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Re:The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by pkaye on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @01:49AM (#12252846)
Looking at the background of the company founder I don't have much hopes on this one succeeding.
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Re:The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by ajiang on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @07:23AM (#12253788)
Curious, what is it about our backgrounds that make you feel worried?
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Re:The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by pkaye on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @11:10AM (#12255047)
No previous experience developing hardware. Lots of previous kickstarters failed because of unanticipated costs along the development process. For example they didn't anticipate the tooling costs associated with the mold for the product case.
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