http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/ Engadget Comments for Palm announces Q4 earnings -- it's not as bad as you think http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/Jun 27th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
I can't wait to try the 800w though. Looks like my Dash upgrade has finally come.]]>Jun 27th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
Still using my Tungsten E (E, not E2) ... and not really any motivation to upgrade... Yeah the TX is nice... but I'd be paying all that extra for wifi I'd hardly use and a bigger screen. Bigger screen is nice, but 320x320 to 320x480 is not worth it for me.

Treo/Centro are not ideal for me because I like to also read ebooks on my Palm. Treo is bulky compared to the base palm, and the Centro's screen is physically smaller despite the same resolution.

Now, if Apple & Samsung and everyone else can make these super-slim touch devices... why can't Palm turn the TX into a phone without bulking it up like a TreoBrick? I'd buy THAT. THAT would be worth an upgrade.

Till then, I'll keep my T|E for PDA stuff, and my Sanyo KATANA for occaisional internet use with Opera Mini and everyday phone purposes.]]>Jun 28th 2008 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/Jun 27th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
(And if you want to argue semantics, it doesn't make much sense to say "almost inexplicable" and then give a completely logical explanation. But that's another story.)]]>Jun 27th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
Palm is still due to release its next-gen OS years late, and 3-6 months after Google's Android. And they've completely alienated their PDA-buying base. They are not out of the woods yet by a long shot.]]>Jun 27th 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
Selling cheap guarantees lots of sales (that ECON 101 price/supply/demand curve raises its head) but certainly doesn't guarantee lots of money in the corporate pocket - if any.
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Definitely not out of the woods yet. As a Palm PDA user, I am looking for other options in case Palm dies. It's looking more and more likely that my next Palm device will be made by Apple or Nokia.]]>Jun 27th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/Jun 27th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
Rare they are not bashing in this post and saying "iPhone rocks" or something like that.]]>Jun 27th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/Jun 27th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
I agree that the Centro is a good stopgap, but it will not save them and neither will the 800. WM can't save them ever.

Palm made its rep doing EXACTLY what Blackberry and iPhone are doing right now: making it easy on the end user. WM is a ball and chain that will keep them perpetually behind Blackberry and iPhone. Using WM puts them into a feature war with HTC and others. They'll lose that war. They need easy products on a modern OS. By the time they do that, Android may have brought down the hammer.

So, no, don't blame the iPhone fanbois for this one. Palm is getting just desserts from all sides.]]>Jun 27th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
But yeah, probably a good idea that they wanted to focus the company on just one OS. The Foleo in its first version would have spread the company too thin.]]>Jun 27th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/Jun 27th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/Jun 27th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/palm-announces-q4-earnings-its-not-as-bad-as-you-think/
Centro aside (it's cute, colorful & even has my wife taking a second look as her blackberry is boring & the Bold doesn't have a release date) their other phones look dated, are gigantic (Centro's big too) & just seem clunky these days.

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