Dell Drops iPod
Austin American-Statesman reports that Dell has stopped selling the Apple iPod.
According to one of their spokeswomen, "We've stopped selling them permanently".
Apple maintains that the Apple iPod is the #1 digital music player, and notes that "Dell accounted for a just a small fraction of iPod sales."
No reason, however, is given for the drop of the Apple iPod. While Dell recently introduced their own Portable Music Player that competes with the iPod, Dell has always sold a variety of competitors products. One analyst speculates that Dell's lower then retail pricing may have played a role: "Apple is pretty insistent . . . about the pricing."
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106 months ago
I'd still like to see Apple products in as many channels as possible. However, their retail stores are something else.. What an experience.
106 months ago
It was looking so silly on that homepage, just like a comparison object :( ... now, oranges with oranges and apples with apples :)
106 months ago
I voted neg. only because I think the iPod needs to be in every outlet it can be, but then again I also see the reasons why.
106 months ago
I tried to order a 30gb iPod from Dell two months ago. (We had a Dell loan, and there was enough left to stick an iPod in the order.) Anyway, after a month of the runaround, they finally decided they could not deliver it, and offered me some Archos thing instead.
So, Dell was listing iPods two months ago, but stopped selling them right after that.
So, Dell was listing iPods two months ago, but stopped selling them right after that.
106 months ago
This sucks, with stackable coupons, you could always whack 80-100 off the price of an ipod at dell with no tax and free shipping.
106 months ago
And in other news, today, HP & Gateway have started shipping iMacs and PowerMacs to balance the universe after Dell dropped the iPod.
106 months ago
I figured the iPod wouldn't last on Dell's site. I would assume that the iPod sells significantly better than the Dell DJ. If so, that would be pretty embarrassing for them... if they sold more Apple iPods than their own player on their own website.
Poking around their PDA section, I see that they have a few PalmOS handhelds... but the only PocketPC handhelds are their own Axims. So I guess they don't want anything that's too similar to their knock-offs... I mean products.
;-)
Poking around their PDA section, I see that they have a few PalmOS handhelds... but the only PocketPC handhelds are their own Axims. So I guess they don't want anything that's too similar to their knock-offs... I mean products.
;-)
106 months ago
whether the Dell Dj look bad or not is not the issue here, the thing is, while the iPod is being sold in a lot of new places, in the process, apple have lost a huge distribution channell, and I don't think that statement about Dell only selling only a fraction of the total amount of iPods is anything more than senseless willy-waving.
"a small fraction", its all relative... 2 million iPods sold, 5% =100,000... a lot of iPods by anyone's standard.
"a small fraction", its all relative... 2 million iPods sold, 5% =100,000... a lot of iPods by anyone's standard.
106 months ago
Originally posted by ITR 81
I voted neg. only because I think the iPod needs to be in every outlet it can be, but then again I also see the reasons why.
Isn't this the part where you tell everyone you knew this was coming weeks ago?:rolleyes:
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