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Re:TechCrunch Tablet makes an early debut by dkokelley on Friday April 10, 2009 @03:43AM (#555834)
I wish more new product development was done this way. Sure there would be more losers and if the market is efficient they will die quickly but the winners will be truly terrific.
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Re:TechCrunch Tablet makes an early debut by tlrobinson on Friday April 10, 2009 @05:51AM (#555888)
I suspect that's why Apple has been so successful with things like the iPod and iPhone.

They've also had a number of failures, but people don't really remember those (Newton, cube, etc)

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet makes an early debut by redrobot5050 on Friday April 10, 2009 @11:57AM (#556210)
The Newton wasn't a failure. The first version sucked, but afterwards the handwriting recognition was spot on.

And do you know what the final newton designed by Apple turned into? The Palm Pilot.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet makes an early debut by Zev on Friday April 10, 2009 @11:17AM (#556152)
Even Apple's failures managed to gain a small, rabid fanbase behind them. Possible exception being the HiFi.
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