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Buy a Segway... Please

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-will-change-the-world-ha-ha dept.

aedunn writes "Wired has an article about everyone's favorite Human Transporter - Segway. Seems as though the company is looking at some hard times. Among other things, the article cites Segway's price, low speed and tightened spending in the corporate world as reasons for Segway's slow sales."

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  1. Jesus Saves! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ask Jesus into your heart today!

    The ONLY Way, Truth and Life!

  2. Its neither here nor there by shamitbagchi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seems the Segway is not yet appropriate for this age, neither for long distances nor like a bike - its more of a 'F L A S H Y' item - no real utility I guess - nor the necessary speed . . . Though at first sight ppl may get bowled over - the auto-balancing mechanism using gyroscopes though is indeed a unique mechanism for personal transport as they call - UPON THAT ITS ONLY FOR INDIVIDUALS ALL THIS ADDS FUEL TO FIRE AND YOU HAVE SEGWAY IN TROUBLE READ MORE Read More

  3. Looks like a scam to me by Yue · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'll never buy such thing.
    It is either a scam or a scam.
    The image of Segway's boss on wheels posing as a lunatic inventor doesn't trick me and doesn't provide more trust.

  4. Re:Product in search of a market by wobblie · · Score: -1, Troll
    Like Steve Jobs said in the future cities will be designed around these.

    Spoken like a true monopolist, blithely ignoring the reality of massive changes to societal infrastructure ... look at Jobs' track record for dumb statements like this.

  5. Re:I'm Sacrificing +2 Karma To Say This... by Booie+Paog · · Score: 0, Troll

    come on....give me another one of those bones, puppy dog! give me the mcdaniel thingy!

    yeah...that's how i like it. mmmmmmmm.....