Compaq didn't say who it got its 802.11b technology from, but one startup active in the Bluetooth space, a British startup called Cambridge Silicon Radio , couldn't help but crow about its Bluetooth chips being used in Compaq's Bluetooth module.
Compaq won't necessarily build these devices, Capellas says, but it will pursue any market where the Compaq name resonates with customers and Compaq engineers can add value through technology.
Wall Street worries that HP and Compaq won't find enough cost cuts in their slow-growing PC businesses.
Competitors are still capitalizing on concerns that Compaq won't support Digital's VMS and Unix operating systems much longer.
He acknowledges Compaq hasn't been expanding the business as fast as it should.
At first they also pushed their own private-label brand PCs before realizing they couldn't match the resources of a Compaq or a Dell.
Compaq and Dell aren't the only PC makers to be hit by a recall because of faulty components this year.
And the prospects for Compaq and HP don't look any brighter.
Unlike HP's, Compaq's share price hasn't recovered from the selloff after the merger was announced.
Vestel's MSN Companion also has a 10-inch LCD, but it stands taller than Compaq's because you can't tilt it.
Marry HP and Compaq, and you have a potential T. rex in the food chain of computer imaging, printing, security and storage.
Moving from the NT server field to Unix, as Compaq intends to do, won't result in a mixed sales pitch from the company, Yeates said.
Turns out Pfeiffer wasn't up to the task of running the complex organization Compaq became -- or taking on direct-sellers like Dell.
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