Aug 22 - "The Digitimes reported that HP originally made orders to Inventec, it's ODM (original design manufacturer) partner, for up to 1.1 million TouchPad tablets. Some 900,000 have been delivered so far."
Did you doctor the publication date?!? I tried to Bing the text you quoted (since you did not provide a link), and I found the text in an article dated 9/6/11, which details the LAST BATCH of Touchpads would be only 200k and would bring the total shipments to 1.1 million. Note that this article was published AFTER your other article speculating on a final shipment of 500k-1m.
christianpost.com
HP's last batch of TouchPad tablets will consist of up to 200,000 units as the company looks to quench "unfulfilled demand."
The Digitimes reported that HP originally made orders to Inventec, it's ODM (original design manufacturer) partner, for up to 1.1 million TouchPad tablets. Some 900,000 have been delivered so far. The remaining 200,000 units would be sold as an attempt to help suppliers clear out inventories as well as maintain good relationships with the companies involved.
Anyway, let's not rely on projections for events that already happened. IDC reported HP's Q3 2011 sales:
The company shipped 903,354 units to grab a 5% share of the worldwide market, number three behind Samsung's 5.6% market share.
idc.com
And HP's Q4 2011 sales:
WebOS, which owned 5% of the worldwide market in 3Q11, dropped to zero in 4Q11
idc.com
Read 'em and weep. |
