HP to stop selling Apple's iPod

Iria · Jul 29, 2005, 05:48 PM

Hewlett-Packard is ending a high-profile deal to resell Apple Computer's iPod.

The deal, unveiled with much fanfare at the January 2004 Consumer Electronics Show, took awhile to get going, with HP taking seven months to announce its first product.

"We do remain committed to our digital-entertainment strategy," HP spokesman Ross Camp said Friday. "We decided that reselling the iPod does not fit within that strategy."

Although HP plans to stop selling Apple's players, it will take some time for that to happen. The computer maker recently announced a new lineup of HP-branded iPods. Camp said HP plans to continue reselling the music players through the end of September, when it expects to have sold through its inventory of iPods, iPod Minis and iPod Shuffles.

Camp said that HP's "current plan" is to continue including Apple's iTunes software on its desktop and notebook PCs, as it has done since last year.

Under the terms of HP's deal with Apple, the computer maker cannot develop or market a rival digital music player to the iPod until August 2006.
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Tipstaff · Jul 30, 2005, 02:03 AM

Like, we couldn't see this one happening. Although, it happened faster than I thought it would. HP could never make money off of selling iPods for 2 simple reasons: 1) that you can buy an iPod from Apple, and get free shipping yet it costs $20 to get it them shipped from HP, and 2) students, who buy the majority of iPods, get a discount on them when they buy directly from Apple.

Just watch, the next piece of news will be that HP can't seem to clean out their stock of HP branded iPods. ooo.. guess I spoiled the surprise.

Jul 29, 2005, 05:48 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	HP to stop selling Apple's iPod Hewlett-Packard is ending a high-profile deal to resell Apple Computer's iPod. The deal, unveiled with much fanfare at the January 2004 Consumer Electronics Show, took awhile to get going, with HP taking seven months to announce its first product. "We do remain committed to our digital-entertainment strategy," HP spokesman Ross Camp said Friday. "We decided that reselling the iPod does not fit within that strategy." Although HP plans to stop selling Apple's players, it will take some time for that to happen. The computer maker recently announced a new lineup of HP-branded iPods. Camp said HP plans to continue reselling the music players through the end of September, when it expects to have sold through its inventory of iPods, iPod Minis and iPod Shuffles. Camp said that HP's "current plan" is to continue including Apple's iTunes software on its desktop and notebook PCs, as it has done since last year. Under the terms of HP's deal with Apple, the computer maker cannot develop or market a rival digital music player to the iPod until August 2006. __________ Read More / Source: News.com

Jul 30, 2005, 02:03 AM	#2
Tipstaff DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,529 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Like, we couldn't see this one happening. Although, it happened faster than I thought it would. HP could never make money off of selling iPods for 2 simple reasons: 1) that you can buy an iPod from Apple, and get free shipping yet it costs $20 to get it them shipped from HP, and 2) students, who buy the majority of iPods, get a discount on them when they buy directly from Apple. Just watch, the next piece of news will be that HP can't seem to clean out their stock of HP branded iPods. ooo.. guess I spoiled the surprise. __________________ >><<