Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : XYBR - Xybernaut -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rrufff who wrote (3789)	3/31/2000 4:38:00 AM
From: Wolff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6847

PC World Article confirms REALITY shreads XYBR pcworld.com Thing I have said, but have been blasted for, are now confirmed by PC World. #1 XYBR is not a new company and these are not new products, just slightly better versions of the same concepts that have been available for years. MA IV has a replacement anounced and has been on the market for quite some time already. PC World: "Wearable computers have been around for many years...." #2 Limited Market PC World: "Wearable computers have been around for many years, and have even found acceptance in industrial, medical, and military applications, but a couple factors have kept them from wider use. One is cost, with typical systems starting at thousands of dollars above notebook PCs. And then there's the geeky-nerd image. " #3 Price of Microvison system will be very high, I believe the display will cost as much as today?s systems. PC World: "At this point, pricing is unclear. A Xybernaut representative said only that the Mobile Assistant with the Microvision display will be "very high end." And a Microvision spokesperson refused to comment on the cost of their current displays, which are custom-built for many high-end applications #4, The market for Wearable is questionable and off in the distance. PC World: "Advances like the new Microvision display will continue to push wearable computers into more sophisticated applications, although wider consumer acceptance seems a long way away, even as prices eventually begin to fall" #5 The whizzes like Yahoo rrufff, do not reflect the greater group of consumer purchasers. PC World says it like this: "In the meantime, only a stalwart group of commercial users and affluent early adopters seem willing to look like refugees from a Star Trek audition

To: rrufff who wrote (3789)	3/31/2000 8:53:00 AM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6847

"Your pal, rufff, or whatever he goes by, has been PMing me all day. What an ass. I beat him without mercy and he comes back for more. What the hell is wrong with this guy? He couldn't DD a baseball card. If you want to really piss him off....tell him xxxxxx said he was pest who begs for recognition...needs to be a hero and has no talent in any area of life. That he fails the brain test and is ignored at parties. regards, (one of thousands who think you are a pest)"