Wednesday, October 20, 2004
JVC - We Never Even Knew You
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 12:00 PM
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/5444.html
"It appears that JVC has halted all further development of PDA products, as a spokesperson today confirmed to infoSync World that the manufacturer has postponed its plans for the handheld market 'indefinitely'."
JVC Pocket PC shown at 2003 CeBIT
With Dell and HP taking up the lions share of the Pocket PC market in a very competitive handheld market, it will make it difficult for anyone to come in with a competitively priced device and make money off of it. I just helped a friend order an Axim X30, 624MHz, a full sized keyboard and leather case for $387, including shipping and taxes. Hard to imagine Dell makes much off of that, and they have a respectable amount of volume. A new player gets no such volume production breaks.
"It appears that JVC has halted all further development of PDA products, as a spokesperson today confirmed to infoSync World that the manufacturer has postponed its plans for the handheld market 'indefinitely'."
JVC Pocket PC shown at 2003 CeBIT
With Dell and HP taking up the lions share of the Pocket PC market in a very competitive handheld market, it will make it difficult for anyone to come in with a competitively priced device and make money off of it. I just helped a friend order an Axim X30, 624MHz, a full sized keyboard and leather case for $387, including shipping and taxes. Hard to imagine Dell makes much off of that, and they have a respectable amount of volume. A new player gets no such volume production breaks.
