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I'd say it came to the market too late to not have huge marketing behind it. I bet we'll see Windows Phone 7 which is far later do much better (at least in term
by glhaynes 16y ago
I'd say it came to the market too late to not have huge marketing behind it. I bet we'll see Windows Phone 7 which is far later do much better (at least in terms of market share/units shipped). Yeah, crappy hardware hurt badly, too.
- enjo 16y agoBut it did have tremendous marketing behind it. I saw those very creepy Palm commercials all over the place. Hell we had a huge Palm banner hanging in Downtown Denver for like 6 months. I think Palm suffered from a serious issue with brand identity. It just seemed like people weren't sure what those phones were supposed to be exactly. Were they blackberry competitors? After all, they had a really crappy keyboard. iPhone competitors? The form factor would suggest otherwise.
- glhaynes 16y agoTrue, good point. I amend my earlier statement to be "huge good marketing". Also, I assume that Windows phones will be on (nearly) all carriers, whereas Palm was (and is?) stuck on Sprint in the US. That's worked out OK — though we'll never know how much better it could have possibly gone — for Apple, but for various reasons, including lateness to market with a broadly desirable smartphone, I don't think that's been as feasible for Palm.
- jmtulloss 16y agoPalm's on Verizon and AT&T now, as well as a bunch of other carriers outside the US.