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Originally Posted by ScottC
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Originally Posted by ppcsurfr
They may have upgrades simply to boost the marketing of their current devices which are supposed to come out earlier than WM2003SE... But will they offer it for their other devices? Not at all...
Until they get a grasp of the market that is not their own... we'll never see a following as strong as that being enjoyed by HP, Dell, and other smaller companies that are offering these precious updates.
Mabuhay! ~ Carlo
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Care to point me to the WM2003SE upgrades from Dell or HP? I think Toshiba was one of the few that DID offer these upgrades to existing customers.
IMHO Toshibas problem was that they didn't really make any devices, at least Dell and HP design and manufacture (part) of their devices, the Toshibas were 100% outsourced and were pretty much like what the 1940 is to HP. Margins on products like that are pretty slim and it's a hell of a market to be working in.
I'm also assuming they have some MAJOR quality issues, for the scale of their market share there were simply too many refurbished devices out there, pretty much every retailer had refurb e405's in stock. |
Offering it for new devices... which are supposed to be designed for it is nothing really... so I don't see anything special with the Toshiba offerings yet... but consistent updates or at least a track record that shows HP and Dell have actually offered such upgrades is something to consider.
Toshiba has a different view on upgrades... remember the EUUs and how Toshiba almost refused to release any?
We're so used with Japanese products here in the Philippines... and we're so used to seeing people get these japanese devices which are on the shelves in japan for a limited time only...
There is a difference in market culture...
Carlo