A more wealthy audience would tend to buy Macs, since Apple is an established premium brand or, lacking good taste, one of those Alienware monstrosities.
There are indeed brands that never hit the mainstream, but each one of them has something behind it, be it history or an outstanding commitment to quality.
Mind you the Palm Foleo I mentioned came out in a time Palm still had some glam associated with it.
A good point- no matter how high quality it is, without enough advertising to establish a premium brand, hardly anyone will be willing to pay a premium price.
Advertising's one part to establishing a brand, but it isn't everything. Didn't the Flip video recorder take off without much advertising? (Of course it has a lot of advertising now.)
I like the litl's name and website, but I'm not going to bet on whether it has broad appeal. But if it does, if it's high quality, I could see it selling well, once the price goes down a bit.
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Pretty, but hideously expensive for what it does. I would pay US$ 200 at most.
Reminds me too much the Palm Foleo for me to bet on its future.
Well, judging from the pictures in the background, litl targets a more wealthy audience than the yc crowd.
Regardless of what you find appropriate, there are people, that spend 100000$ on,say, a home stereo without blinking an eye.
Designed products, that do not hit the mainstream, still has a market. If you doubt it, try sneaking in at DCOTA and find any item under <$5000 ?
A more wealthy audience would tend to buy Macs, since Apple is an established premium brand or, lacking good taste, one of those Alienware monstrosities.
There are indeed brands that never hit the mainstream, but each one of them has something behind it, be it history or an outstanding commitment to quality.
Mind you the Palm Foleo I mentioned came out in a time Palm still had some glam associated with it.
This is just a computer.
A good point- no matter how high quality it is, without enough advertising to establish a premium brand, hardly anyone will be willing to pay a premium price.
Advertising's one part to establishing a brand, but it isn't everything. Didn't the Flip video recorder take off without much advertising? (Of course it has a lot of advertising now.)
I like the litl's name and website, but I'm not going to bet on whether it has broad appeal. But if it does, if it's high quality, I could see it selling well, once the price goes down a bit.