Registered: Oct 1999
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Handspring pulls out of Japan

Read: http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=3015

Sayonara Visor...

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Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Hawaii
Posts: 99

That can't be good !!!

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garinballbarin

Registered: Feb 2000
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Posts: 1571

Who cares?

Who cares? Who really knew that Handspring even sold Visors ni Japan? There is no way Handspring could compete in a market where people change their gadgets like how they change their clothese anyways.

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Plant City, FL
Posts: 385

Re: Who cares?

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Originally posted by yardie
Who cares? Who really knew that Handspring even sold Visors ni Japan? There is no way Handspring could compete in a market where people change their gadgets like how they change their clothese anyways.

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<ul><li>Dave Kessler<br>President - Kopsis, Inc.</li></ul>

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Macau
Posts: 52

I actually had a visor that I bought in Japan, and display of Japanese and Chinese was fine. It is really too bad that Handspring is pulling out. From what I saw in Tokyo, there were plenty of shops carrying visor products and Handspring seemed to be doing pretty well. Unfortunately, Japan's phone system is not compatible with anything else around the world (except maybe Korea), so it must not provide a big enough market to justify development. Or at least not a market that would easily fit within current strategies.

Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Gliwice, Poland
Posts: 6

A broader range?

Just came to my mind - after reading the info that Handspring is going to pull out of Japan: is it any good concentrating on just one product? Is there any product that will have a universal appeal? (well, some like milk and bread may have, but what about PDAs?)

I could say the Treo looks promising and going along the Treo line seems fine, but certainly it won't appeal to everybody. The world is not just about GSM and not everyone has $500+ to spare for a PDA+mobile phone. On the other hand there are some who will spend 1000+ if it satisfies all their needs. Why not develop several lines of product - even if it means hiring some engineers and doing some marketing research abroad. If Casio can make PDAs in the $100-1900 range, with different specifications for different markets, this has to make some sense. Obviously, I am not trying to prove that Casio's own system or WindowsCE is any good, but they certainly know how to stay in the market!

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