http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
Oh, wait. I know. It's problaby because Palm signed a STUPID EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT WITH SPRINT and lost all its momentum after CES 2009.

Could that be it?

(Is my rage evident?)

Sincerely,
Palm Fan Stuck in AT&T Land]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/You may be right. I sure wish I could find out for myself!

(still trying to hide my rage)]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
I was forced to buy a Touch for my Audible books though.*

*OK, Ok, and for fun too.

@SPPT

Well, they may not have had a choice. They were short of cash and needed funding. I doubt AT&T would have been willing to foot the bill against the iPhone.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
I agree. Palm used to sell so many phones because they had many carriers with both CDMA and GSM. If they sold unlocked GSM versions here in the US, I'm sure they would have sold a lot more. I used to sell unlocked Treos at work and we sold tons of them to business people who traveled a lot. Can't do that with CDMA...]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/except that in a market where the ecosystem is everthing, what's popular also happens to have a large impact on what will work for you. Just ask anyone who ever bought a Saturn Dreamcast.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
Seems to me that the Droid has just been downranked to oblivion.

]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/:thump:]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/2 negative Palm articles in 2 days. Is anyone really surprised by this 'miss'?]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
I got to see an Android phone and I think it might be a little better than the Pre, it doesnt have the speed issues and does a lot of things with a slick interface.

The Pre and Android are far and away the best phones on the market, as far as Im considered the iPhone isnt even in the same league (especially not Blackberry and Windows). They should be selling better, I dont know how Palm is screwing it all up, maybe its just too many years of mediocrity associated with the brand.]]>Feb 25th 2010 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Given that most people's complaints with the Pre typically had nothing to do with Sprint, and the fact that Sprint's plans were far less expensive, and that Palm gained no momentum once it moved to Verizon, I think the issues fall squarely on Palm not any given carrier. Specifically Palm's hardware.]]>Feb 25th 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
In the UK, the Pre is the same price as the iphone at launch and the hardware was junk. No wonder its failing.

New hardware, better pricing and it may have a life as a 'enthusiasts' platform.]]>Feb 25th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
Motorola's management was just as bad, it seems to have improved but their product designers are stuck in the 1980's.]]>Feb 25th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
And I am also a Palm fan stuck with At&t - so i had by girlfriend buy a Pre.]]>Feb 25th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
The Palm death watch continues .....

The Rube should brush up his resume and the dick-head at Elevation partners might need to take a calmative and explain to investors how they burned through hundreds of millions of their money.....

RIM, iPhone, Android will battle it out and WinMo7 has a chance because its M$ and they have so much cash for their Office and Windows monopolies.]]>Feb 25th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/I wasn't slamming Sprint. I was slamming exclusivity agreements, which-- I think we can all agree-- really SUCK.]]>Feb 25th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Right. For example they didn't get my money because there is no unlocked gsm version. :D Good for me.]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Ahh agreed!]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/You will be surely missed (NOT!)
-1 American company in the world :D]]>Feb 26th 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
Sprint sold 1.5 million Palm Pre phones... Verizon, are you listening?

While some are commenting and others are speculating - Palm is fixing the Verizon mess. They have sent 200 sales ambassadors to Verizon wireless stores to get their employees a little motivated. These are the same employees who have been persuading Palm customers to buy other branded phones.

Verizon is starting to make Sprint look good! Sprint has been able to sell approximately 500,000 Palm Pre phones each quarter for a total of approximately 1.5 million in 3 quarters.]]>Feb 27th 2010 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
To think that the smartphone OS game is over with another 3 years left in the game is kind of premature, when you look at it objectively.

Whether Palm can afford to keep playing that game is a different story.
]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/RIM's Blackberries have more marketshare than the iPhone, yet the iPhone, Android, and to a much lesser extent WinMo still coexist.

I think Palm needs to introduce a new high-end model, as opposed to just a refresh.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
yeah, almost 200,000 apps, what a useless piece of crap]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
Palm's Achilles heel is simply that they've always been short on cash in the last few years, so they can't afford big device portfolios or huge international ad campaigns...]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
1. Nokia's OS's
2. RIM
3. iPhone
4. Android
5. Windows 7

That's enough. WebOS was doomed from the start. I honestly think that Palm should have just laid off most of their OS development staff and concentrated on making Android & (this year) Windows Mobile handsets. They could have used their lower costs to concentrate on build quality on the Android Pre, as well as keeping the price more competitive.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
Much like YouTube the total numbers are meaningless and the app store is just as choatic. Apple still hasn't managed to provide index and search options with even a fraction of the usefulness of say, Amazon. ]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
IT IS SOOO MUCH EASIER TO USE. It is such an easy, intuitive interface it has been (except recently with some slowdown) the most trouble free smartphone I have ever had.

Granted I still am irritated at lack of Video or Voicedial.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Or they could just do what Microsoft and Google does; concentrate on the software and leave the hardware to third party manufacturers. Now that would be interesting!]]>Feb 25th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/
Actually, I think they released the Pre too early. If they had released a phone later without the hardware issues (maybe around the time of the Droid release), Palm would still have had a lot of positive publicity centered around WebOS. Of course their marketing sucked as bad as their timing.]]>Feb 25th 2010 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/palm-sales-lower-than-expected-revenues-to-miss-targets/Feb 25th 2010 9:58AM