When the Segway Human Transporter Was Introduced in 2002,many People

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When the Segway Human Transporter was introduced in 2002,many people expected the product to be a phenomenal success.While the Segway is still on the market it has never been the success so many expected.A recent Wall Street Journal article suggested that the Segway,while brilliant technologically,seemed impractical to most people as it could not be used to replace their current method of transportation.In other words,the Segway had problems with:

• A) compatibility
• B) relative advantage
• C) observability
• D) trialability
• E) longevity

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