Tablet PC sales exceeding expectations

[vniow]

Toshiba several times has increased production of its Portege 3500 tablet, after having trouble meeting initial demand, said Mark Simons, vice president of Toshiba's transactional business group.

Meanwhile, HP's "tablet sales have been exceeding expectations from the day we launched," said Ted Clark, a vice president for HP's personal systems group.

Tablet PCs are still a fairly small segment of the overall notebook market. But the devices have so far been a bright spot for manufacturers which are still feeling the effects of the PC market crash of 2001. The smaller machines have generated interest among the legal, real estate and health care industries, as well as from some consumers, executives from Toshiba and HP said.

 

[chewbaccapits]

vniow!

 

[dricci]

I'm very positive we'll see an Apple tablet Mac this year, I have no doubt that they're testing and developing one as we speak. It may be a niche market, but a niche that Apple's shouldn't avoid.

 

[vniow]

Originally posted by chewbaccapits
vniow!

chewbaccapits!

 

[rainman::|:|]

i have never put much stock in the apple tablet rumors until i saw the compaq tablet, it looks very much like something apple would put out (except for that damn keyboard), and compaq's spies might know if apple was going to be competition sometime soon...

it'd be cool, but i still think they'd bleed money from it.

pnw

 

[chewbaccapits]

True that....I don't see that much of a market for tabs....True that....I don't see that much of a market for tabs....

 

[chewbaccapits]

hehe..

I guess its vniow's icon that makes me write crazy...

 

[Stelliform]

This kinda suprises me. I have heard so many negative things about the PC Tablets. (Poor handwriting recognition, lock ups, general M$ junk)

I guess you can never underestimate the power of the Wow Factor.