Dell To Enter PDA Market

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Posted by Hemos on Monday October 28, 2002 @12:59AM from the here-it-comes dept.

soundsop writes "CNET News.com reports that Dell is poised to enter the PDA market. Michael Dell states that announcements for US PDA products are coming "really soon". Will I have 50 configuration options on my Dell PDA?"

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Re:Will they make them themselves? by vasqzr · 2002-10-28 01:12 · Score: 5, Informative

Well, they already sell Palm PDA's. They actually gave us some M105's (bottom barrel, but my manager likes his for keeping contacts and golf scores) when we bought some laptops a while back.

At their website they've got Palm, Sony, Handspring...

Isn't Dell climbing into the printer business as well, and the router business?

I thought Cisco wasn't allowing them to resell anymore because Dell has the PowerConnect line out...
Well... by Lobo · 2002-10-28 01:12 · Score: 5, Informative

There will be more than one configuration (two or three), but most important of all is the price.

Pictures included in the link.

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1. Re:Well... by Lobo · 2002-10-28 01:20 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Even better pics and specs can be found HERE.
  
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Re:Will they make them themselves? by Octagon+Most · 2002-10-28 02:14 · Score: 2, Informative

Isn't Dell climbing into the printer business as well, and the router business?
I thought Cisco wasn't allowing them to resell anymore because Dell has the PowerConnect line out...
No, Dell is getting into the switch business. And, yes, Cisco has cut them off from reselling Cisco switches as a result. Dell offers a full line of managed switches competing with Cisco's Catalyst 2950 and 3500 series as well as an inexpensive unmanaged line.
Dell does currently resell other manufacturers' PDAs, but now they are announcing their intention to sell their own branded line based on the MS PocketPC (WinCE) OS.
The thing about Dell is that they do not enter a new market lightly. They have waited until the PDA market matured enough that they could take commonly used technology and win market share by selling it for less. I think other PDA manufacturers should be very concerned. And PDA consumers should be excited about the competition.