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Reorganization At Palm Contributes to Layoffs

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dmevis

Dec 13, 2007, 8:10 PM

Palms Problems are Self-Inflicted

Most of Palms problems are self-inflicted by incompetent management. Unfortunately, the management will remain until they receive a "golden parachute" to leave. In the mean time, it is the valuable employees of Palm that will loose their jobs.
I agree, this company self destructed, either by selling off their OS, or separating the company in two. And thats only the start. They've been promising a new OS for about two years now, which will be Linux based, now they say another year.

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SpectreBlofeld

Dec 13, 2007, 7:30 PM

The problem

Biggest problem with the Treo line as far as my stores are concerned is the exhorbant price. Full retail on the Treos runs about $600, while other comparable PDAs/smartphones average $100-200 cheaper, and have the same featureset.

Our Blackberry sales have soared, and now make up at least 2/3 of our PDA sales.
BB's are takin over...they are so damn stable and they look so great! Im sitting here looking at my 8830 and its just a gorgeous phone. Treo's and a look of the pocket Pc's are heavy and clunky.

Palm needs a complete overhaul and give their fans ...
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snang

Dec 13, 2007, 4:42 PM

WOW!

Merry Christmas faithful Palm employees!

We couldn't wait until January, we decided it would be a good idea to fire a bunch of people right before Christmas.

Good one!
I know! That's so wrong! And their market share is dropping, hummm...

It's not the people, it's their devices!! Palm has some decent models out there, however they just need to rework the design of them. My experience with them comes down to the bu...
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Wasn't PALM going to get bought by Nokia or Motorola? Too bad they didn't take them up on that offer, because I am sure they would not want them now. We deal with some PALM folks at my work, and they are SO difficult to work with/for, it is not surp...
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