Dell's Handheld
Well Dell has finally decided to get into the handheld market. The device kinda looks like my old Nomad IIc mp3 player. I don't think they would enter the market if they didn't feel they could either make money or put others out of business first, then make money. Heck seems everyone is in the handheld market except Apple. Maybe someday. I can't find what OS this thing is gonna run, maybe just overlooking something. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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Who climbed into bed to OEM these for Dell?
I think Dell will ship his basterdized PDA at a SUPER-CHEAP price and forced everyone else to lose $
From the looks of it I might say HP-Compaq is OEMing it for them. Wouldn't be the weirdest thing. Heck Dell could even start selling iPods!
-Composer
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<strong>Man, this doesn't have jack to do with future hardware.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Except that they haven't been released yet. (Nov. 18 is the day)
I think it's great that Dell is coming into this market with competitive pricing. This will FORCE the other manufactures to cut prices and narrow their ridiculous and unjustified profit margins on these things.
I personally think Dell's PDA is a bit ugly, I'd have to see better pics first. Keep an eye out for the upcoming Viewsonic V35. It has everything the iPAQ 3900 series has (including the brilliant back-lit trans-reflective display), for about $350 less.
Dell's competitive pricing makes the competition lower their prices. This is great for consumers regardless what the product is. You could now get a gorgeous 19" LCD Display from the Dell Store for $719. Yes, it's the same LCD technology that's in the competition (this one happens to be the Samsung SyncMaster 191).
<a href="http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.asp?customer_id=19&sku=320-0249" target="_blank">Dell UltraSharp 1900FP, 19" Flat Panel LCD Monitor </a>
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