusion Garage will have a very hard time finding people to work with them in the future.
- AlexMuir 16y agoWith hindsight this would have been a flop even with TC's backing. In a way TC have got away without a failed product to their name. I think TC assumed that Apple would be launching that iPad at $1000, and that they could then shift the JooJoo for $500 easily. Wrong - Apple's pricing approach has changed.
- Keyframe 16y agoI think viable metric would be to see how android tablets will do on the market (by well established companies) and lessen that by a certain percentage (at least 40% - pulled that out of my ass).
- hvs 16y agoI seem to remember Arrington wanting to release at a price point of about $200 or less. The price didn't go up to $500 until after FG broke with TC, I believe. At $200, it would have been an interesting competitor, but I don't think they had a viable product at that price.
- hartror 16y agoThe words "barge pole" and "wouldn't touch" come to mind and I didn't follow the saga apart from a quick skim over some summaries.
- dschobel 16y agoWell according to the story they raised another $5M so some people obviously aren't staying away.
- aberkowitz 16y agoSome people are obviously idiots. With the reputation they have of being bad business partners and no success to date, any money invested is at best a black hole.