Thursday, February 13, 2003
Dell, HP Competition Heats Up
Posted by Janak Parekh in "NEWS" @ 03:26 PM
The Inquirer is running a semi-humorous article and comic on the fact that the Axim may be undercutting sales of more expensive HP PDAs.
"A reseller of PCs in an eastern state of our Union has provided me with some collateral damage that HP is providing to combat what it sees as the threat of Unholy Dell penetrating uncharted parts of the IT market."
In the meantime, HP says that it's ready to compete with Dell on a broad array of pricing, including computers, notebooks, and hopefully PDAs. This article suggests that the new post-merger HP will be able to compete long-term.
Personally, I think the competition is good. While the Axim might initially undercut the iPaqs, in the long-term that will encourage HP to drive down the cost, which hopefully translates to a win for consumers.
"A reseller of PCs in an eastern state of our Union has provided me with some collateral damage that HP is providing to combat what it sees as the threat of Unholy Dell penetrating uncharted parts of the IT market."
In the meantime, HP says that it's ready to compete with Dell on a broad array of pricing, including computers, notebooks, and hopefully PDAs. This article suggests that the new post-merger HP will be able to compete long-term.
Personally, I think the competition is good. While the Axim might initially undercut the iPaqs, in the long-term that will encourage HP to drive down the cost, which hopefully translates to a win for consumers.
