pfarrell;568437 Wrote: > Logitech continues the tradition of most electronic firms; they never > comment on future products. They only announce products when they are > in the warehouses and ready to sell. Many electronics firms DO announce products before they are ready to ship. Typically, however, they only do so in a few specific situations: a) When the new products are likely to ward off products from competing companies (e.g. HP's Slate product, to compete with iPad.); or b) The company's own current products have a major problem selling (e.g. Windows Vista, which caused MS to preannounce Windows 7 by more than a year); or c) The most common case, to meet retailer buyers' set time frames for their holiday season orders. (For example, it's not unusual for products to get announced in July or August for shipment in September or October.); or d) A groundbreaking new product is on the way that wouldn't cannibalize sales of the company's own existing products . (In 2006, Slim Devices did pre-announce the Transporter by several months).
The Squeezebox products don't currently fit those scenarios, so I wouldn't expect pre-announcements, but even companies that say they "never" do sometimes do. -- TiredLegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
