by Jenna Wortham & Verne G. Kopytoff
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/technology-devices-either-sell-big-or-die-fast.html?ref=business-computing
Competition is tough these days when your in the technology business. Pretty much anyone not with the Apple logo tagged onto them has been suffering. Hewlett-Packard killed its TouchPad tablet a mere 7 weeks after release.
Microsoft killed its Kin mobile phones after 48 days and others like Pure Digital have had killed their latest products for lack of features to challenge Apple. You must either seel quickly with gross profits or have your product cast into the junk pile. Even some of Google's plans have met with little to no success. No one seems to have the features, apps, etc. to compete with Apple or introduce something revolutionary to bring in customers.
Stephen Montano