Tech: Palm to introduce m125 next week
updated 06:05 pm EDT, Tue August 14, 2001
Evening tech news: Palm is expected to introduce the Palm m125 next week, a new $250 low-end handheld targeted at back-to-school shoppers; Microsoft has denied a report issued earlier today that the motherboard of its XBox game console contains a flaw that could delay manufacturing by a few weeks; and some virus writers are now targetting instant messenging networks, such as MSN Messenger, which could pose a menacing threat to corporate networks.
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Aug 2001
"Low-end???" Right!
How can they call a $250 PDA "low-end" and in the same breath say it's for the "back to school" crowd??? Let's see, do we buy clothes for Billy this year or just a PDA? And Billy, we know the $99 Palm 100 isn't good enough for a beginner like you...
Didn't they have so many in the warehouse they were going to start destroying them to protect their pricing structure? So here are the marketing geniuses thinking up a new plan:
"I know, if we RAISE the pricing structure on the low end model and then target kids going back to school, we'll increase our profit margin enough so that we can "give" (with the finger gestures) the glut of inventory away to less fortunate schools and charitable organizations. And then, when the glut is all gone, we will have established the "low" price for a PDA at the $250 level!"
;-)