Too much agreement kills a chat - Eldridge Cleaver
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Dell phone will fail, warns yet another analyst
YET ANOTHER ANALYST has gone on record to say Dell's plan to enter the smartphone business just isn't very smart at all.
Collins Stewart analyst Ashok Kumar said Dell is having such difficulty getting any wireless carriers to even give it the time of day, that the firm has decided to bypass them altogether and Dell-iver its phonery straight to retailers. Direct. From Dell.
Carriers recently dismissed Dell's smartphone attempt as "non-compelling" and having "a roadmap that lags competition". But despite the Dell-uge of criticism, the computer maker seems undeterred.
But whether punters will lay out for a phone even carriers don't deem worthy, seems a bit of a stretch to some.
Kumar, for instance, writes that a Dell cell might be a hard, er, sell to consumers who are used to subsidised handsets and "not used to paying full price".
He said Dell is, "facing a stacked deck with little experience on how to play this game."
Kumar continues, "Dell committed itself to the handset business with a poorly-planned feature set and cost targets," adding that RIM, Apple and Nokia "each has a stronger roadmap and a customer footprint".
Subscribing to the school of 'cruel to be kind', Kumar advises Dell to "cut its losses and shoot the product before mass production."
Ouch. µ
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Too scared of competition? the more the marrier!!
I know and love many of the wierd things that the inq does, but having repeated articles by Sylvia and ommitting a pic of her is just plain inexcusable. please correct asap. or email them to me.
If Dell sells unlocked phones for a cheap price for people to buy they may sell a few. Some unlocked phones are way over priced. They are not much more than a PSP with a couple extra/different chips in them. A PSP can be had for about $150 so to sell a unlocked phone for $600 is absurd. There are many basic unlocked cell phones that can be had for the PSP price range and lower but the fancy ones get real pricey. We all know the carriers love to lock you into the two year contract with a phone. I used Tiger Direct to get some prices from.
Products are well known for exploding. Check.
Recently released overpriced, underspec'ed laptop with pressed aluminium case and sealed in battery. Check.
Now branching into the mobile phone business, which most pundits predict will flop. Check.
I think Michael Dell should go and see his doctor. If this trend continues, he's about to come down with something nasty.
Based on that it would make sense for Dell to buy Palm.
Dell smartphone is doomed.
http://www.stockozone.com/2009/04/will-dell-smartphone-turn-out-to-be.html
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GPU: Support OpenGL 3
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