'Q' photo in Fortune magazine
 

In Fortune magazine, there is a photo of a "well-dressed hip" man riding the Rad2Go Q stand-up scooter down a street/sidewalk. A friend of mine pulled it out to show me that I could now get a Segway with a big headlight on the front.

I hope people don't start riding Qs in the public, thinking that they are covered by EPAMD laws. But even more, I hope that people don't start thinking that Qs are anything like Segways.

Q = stand-up electric scooter (a wolf in Segway-like clothing?)
Segway = self-balancing robot human transporter

As time goes on, it becomes more important to stress the difference between a stand-up scooter and a self-balancing human transporter. At least now we can pull out a picture and say "no, _this_ is a scooter, one that's trying to pretend to be a Segway."

Chris

If anyone tries to ride the Q scooter down the sidewalk or the street, I think they'll find within a couple of miles that it's mostly useless.

Looks great in a magazine, though!





The more I think about the Q, the more I realize that THIS IS EXACTLY what most people think a Segway is.

When people saw the Segway on Good Morning America, they didn't and DON'T understand what it really is. Just like Doug Field said in the chat, people DON'T understand why 4 wheels wouldn't be just as good as 2.

That's why when I demo it for people, they are afraid that it won't be stable. It's why people think that I'M the one balancing it.

It's why people think "that's it" when they saw the Segway.

Only after riding it, do these people get the "aha" moment.

That's why people need to ride a Segway to get it, and why they are absolutely EQUAL in a magazine photo or on television.

-Bruce Wright

Segway: Vehicle of Dream

With the risk of being off topic, I will add to Bruce's comments. Those that can't comprehend, perceive (you choose the right word) new technology will never understand the difference between the HT and the Q any more than they could perceive (or your word) the difference between the computer and the calculator. Add to the list the calculator and the adding machine. You get the point. Only when they, themselves, can operate it, and some not then, will this type person comprehend what a Segway really is. I have family members and employees still not using computers for they can not see the need. There will always be those people. There are more of these none comprehenders than Dean, myself, and most on this chat board would like to believe. The recent Wall Street Journal thread brings to mind that I originally would have sold the farm to buy stock in Segway if it had been available, that's how much faith I had in this revolutionary product. The WSJ article indicates the road is going to be steeper than we all anticipated. This Segway will climb a steeper hill than most people think, both physically and metaphoricly. But, as pt likes to remind us, "it's not a sprint, it is a marathon."

Ron
"Literacy requires reading, change requires effort and enlightenment requires courage."

I really hope poeple don't vonfuse the Segway with the Q.



[8]-Zoli[8]

You can bet they will !

Steve

People have already confused the Q with an actual Segway. My friend pulled out a photo of the Q to show me a "Segway with a big headlight on the front."

Chris

Remember the Q by zap. The stock zapz sold for $0.75 when they introduced the Q, Today it is selling for over $4.00, with an ask price of $5.00. Hope others picked up on it, sold my 1000 shares to pay for a new P.

People have been confusing the Q with the Swg since the Q came out, mostlhy because the Q markets itself aS "BETTER THAN A SEGWAY"! They (Zap I geuss) are doing everything they can *TO* confuse the public and convince them that the two machines are the same, if not the Q is better. They will make more money that way, and have no interest in new technologies, they just want to sell more scooters however they can.

<sigh>

J

Point of order,

Rad2Go makes the Q. Zap is a retailer.

-Bruce Wright

Segway: Vehicle of Dream

Ahh thanks for the clarification Bruce. All I know is, everyone involved with the Q seems to insist on basically slandering the Segway and those who would pay for one.

I also noticed a rather large number of typos in my previous post... ahwell, that's what happens when I type passionately. ;)

J