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The Unlocked Phone Movement Gets a Big Boost

> There is definitely a price war brewing...

Can companies like Palm handle a price war?

I don't think so.

We're going to see some...er..."consolida...

Palm Pre: Are Returns Slowing Growth?

The 117,000 number was changed to 55,000 in an update in the original article; it should be changed here, too.

I'd like to know where EITHER number came from, however, since I've NEVER seen such a number mentioned in years and years of Palm/Handspring watching.

Apple, Palm Lead Soaring Smart Phone Demand

There's a good book that's been out for...about 50 years I think.

Called "How to Lie with Statistics".

Highly recommended.

For example, when one is comparing differences in surveys to come to some sort of conclusion about what is being shown, doesn't it matter when the surveys were individually taken and what the context of each individual survey was?

When was the first survey taken? Was the Palm Pre available at the time? When was the second survey taken? Was the Palm Pre available at the time?

Oh...

Smartphones Becoming a Necessity, Expect More Growth

It is sufficient to have a "featurephone" that does what smartphones do (other than progammability - the ONLY feature of a smartphone that distinguishes it from non-smartphones?). Give me location, email, browsing, messaging, alarms, all the standard PIM stuff - and what else? - and I'm a Happy Camper with a featurephone.

Palm Pre: Gauging Success Will Take Time

The Pre hasn't saved Palm, Elevation Partners did with literally MASSIVE investments - THREE of the them. We'll have to see how the Pre does, not Saturday, but a few weeks down the line when non-early-adopters express whatever interest they're going to express in it. In between now and then the Pre must PROVE to be a robust piece of hardware and software or those early-adopters buying Saturday are going to FILL the web with their complaints of crashes or hardware malfunctions.

And, of course, there's that small matter of...you know...Apple.

Does Palm's Pre Have Anything on the iPhone or Storm?

The "problem" with the Pre is it's not right for a celebrity to use two hands - they have to be holding the Pre up to their ear while glancing to the side at someone with a crinkled-nose smile while waving cutely with the other hand. If they do that with the Pre you don't even SEE it.

Did you see that Microsoft set of tweets that just happened and is being "reported" around by the Engadgets of the World? "Hold off on getting an iPhone/Pre" Yikes!

Palm's Pre: Likely to Break

> ...But it's hard to believe they will have a glitch free phone right out
> of the starting gate when supposedly this one has a lot of new tech
> on it...

I'd actually be MUCH more concerned about their (necessary for WebOS/Synergy) server farm having teething problems; it's unlikely they have tested it with a simultaneous load of, say, 50,000 to 100,000 Pre owners.

Palm Centro: Doing Well, But the iPhone's Coming

The Centro is on AT&T as well, though rumored to be selling poorly there.

As such, one doesn't have to switch carriers to use the iPhone instead.