Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Dell, What's the Story?
Posted by Darius Wey in "THOUGHT" @ 07:00 AM
"Dell halted R&D development of PDA products since the middle of 2005, when Dell's Taiwan Design Center (TDC) completed development of the PC vendor's last Axim-series device, which was manufactured by High Tech Computer (HTC), according to market sources. According to the sources, Dell's TDC switched all PDA-related R&D resources to the notebook segment in the middle of 2005, following the company's plan of reducing the number of its R&D staff at its handheld device division at the end of 2004. Dell has not announced new PDAs for almost a year and PDA products that it currently offers are old models that were introduced in 2004, indicated the sources. In addition, the PC vendor has not shown any moves in the PDA phone and GPS-enable PDA segments, the sources noted."
In April, there was a rumour that Dell ceased PDA R&D. Well, more rumours from multiple sources (as posted by DigiTimes today) is now making this bit of news seemingly more factual.
We haven't seen much from Dell lately. The company pleased X51/X51v users recently with a ROM update, but X50/X50v users running the poorly implemented Windows Mobile 5.0 were still left out to dry. As for the device itself, while being a top-notch PDA, the X51/X51v is still regarded as a dot upgrade. We haven't seen anything revolutionary in the past year or so, and with all the news floating around these past few months, it looks to stay that way for an indefinite period. Come on, Dell - be upfront and tell us, your valued customers, what's going on... :roll:
In April, there was a rumour that Dell ceased PDA R&D. Well, more rumours from multiple sources (as posted by DigiTimes today) is now making this bit of news seemingly more factual.
We haven't seen much from Dell lately. The company pleased X51/X51v users recently with a ROM update, but X50/X50v users running the poorly implemented Windows Mobile 5.0 were still left out to dry. As for the device itself, while being a top-notch PDA, the X51/X51v is still regarded as a dot upgrade. We haven't seen anything revolutionary in the past year or so, and with all the news floating around these past few months, it looks to stay that way for an indefinite period. Come on, Dell - be upfront and tell us, your valued customers, what's going on... :roll:
