Office Depot dropping HP tx2 Tablet PC
A trustworthy source has shared word that Office Depot is streamlining their notebook lineup, shedding, among others, the HP tx2 Tablet PC from their offerings. This is based on the plan received at the store where our source works. Whether it is indicative of activities throughout the chain is not explicit but likely given the unified way in which corporate chain stores operate. Our source cites personal experience of the tablet price premium and inadequate in-store display areas as being hurdles to sales, but it is not known how such experiences might have affected the decision to include the tx2 in the cutback.
On the plus side, our source also notes that more netbooks will be added to the lineup, “up to 5 for a short while,” and the dv2 will also be offered. Given the state of the economy, it is easy to believe offering more netbooks is part of an effort to keep up with customers’ tighter budgets and the overall streamlining is probably, as our source puts it, a cost-cutting measure.
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My name is Mark Sumimoto; I am Sumocat. I dabble in all areas of mobile computing, but my focus is Windows-based Tablet PCs and pen input. They’ve been part of my arsenal since 2004, and I’m proud to have pioneered the field of ink blogging, earning a spot as a Microsoft MVP for Touch and Tablets in the process. My current tools include a Fujitsu Lifebook T900, TEGA v2, and iPhone 4. Email me: sumocat [at] notebooks.com- http://www.officedepot.com Emily
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