[deftnerd]

Giving away hardware that hackers would love to play with is very different from giving away CD's that can only be alternatively used as drink coasters and for art projects.

Remember CueCat?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat#Failure

[gscott]

If they can make those glasses cheap enough, it would be good marketing. The CueCat people didn't want to drag that around and scan things.