“According to sources from upstream suppliers… Motorola’s Xoom orders in the second quarter will drop gradually each month, and orders will only last till the end of June,” Yenting Chen and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes.
“Motorola’s orders will drop to around 300,000 units in April and below 300,000 units in May,” Chen and Tsai report. “The sources believe the unclear market status of iPad-like tablet PCs is the reason for Motorola to reduce its orders and the company may launch a new Xoom model in the second half after evaluating the situation.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Here’s the situation, Motorola: You can’t compete with Apple. Repeat after us: iDon’t have the scale. iDon’t have the talent. iDon’t have the ecosystem. iDon’t have the OS. iDon’t have the R&D. iDon’t have the apps. iDon’t have a chance.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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