>>>>Since no OEM could possibly decide to include Clik! in a product without having evaluation units in hand, they have not yet had the chance to reject it.<<
Are you sure?. First of all, No.hand was soundly rejected after evaluation by OEM's. Are you saying that Iomega has had no guidance from possible OEM's concerning specifications and designs that would make Vapor! a better product?
Of course Iomega has had had units for evaluation all along. Witness Hitachi, who demonstrated a prototype at Comdex. The fact is, Iomega presently has intentions of shipping Vapor! before ANY OEM's allow it into their devices. This is because nobody wanted it. Iomega obviously wants to demonstrate a demand for Vapor! as an external add-on in a hope of allowing skeptical OEMs (and me) to see how the public accepts this new mini-drive. -And, how reliably it holds up in real life.<<
Rocky -
First, let me say that I do agree with you that no one should be investing in Iomega right now because they're counting on Clik! being a big hit. It's way too early to tell.
Now, to your other points. Yes, I believe that Iomega has had guidance from possible OEMs that would make Clik! a better product. They have said as much. They said that they got that guidance by taking the prototypes of n.hand around to the OEMs for feedback. That guidance, according to what we have been told, was used in refining the concept. The result was the Clik! drive, which as has been pointed out correctly, was recently the subject of a technology announcement.
Many of your statements seem to be based wholely on supposition. "Of course Iomega has had units for evaluation all along," you say. On what information do you base this? There's a difference between a prototype and a device which is ready to undergo serious implementation testing.
You have started with an assumption and carried on from there to conclude that OEMs have already seen the product and don't want it. I'm sorry but you don't have a leg to stand on with this statement, because you haven't based it on facts.
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