SanDisk’s TakeTV — the thing where you plugged a thing into your computer, dragged over movies, and then schlepped them to your TV — is dead along with its content site, FanFare.
I probably could have told you that while the concept was solid there was one hole in the plan — that whole schlepping part. Imagine countless exchanges like this:
Customer: So I put the movies on here and then…
Best Buy Guy: You walk to your TV and…
Customer: Walk?
Best Buy Guy: Really? What’s this whole Windows Media Center thing about?
It’s kinda sad because I had always thought it was nifty little device but at the same time it makes sense. Though when a product does poorly doesn’t a company usually just push out a version 2? AppleTV? Is this an official press release or could Sansa actually have plans to make TakeTV2.