Dell ceo Michael Dell thinks Windows 8 for tablets is a big competitor for Android. The development of the first tablets with Microsoft’s new OS is progressing ‘very encouraging’, he said at the presentation of quarterly results.
Dell sees except iOS, Android and Windows 8 no other operating system for tablets that can be successful, said ceo Michael Dell in a note on the positive quarterly results. This seems to Dell to connect to license WebOS from HP. Allegedly tries HP licenses to other manufacturers to sell his OS to grow.
Michael Dell announced that his company, the trust continues to hold in Android tablets and Googles mobile OS, but the early work of Dell with Windows 8 expires ‘encouraging’. The Dell ceo is expected that the OS will grow into a solid competitor for Android. Dell has been nothing released on whether the introduction of Windows 8 directly to a tablet will bring out on the basis of Microsoft’s new operating system. It is also unclear whether Dell will opt for ARM – or x86-based processors. The company recently brought an Android tablet in the Chinese market, the Streak 10 Pro.
The computer manufacturer also gave his views on the acquisition of Motorola by Google. Dell stressed that the deal, worth $ 12.5 billion have been completed and approved, it has to be, but that Google with the acquisition of the Android platform is more resistant against patent claims of other companies: “This creates probably an interesting competitiestrijd,” said Michael Dell.
Dell saw its sales in the last quarter by 1 percent to rise to 15.7 billion dollars. The profit rose by 60 percent to more than $ 1 billion. According to Dell raises the transition of the company from a computer manufacturer into a business services provider are now paying off with stable sales. This would among other things be seen from the results of the Enterprise solutions and services division a revenue growth of 4 percent saw and now accounts for 4.6 billion dollars. Further increased the computerverkoop in the corporate market is considerably faster than the demand in the consumer market and smes.
Despite the positive results, Dell’s expectations for the current quarter, however, down to; the company was expecting rather a revenue growth of 5 to 9 percent, but Dell is now going from a growth of 1% to 5%. Root cause would be the increased economic uncertainty in global markets.
