Comments on: Dan writes an open letter to Microsoft http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft Your source for the latest news and updates about the Ultra Mobile PC(Origami), with all the information on harware, software, reviews, photos, videos and rumors. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:57:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Look out for the UltraMobile Geek at Only UMPC | Ultra-Mobile PC http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-1030 Look out for the UltraMobile Geek at Only UMPC | Ultra-Mobile PC Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:38:11 +0000 http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-1030 [...] Remember Dan, who wrote an open letter to Microsoft has ordered an Tabletkiosk has started his own blog on UltraMobile Geek. He has already posted his plans on what he’d be posting on it. [...] [...] Remember Dan, who wrote an open letter to Microsoft has ordered an Tabletkiosk has started his own blog on UltraMobile Geek. He has already posted his plans on what he’d be posting on it. [...]

]]> By: thoughtfix http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-833 thoughtfix Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:20:16 +0000 http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-833 Verdicus: I will agree with Joe's comment, but also add that my direct point was this: There's no good reason to buy a UMPC at the current price point, so if Microsoft (the champions behind the form factor) wants their new platform to take off, they're going to need to give it better backing OR give consumers a reason to spend $1,100 on the product. If there was some value-add that made it worth $1,100 out of the box, I wouldn't complain. Say it came with GPS software and a bluetooth GPS receiver: That's a $300 (ish) value there. Say it had a PC card slot and Verizon partnered with them to offer their wireless broadband and knocked $200 off the price with the purchase of a data plan. My point wasn't just "lower the price" ... it was "either lower the price or make it worth that price to consumers. Microsoft has the power to do both. Verdicus: I will agree with Joe’s comment, but also add that my direct point was this:

There’s no good reason to buy a UMPC at the current price point, so if Microsoft (the champions behind the form factor) wants their new platform to take off, they’re going to need to give it better backing OR give consumers a reason to spend $1,100 on the product.

If there was some value-add that made it worth $1,100 out of the box, I wouldn’t complain. Say it came with GPS software and a bluetooth GPS receiver: That’s a $300 (ish) value there. Say it had a PC card slot and Verizon partnered with them to offer their wireless broadband and knocked $200 off the price with the purchase of a data plan.

My point wasn’t just “lower the price” … it was “either lower the price or make it worth that price to consumers. Microsoft has the power to do both.

]]> By: Joe http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-832 Joe Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:33:39 +0000 http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-832 Well, I don't think your statement answers the letter to Microsoft, but you do make a point. Dan writes a letter to Microsoft because of the fact they announced initially that the product would be around the price of $500 to $700, With that in mind they should have chosen or made it clear to the manufacturers that this should be the price range. Instead by choosing Intel, and say Samsung(for discussion sake) the price was obviously higher than the expected. I think Microsoft had a role to play in the pricing. A lot of us know that it was MICROSOFT which markets the UMPC, along with Intel and few other partners. Well, I don’t think your statement answers the letter to Microsoft, but you do make a point. Dan writes a letter to Microsoft because of the fact they announced initially that the product would be around the price of $500 to $700, With that in mind they should have chosen or made it clear to the manufacturers that this should be the price range.

Instead by choosing Intel, and say Samsung(for discussion sake) the price was obviously higher than the expected. I think Microsoft had a role to play in the pricing.
A lot of us know that it was MICROSOFT which markets the UMPC, along with Intel and few other partners.

]]> By: veridicus http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-831 veridicus Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:05:16 +0000 http://onlyumpc.com/news/dan-writes-an-open-letter-to-microsoft#comment-831 Microsoft's marketing is bad enough when it comes to fluffy hype. But listening to the random rumors on various blogs is pointless. Anyone can make up a graphic and start a rumor. So complaining to Microsoft when Microsoft's not the one who marketed the product is silly. Microsoft’s marketing is bad enough when it comes to fluffy hype. But listening to the random rumors on various blogs is pointless. Anyone can make up a graphic and start a rumor. So complaining to Microsoft when Microsoft’s not the one who marketed the product is silly.

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