By: Aseem Gaurav, March 30, 2011 (New Delhi)
Executives from rival technology companies Dell and HP have lashed out against Apple Inc saying days of the king of computer tablet industry are numbered.
While congratulating Apple for fast pacing the computer tablet market, Dell's global head of marketing, Andy Lark, said it's already doomed to fail in enterprise adoption.
He is of the view that: “Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex.”
According to him, the biggest hindrance comes from high cost of additional accessories making the tablet inaccessible. “An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] you’ll be at $1500 or $1600; that’s double of what you’re paying," he said. "That’s not feasible.”
Well, Lark is not completely wrong – Android is moving at a fast pace than Apple. A study by Nielsen said that Android sales pulled ahead of Apple and Blackberry in the US between November and January, slicing out 29 per cent of total market share compared with Apple and RIM's 27 per cent each.
Well, we are not sure that what Lark means by those figures. But one thing is sure that iPad 2’s runaway success is making rivals reworking their strategy both on the technology and the market front. Dell recently announced a 10 inch Windows 7 tablet aimed at business users last month, featuring a hybrid design with a swiveling screen so it can also be used as a laptop.
