Mike Cooper

Palm Girds for a Smartphone Comeback

I live my life through a used Palm T3 that I bought off ebay and pimped to its maximum. I too would love for my first smart phone to be one that that is directly compatible. That said, there are too many questions here that Palm isn't answering.

If they are about to come out with a new phone now, it's going to be a Windows Mobile device. Has anyone else noticed that NO company has ever made a consistent profit off a Windows Mobile device? Such a device would be immediately judged against the Samsung Instinct that just came out; that is against a new device of a new entrant to the market. The iPhone market would barely twitch. Palm, the supposed market veteran, would have to chop its prices below Samsung to stay in the game, and it cannot afford another second tier $99 giveaway eating at its own declining Treo market.

And the new Linux-based platform they are supposed to be creating? Where/What/When is it? Palm is playing that card so close to its chest, that we don't even have a firm date! We're given no details about it which tells me there are no details to give.

Sadly, I believe Palm's window of opportunity has passed. Even a home run at this point would do no good when they have lost the ball park.

Apple's $199 iPhone Is a Game-Changer

Is Schwartz forgetting about the economy? $199 sounds like an incredible deal compared to last year. But this year, a recession year, the IPhone is an expensive toy no matter how you look at it. This move will stabilize IPhone sales nothing more.