[Bongle]

I think the main problem with the Segway was that Dean (or his company) decided to hype it to an unnecessary degree, claiming that it would transform society and the way cities were designed. If it was just a quiet release of a device that was targeted at the places where it has a genuine niche (postal workers, cops, corporate campuses), then it would have been in all kinds of "top 10 really cool devices you've never heard of" lists.

Given that its been in steady production for nearly a decade, I can't imagine they're losing money on them. I'd put it in "the top 10 devices that are quietly doing better than TIME magazine thinks they are" list.