As we've seen with Palm, announcing a hugely hyped product with no concrete launch path and no way to get dollars funneled in with pre-orders doesn't typically turn out well -- or, as well as it could have.
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Mix that in with some crappy specs, an August-ish launch timeframe and no pricepoints to speak of, and you have one of the least desirable computers known to man.
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There was no rush to launch on a certain date, and there was no headlong attempt to minimize problems.
People are free to use the currency or not, and no government permission is needed to launch it.
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Scrolling through tiles and websites is snappy, apps launch without a hitch, and multitasking is met with no slowdown.
But the officials said the activity was very preliminary, with no missile parts seen, and any launch would take a lot more time to prepare.
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But a rumor of a bug in a device that Motorola knows isn't ready for consumers -- and has no material effect on any official launch date -- simply doesn't matter.
But no launch comes without its hiccups and Digg has not been an exception.
Still, MGK expressed gratitude for the festival that helped launch his career, and has no regrets over the time and money he poured into coming to Austin those first two years.
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Of course, gearing up to launch something to rival Google's AdSense network is no small feat, and we're left to assume that Facebook would rather wait and get it right than launch a subpar alternative.
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And no discerning political campaign is worth its salt without a launch video.
The officials say the funds currently available to develop Orion and its Ares launch rocket mean the faster timeline is no longer tenable.
Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, for me there is no better way to launch a celebration of our 180th anniversary of relations in 2013 than with this presidential visit today.
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America is the land of the SUV and so it's no surprise that Volkswagen came here to launch its CrossBlue plug-in concept.
It is possible, I suppose, to launch Big Data analysis with no stories, and to be on the outlook for analytical results that support two apparently conflicting ones.
But I found the sheer size of the Note undercuts its convenience as a camera and there's no dedicated camera button or quick way to launch the camera when the screen is locked, as there is on some other phones.
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Namco Bandai has confirmed that the game will launch on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC though no hard date has been set.
Though Mr Yosano, the chief secretary, is a firm advocate of raising the consumption tax to plug Japan's budget deficits and pay for future pensions, Mr Abe appears in no mood to launch such a debate.
The early Lipitor launch team was passionate, nimble and willing to go where no one had gone before as it pertained to managed care contracting, marketing, policy lobbying, sales training and a host of other areas.
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Samsung has our attention, but our wallets won't fling open until the camera's official launch this fall, and once they do, there's no telling to what degree.
Thousands gathered for her launch but no-one looked upon her with greater admiration and pride than the eyes of her builder, the then 65-year-old naval architect William Francis Gibbs.
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But in their final comments to the media before the launch, the three men insisted they were confident in the technology and had no concerns.
And because the shopping experience is integrated into the app, there's no need to launch an external browser or visit a Web page to download or complete a purchase.
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Hertfordshire Chief Constable Paul Acres, of the Association of Chief Police Officers, told reporters at the launch of the weapons in Northampton there was no direct link between Tasers and death.
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters Tuesday there were no signs that North Korea could conduct additional nuclear and missile tests anytime soon, or launch some other provocation.
The launch is an important step for NASA and the United States, which currently has no means of independently reaching space.
Dr Pepper Snapple, makers of Mott's juices and applesauce, said it has considered making a squeezable fruit product but has no immediate plans to launch one.
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But in today's YouTube culture, where everything from reality TV to a MySpace page can launch a career, it is no longer entirely impractical to think that fame and celebrity is attainable.
Town Hall Investment Research analyst Jamie Townsend this morning took a close look at the potential buyers for all or parts of the BlackBerry handset maker, and concludes that there is almost no chance the company will be taken out before the BlackBerry 10 launch in early 2013.
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