Comments on: Coby sold a few netbooks last year, wants to sell more this year

By: MonkeyKing1969

MonkeyKing1969 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:59:09 +0000

I'd buy a Coby netbook. I have had decent luck with Coby products in the past, but I buy knowing sometimes I'll have to deal with the fact that what I have in hand is low-end. If I buy the low end Creative MP3 player and I bough a similarly priced Coby MP3 player they would work the same and last about the same amount of time. That has been my experience at least…

If Coby puts a netbook out I'll buy it. It is really that simple…the idea intrigues me and I'm willing to deal with weirdness to just play around with it.

By: MonkeyKing1969

MonkeyKing1969 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:59:00 +0000

I’d buy a Coby netbook. I have had decent luck with Coby products in the past, but I buy knowing sometimes I’ll have to deal with the fact that what I have in hand is low-end. If I buy the low end Creative MP3 player and I bough a similarly priced Coby MP3 player they would work the same and last about the same amount of time. That has been my experience at least…

If Coby puts a netbook out I’ll buy it. It is really that simple…the idea intrigues me and I’m willing to deal with weirdness to just play around with it.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:18:53 +0000

Coby has been successful with low-priced consumer electronics to some degree. I've purchased a few of their products to save a few bucks over brand name. Honestly, the quality of their products is inferior and more likely to breakdown. I have a Coby LCD TV here that I need to press the power button 30 times to start, and it's only 3 months old.

However, companies like Coby give something for the bigger brands like Asus and Acer something to worry about. If Coby can eventually have sub-$100 laptops available at drug stores, supermarkets and big box stores it will eat away market share of established computer makers. Someone in the market for a sub-$200 new netbook probably is going to be less concerned about quality and longevity than they would with more expensive systems.

Competition is good and I'll be happy to see these things show up in plastic clam-shell cases at my local Walmart.

By: michael

michael — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:21:21 +0000

When electronics are concerned, brand image and loyalty plays an important part.

I doubt many will deviate from the regular Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung brands and buy new startup brands.

All the more if the startup brands are not well established companies.

I bought an unheard brand notebook before. When it got spoilt, nobody could repair it. I had to bin it because the company had gone bust with totally no support at all.

Even old good quality notebook brands are vanishing. For example Twinhead. This is because they cannot compete with the old established players interms of volume.

If this is so, how do you think the new brands can penetrate the market?