Thanks for the accounting posting.
I have no real cost estimate of what MOJO (in particular) would cost to manufacture. Lets just assume its around $50-$75, in its first production run (which I have no idea what volume that would entail). I could be high or low on manufacturing cost.
Looks like MCZ cash is 'going to the wall' with the MOJO product?
Somebody on a site felt the MOJO was a basic cellphone (but with expansions) w/o a screen. Do not know how accurate that description could be. If there is any truth in the cellphone size, case, and electronic guts; it might be fairly easy to have cellphone assembly line staff and equipment change production jig/parts on short order timeline. Or, MCZ just wrote a production contract of so many steady volume MOJO units, at a small rate that it can handle buck-wise. Could MCZ be sourcing MOJO from major cellphone manufacturer, or smaller one? We assume its Chinese.
We seem to be 'testing-the-waters' on MOJO.
Reason I say that (w/o anything to back it up)is that MCZ apparently chose not to pay for a booth at the European Game Expo (or at least has not indicated it will follow the Japanese Game Expo format, which included a nice couple of event interviews with media). That said, perhaps MCZ is handling the media selectively at the 7 PM exclusive event? Most frustrating is how MCZ is to get serious volume of game folks and tech geeks over to the Under The Bridge Club event, if its a paid entrant only meeting? I would have liked lots of ordinary gaming folk to have given their views and suggestions on how they would use the MOJO and to comment on its features.
That's 'survey' Beta Product Testing, and MCZ might have already done that in closed/signed release forums? Which brings up the question directly, has MCZ conducted any user experience Beta Testing of MOJO? Which makes me head spin a little, trying to imagine where are we heading into holidays? I fully suspect I am not the only retail investor feeling left outside the council. Is there a MCZ guy walking round the streets near the Main Expo Event . . . opening an overcoat to display some MOJO <---joke, of course.
Or, why not print up a MOJO courtesy handout or DVD and direct comments and offer to post to designated survey site? Did we lose a good chance to do some low-cost PR to 'the right stuff' (potential customers and their friends and associates)? Hope my ramblings have not caused 'ripples' in the ether pond. I shall shut-up now and let everyone have their weekend.
