>>>I am guessing we are going to have to
>>>see the base price of the wearable drop
>>>quite a bit, before we see large numbers
>>>of orders.
Xybernaut is very aware of this (they introduced the cost issue when they answered my only email query a month ago).
Remember, the MA-IV is aimed more at the industrial buyer, where it can provide real value right now. The consumer wearables market can't really break out until the product goes through another generation or two of technological improvement and compacting.
Everything about the portable PC is changing right now. The tiniest disk drive destined for mass production is the size of a book of matches. In a year it'll probably approach one Gig in capacity. Greater processor speed is needed to improve speech recognition error rates, Smaller Li-Poly batteries will be incorporated to increase run time and reduce weight. IC's will continue to shrink feature size to reduce power drain and increase complexity. Wearable-specific software will evolve.
The consumer wearable will probably need a bunch of RAM for speedy speech recognition, a small-capacity disk drive to keep the size down, full cellphone and internet functionality, advanced power management (i.e.: displays that instantaneously shut down when the eye glances away), and especially a very small size. This ain't here yet.
Industrial applications may be in their infancy, but they are here today, and due to grow exponentially. In my opinion this appears to be Xybernaut's prime focus.
>>>or the same pattern of the past down down
>>>down that the personality of xybr ytd
Actually, this is not a XYBR trait. It is a pre-revenue corporation trait. It's my opinion that the time-sag problem will vanish when Xybernaut first reports a significant income.
If technical indicators suggest a breakout. or if the media gets interested, then maybe the upcoming sag may not occur. Personally, with the rocky markets, I'd expect to see some sag over the next few quiet weeks.
Stay tuned. Hope for the best.
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