Toyota Announces the Winglet, Wannabe Segway Killer

Various gadget/toy venues are writing about the Toyota Winglet, a diminutive Segway-like personal transporter. (Toyota took over Sony's robot division a year back.) It comes in three sizes and offers about a third the speed and a quarter the range of the Segway; on the upside, it charges in an hour vs. Segway's 10 hours. Wired writes: "The Winglet is the first gadget to duplicate the celebrated, and often mocked, navigation system of the Segway Transporter."

Comments

Early abandoners.

[Snufu]

Segway Killer

You can't kill what's already dead.

I dunno

[93 Escort Wagon]

Toyota's got a lot of catching up to do - the Segway has already taken the world by storm.

Re:I dunno

[j01123]

Toyota's got a lot of catching up to do - the Segway has already taken the world by storm.

I can hardly remember life before the Segway.

Both McCain and Obama,

[Snufu]

if elected, pledge to make it their highest priority to fall off one.

Severely disappointed

[Ihmhi]

I was severely disappointed with the Segway. I hear about the "revolution in personal transportation" PR they had going, and I expected one of three things:

* jetpacks
* hovercars / flying cars
* teleporters

And instead, I get a golfcart cut in half with a gyroscope and scooter handlebars added. What a fucking disappointment.

Re:Undead, perhaps?

[j01123]

I actually want this to take off.

So do I, but unfortunately it doesn't have a jet pack, it's just low speed scooter.

Re:baby winglet?

[Ethanol-fueled]

That's so kids can become fat and lazy before they're old enough to play videogames and browse slashdot.

Re:Or you could just oh I don't know

[Anonymous Coward]

The only car that could get you a threesome are cars with only two seats.

Segway killer?

[linuxelf]

I thought the Segway was the Segway killer...