Intel kills Consumer Electronics

bribecka writes "Saw this on CNet News.com: Intel has decided to phase out its consumer electronics division. This division was responsible for digital cameras, digital audio players, and other gadgets. " Not really surprising considering the way things are these days.

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Intel was TERRIBLE at consumer products.

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In my opinion, Intel was TERRIBLE at making and marketing consumer products. They would sell a product with important details still buggy.

For example, I bought an Intel computer video camera. There was software to record videos, but there was no way to compress them so that the videos could be sent by email.

There was software to record audio, but there was no way to pause the recording. Each period of recording had to be a separate file.

Intel sold a PCMCIA network adapter that didn't work with Sony laptops. There was a piece of paper in the box that said to visit a particular web site. The site said that the adapter did not work with laptops using a particular chipset. The main site for the product did not mention this, however, and there was no link between the two..


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