TIME magazine Lists the Segway as "Top Ten worst Tech failures..."

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by 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.

Segway LLC NEVER SAID ANYTHING pre-unvailing about the device. NOTHING. It was all 3rd parties like Jobs, Bezos, and other aformentioned parties. It was people running amuck looking for a quick sound bite and something to cover besides shark bites that summer...