Dell: PCs Not Under Threat From Tablets or Smartphones
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The IT merchandise requires hardware, software and services, which is the reason why Dell moved from being a hardware company to a software and services assemblage as well, Dell said. If you were going off to college and could only have one device, you would choose the PC over a
smartphone or a tablet, said Dell, whose company also sells
smartphones. Non-stationary-phone customers use a lot of data, which is boosting demand for data centers at the back end, providing a business opportunity for Dell to vend its servers, according to Dell. As the company shifts more to "solutions and services" and a strategy in the data center around having more genius property and building hyper-virtualized data centers, it requires a significant amount of organic investments and some... "So consider of these small mobile devices as creating the next wave of users who will want larger-screen devices," Dell said. Dell reported in November that its receipts from mobility, which includes laptops and tablets, fell by 2 percent in the third quarter in comparison to the same quarter in the previous year. When users get a drop of the Internet on 3-inch- or 4-inch-screen devices, they will like to see more, rather than viewing sites through "a peephole," Dell said. Dell's views repeat those of research firm IDC, which said in October that it didn't see media tablets and other devices replacing PCs.
Source: PCWorld