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Is it just me or Palm continuously swung and missed with their new development platform? Palm has done next to nothing to really differentiate itself from thei
by ssharp 17y ago
Is it just me or Palm continuously swung and missed with their new development platform?
Palm has done next to nothing to really differentiate itself from their competitors. The Pre has been out for several months and its just getting paid apps now. Now they are opening up deployment but not until the end of the year. From my understanding, the Pre is a great piece of hardware. But Palm's execution has been extremely lackluster and its not at all surprising that they aren't hitting sales expectations.
- sachinag 17y agoI totally disagree - Palm's biggest hit in years was the Centro. The Pixi is the replacement for that. All the stuff with their App Catalog and the Pre were just training wheels for the real mass-market product: the Pixi. Remember, the first year of the iPhone had lackluster sales, as well - mainly because they didn't have carrier subsidies. The Pixi will sell like hotcakes because 1) it's gonna be cheap and 2) it'll be everywhere.
- ssharp 17y agoThat is assuming a lot, including that they won't flub the release of the Pixi. Also, I thought the Pixi was going to be Sprint-only. Even if the Pixi is available on all carriers, the only key differential is availability. With Apple's contract with AT&T expiring next year, your only horse can't be availability. They'll just continue to pilfer MS from non-Apple phones and not stop Apple's growing share.