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Sonist · 01-29-2010, 08:17 PM

Unexpectedly low Apple iPad price forces notebook vendors to re-evaluate their tablet PC strategies

"... The vendors originally planned to offer prices pegged at 20-30% lower than the Apple iPad, while they generally expected the device to cost as much as US$1,000. The US$499 entry-level price has caught vendors by surprise and means they will now need to adjust their price scales even lower to attract consumers, the sources pointed out.

However, starting a price war at below US$499 raises concerns that any profitably will be driven out of the nascent tablet PC market, before it even has a chance to take off...."

MSI is specifically mentioned.

01-29-2010, 08:17 PM	#12
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	Unexpectedly low Apple iPad price forces notebook vendors to re-evaluate... From DigiTimes: Unexpectedly low Apple iPad price forces notebook vendors to re-evaluate their tablet PC strategies "... The vendors originally planned to offer prices pegged at 20-30% lower than the Apple iPad, while they generally expected the device to cost as much as US$1,000. The US$499 entry-level price has caught vendors by surprise and means they will now need to adjust their price scales even lower to attract consumers, the sources pointed out. However, starting a price war at below US$499 raises concerns that any profitably will be driven out of the nascent tablet PC market, before it even has a chance to take off...." MSI is specifically mentioned.