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firekat · 06-06-2006, 03:37 AM

I feel that I am the resident pessimist here. I am not usually that way but I am very disappointed in status of this device. I think that it will be the peverbial carrot that will forever be dangled. I think that iRex seriously over-estimated this device, and now are putting patches on it to keep it afloat. The concept of it is from the sentiment on these forums very appealing to the gadget hounds which still represents a very large consumer base. The ball has been solidly dropped by iRex.

I see the company unable to address the issues of the device, interest in it from the "consumer" end will wane due to the slipshod and unprofessional manner in which the company has been marketing and communicating to their potential clientele about the device. Their B2B customers will be solidly disappointed in the performance, the "consumer" version will NOT have "enhanced capability" and will possibly be stripped of the features that appeal to us now. One thing that I find and enigma is that the IDS newspaper feeds does not seem to me to be much of a B2B function as much as a consumer one, but yet that appears to be dropped from the "superior" consumer product.

By the time they get the device out to the open market it will be this time next year. It will be woefully obsolete and another device will trump it on the market. That or the device will be relegated to the junk heap and the company sold to other markets before the close of next year.

I really wanted to get one of these things in my hot little hands, but I at this point doubt that it will ever come to fruition.

I hope I am wrong or that another better device will bowl us over and be readily and cheaply available.

06-06-2006, 03:37 AM	#24
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	I feel that I am the resident pessimist here. I am not usually that way but I am very disappointed in status of this device. I think that it will be the peverbial carrot that will forever be dangled. I think that iRex seriously over-estimated this device, and now are putting patches on it to keep it afloat. The concept of it is from the sentiment on these forums very appealing to the gadget hounds which still represents a very large consumer base. The ball has been solidly dropped by iRex. I see the company unable to address the issues of the device, interest in it from the "consumer" end will wane due to the slipshod and unprofessional manner in which the company has been marketing and communicating to their potential clientele about the device. Their B2B customers will be solidly disappointed in the performance, the "consumer" version will NOT have "enhanced capability" and will possibly be stripped of the features that appeal to us now. One thing that I find and enigma is that the IDS newspaper feeds does not seem to me to be much of a B2B function as much as a consumer one, but yet that appears to be dropped from the "superior" consumer product. By the time they get the device out to the open market it will be this time next year. It will be woefully obsolete and another device will trump it on the market. That or the device will be relegated to the junk heap and the company sold to other markets before the close of next year. I really wanted to get one of these things in my hot little hands, but I at this point doubt that it will ever come to fruition. I hope I am wrong or that another better device will bowl us over and be readily and cheaply available.