Apple iPad will fail in the enterprise: Dell

This guy is DELLusional.

He thinks an iPad needs a keyboard and mouse. What dies that say about his subject matter expertise? He also thinks a keyboard and mouse cost around $500.

He thinks the iPad is high priced. Has he coated an Android Xoom or RIMM Playbook lately?

Good luck Dell.

fantasy from the company that made the Dell Streak which is so bad it's a joke:

Wired:

"foolishly overdesigned in an attempt to stand out, and coming up short all around...
"display looks visibly chunky, but the viewing angle is so poor that moving your head even a few degrees from dead center creates a screen-door effect so bad that it borders on nauseating, It’s not just the worst tablet display I’ve ever seen, it’s the worst display of any kind I’ve seen since the dawn of the LCD screen. .... Streak 7 could only muster five hours of battery life... Mattel Football had a better screen. Dismal battery life. Crashed twice — once going dark for an hour — in the first day of testing."

Mouse?? Huh?? I think you'd need a pointer for that wouldn't you?? umm...

I bought a bluetooth keyboard/case for $69.

Has he even seen an iPad?

I must have missed something.

I suppose it is possible that enterprise might not embrace tablet computers, but the only thing he got right is iOS is closed. Considering the alternative, I would think that is a plus on the stability side.

More evidence that they need to introduce random drug testing at Dell

Andy Dork.

Oh.... I get it now. The Dell tablets will require a mouse!

He needs to take a tablet for his head ache

Despite the grossly inaccurate numbers stated for a "fully-kitted" iPad the iOS platform offers exactly what corporate IT is looking for in security for a mobile device.
1. Enterprise level security features for network, device and apps.
2. "Sand-boxed" apps so no data can be shared between apps.
3. Developer/user certificate credentials for secure app tracking.
4. Hardware encryption of ALL data and communications.
5. Development tools and MDM for custom corporate use
So, what is it that makes this device/platform not ready for corporate IT?

1500-1600$ for an iPad+case+keyboard+mouse?
Is Randy-Andy really to stupid for simple arithmetic?
Dell vs. Apple - The tail yelps at the dog. That’s funny and ridiculous.

"In my day you could get an iPad, mouse, keyboard and a case for $700!"

- Me, Today

Considering how well Dell's laptop with removable linux tablet did, I can't wait to see what they bring out. Probably the "First Honeycomb Tablet" just like Motorola and Samsung have.

And I think he's forgetting you also need a stylus right? So thats like $2000 in reality.

He must be thinking that the Dell Suck err Streak tablet has been been sold to 10s of millions of enterprise users. He must be smoking even more nasty stuff than Balmer!!

Erm... isn't the Android Galaxy tab actually more expensive then an iPad 64 Gb? Yes! It is!

A ... mouse? This guy is so out of touch

He forgot to mention no Flash for iPad.

I don't care what loyalty problem you have, iPads are great - of course I would like some other features on it (which I'm sure will come in the future) but nothing is perfect but this is by miles and miles the best tablet so far and they have such a huge lead that the others are running around like chooks trying to figure out what to do. Now and for the next couple of years at LEAST there is only one show in town and it's great - why do some people bag Apple and then buy some crap and try to get it to work and then validate it to us - get real - you just wasted your hard earned money and everyone you talk to knows it as well but can't be bothered to tell you - they smile and nod their heads like you are impressing them - guess what - BIG FAIL !!!!

No Flash - Oh what a huge problem (NOT) another comment from some low level user who is clinging to straws - wake up and see the future ...... on the other hand, go to bed, if that's your words of wisdom you should go to bed and dream of Dell and Windows computers working one day...... once that dream comes true - the next dream is that they can get a tablet to work - I think money is hard to come by now days - don't keep wasting it - expect something amazing or put your head on the pillow and keep dreaming of FLASH .... another technology that is on the way out ... and when things are on the way out it happens SO fast in the 21st century ..... Apple are doing some amazing things - they deserve praise just as many other companies did when they were at the top of their game - let's face it - with competition ... we are the winners !!! Get into it and enjoy it ..... life is short, have some fun and stop the complaining and clinging to the past .... open your mind and try something else other than what you have used for years and years .... you can't be that bored forever can you ??

I'm in retail - one thing I'd like to point out is that Apple's sales figures are end customer numbers (real numbers) - all the Android phones and other Tablets are sales to the shops like ours - the figures are very misleading as we have tons of units out the back gathering dust as not many people will buy them so it looks like they are keeping up with Apple but that's totally wrong. We thought they would walk out the door like the Apple stuff but we were wrong. We can't order any more as we can't get rid of what we already purchased so soon we will have to dump them as they are not popular - not even the staff can be talked into getting them at staff discount. We work on commission so we have to push the products at dumped prices telling people what a good deal they are getting but everyone in the store knows they can't compete with the iPad and iPhone and we feel like crap telling customers one thing and buying the Apple stuff ourselves ..... we have also had an alarming fault rate and returns on some units - be careful ... if it's cheap its not always a good deal. Yes ...... we all know my name is not John Smith and I'd get the sack for this but we have tons of $ tied up in this stock and the company just wants to dump it to get their money back and I have a conscience !!! Happy shopping ........

Another delusional Dell dude. Peddling crap devices sure isn't much fun anymore. I actually pity the guy.

I worked at Dell for a long time. To use the terms in Round Rock, when some VP/Director level execs start to "breathe their own exhaust" or "drink the Kool-Aid" and make completely misinformed statements like Andy did, it's a sign that they are out of touch with reality (due to big bonuses), customers, and the products they sell. This is a usually personal, not a company, problem. Being a leader is hard work, and it takes some real effort not to get big-headed about things (like their record Q4). If Andy were to get out and talk to customers more often, he surely would have a different message.

"We will do Windows 7 coupled with Android Honeycomb, and we’re really excited. We think that giving people that choice is very important.”

Translation: we'll try anything and hope something works.

Oh, no wonder I've never been able to use my iPad correctly! I forgot to buy a keyboard and mouse! How foolish of me.

This guy is so out of touch it's not really even funny. He's "Dell’s global head of marketing...."? whoa, there's big trouble in River City folks!

Talk is cheap

"but longer term, open, capable and affordable will win"

and

“…Our strategy is multi-OS," Lark said. "We will do Windows 7 coupled with Android Honeycomb, and we’re really excited."

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Neither Windows 7 nor Android Honeycomb are open.

http://tinyurl.com/4mwt7m8

"To make our schedule to ship the tablet, we made some design tradeoffs," says Andy Rubin, vice-president for engineering at Google and head of its Android group. "We didn't want to think about what it would take for the same software to run on phones. It would have required a lot of additional resources and extended our schedule beyond what we thought was reasonable. So we took a shortcut."

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Perhaps that is why Andy Lark at Dell thinks one needs $1000 of keyboard, mouse and case. To make usable the closed design shortcuts made by Dell's operating system choices.

I would hope that this magazine would take the time to officially point out in a follow-up article just how much crap this Dell flak spewed...and frankly it would have been nice if it had been within the article. In desperation over the prospect of losses in market share with many computer sales taking a back seat to iPads, Dell is scrambling to pass off the big lie as fact. Many experts have already confirmed that iPads are making big inroads in the enterprise already. And as many have commented, even this guy's pronouncements about iPad pricing are complete nonsense.

Agreed. Apple IOS is not for the enterprise for all reasons mentioned.

On a "Lark," Dell should hire more informed executives and not ones prone to flights of fantasy.

Unfortunately here we have yet another Dell executive that is totally clueless about the products that they compete with. Just as bad as this kind of ignorance is the "we aim to be slightly better than Apple's last year product with our next year product" business plan of most of the other players. Please compete with Apple, but in order to do it you will actually have to invest in coming up with something new. Just look at Dell's R&D expenditure compared to Apple's. I suspect Apple put more engineering effort into the design of the new iPad cover than Dell put into the Streak.

Our company are switching various control computers to iPads. They are a brilliant solution for our requirements.
(Note: This represents a single anecdotal data point. FWIW)

I was lucky to get the iPad2 on day1, took just a few short hours to add all my email accounts, load dozens of applications, and auto convert a dozen PPTs that I needed for a week long DoD Intel Conference. Being a PC guy for years after starting with the cute Apple2C (for compatibility reasons) I can tell you exceeds the hype. Battery life is 10 hours, network access is incredible, and functionality is out of this world. What I liked most was the intuitive nature and simplicity of the whole package.

With Skype, I could throw away my iphone, which autolinks with my 10,000 person contact list from Outlook on my desk top.

Steve Jobs, you did it again. I am a believer.

According to my experience with PC owner, as a teacher for MS office users, most of these people have never seen or tryed an Apple product. That's just bla bla.
Maybe M. Dell's PC's have still Floppy discs… lol

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It's not surprising that a Dell rep would have an optimistic outlook on the potential for their product offerings and inflate the expected costs of the competition. However, I agree with the long-term advantage of an open software platform, the benefits of an open hardware market, and the attraction of lower costs associated with non-Apple products. Yes, there are a some high-priced non-Apple tablets on the market, but there are many lower-cost versions with equal or better options. Apple has an early (not first) mover advantage, but is unlikely to maintain that long-term lead.