Friday, April 19, 2002
Dell and PDAs
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:21 AM
http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=48372
I've been wondering when Dell would enter the PDA market, and it looks like it's further away than I thought.
"It's a simple business plan that has made Dell Computer Corp. a force to be reckoned with in the enterprise PC market — enter a large and profitable market that has a clear set of standards and beat the competition with rock bottom prices. However, those market conditions have yet to be met in the PDA space, which is why Dell is steering clear.
"If it happens in six months, we'll be in the market in six months. But if it's six years, we'll be in the market in six years," said Michael Dell during an interview with Computing Canada. "The product development is not the hard part here. The hard part is getting a large market that is profitable (and) that has clear standards. "If you look at the size of the (PDA) market for example, there are about two million Pocket PCs sold per year, versus about 130 million PCs. It's not a very large market. Third, industry standards. . ..You've got . . lots of different characters out there, so there's no clear standard yet."
This comment made me scratch my head though:
"According to Daoust, the Pocket PC failed, when upon its initial release, it was believed to be a purely enterprise-oriented product. But it gained a whole new group of users when, 18 months ago, Hewlett-Packard decided to target the unit to the consumer market." Source: Rob Borek
I've been wondering when Dell would enter the PDA market, and it looks like it's further away than I thought.
"It's a simple business plan that has made Dell Computer Corp. a force to be reckoned with in the enterprise PC market — enter a large and profitable market that has a clear set of standards and beat the competition with rock bottom prices. However, those market conditions have yet to be met in the PDA space, which is why Dell is steering clear.
"If it happens in six months, we'll be in the market in six months. But if it's six years, we'll be in the market in six years," said Michael Dell during an interview with Computing Canada. "The product development is not the hard part here. The hard part is getting a large market that is profitable (and) that has clear standards. "If you look at the size of the (PDA) market for example, there are about two million Pocket PCs sold per year, versus about 130 million PCs. It's not a very large market. Third, industry standards. . ..You've got . . lots of different characters out there, so there's no clear standard yet."
This comment made me scratch my head though:
"According to Daoust, the Pocket PC failed, when upon its initial release, it was believed to be a purely enterprise-oriented product. But it gained a whole new group of users when, 18 months ago, Hewlett-Packard decided to target the unit to the consumer market." Source: Rob Borek
