Monday, September 29, 2003
Toshiba: "The PocketPC market is pretty much dead."
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 07:30 PM
http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=7&Art_ID=15594
"'The PocketPC market is pretty much dead, and HP will tell you the same if you talk to them. They will give you a realistic view,' he told news media, in response to a question about the future of the PDA market."
The rest of the article pretty much goes on to refute that statement from Toshiba and gets into a talking point that has been brought up here many times: The PDA as a standalone device does have a limited life. It is the wireless, converged and smartphone devices that will take over.
Still, it makes you wonder why Toshiba would make such a brash statement. Oh, wait. This was also in the article. "Toshiba's shipments peaked in Q4 2002 and it has been suffering quarterly shipment declines in Q1 and Q2 of 2003."
This wouldn't be sour grapes would it Toshiba? Dell and HP haven't had the problem of declining sales.
"'The PocketPC market is pretty much dead, and HP will tell you the same if you talk to them. They will give you a realistic view,' he told news media, in response to a question about the future of the PDA market."
The rest of the article pretty much goes on to refute that statement from Toshiba and gets into a talking point that has been brought up here many times: The PDA as a standalone device does have a limited life. It is the wireless, converged and smartphone devices that will take over.
Still, it makes you wonder why Toshiba would make such a brash statement. Oh, wait. This was also in the article. "Toshiba's shipments peaked in Q4 2002 and it has been suffering quarterly shipment declines in Q1 and Q2 of 2003."
This wouldn't be sour grapes would it Toshiba? Dell and HP haven't had the problem of declining sales.
