Reorganization At Palm Contributes to Layoffs
Dec 13, 2007, 12:36 PM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Dec 14, 2007, 9:08 AM
Palm has laid off more than 100 people, or about 10% of its workforce, as well as reassigned some of its employees in an on-going internal reorganization that it hopes will help revive the company. Palm brought in a former Apple employee, Jon Rubinstein, to help resurrect the smartphone maker's lineup of devices. He had a hand in crafting the final stages of the recently released Centro, and is concentrating the company's efforts on finalizing its next-generation operating system so it can launch fully realized new devices in late 2008 or early 2009. Palm has struggled recently to retain a hold of the smartphone market. Its share stands at just 4%, while competitors such as RIM and Nokia have grabbed 9% and 46%, respectively.
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Palms Problems are Self-Inflicted
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The problem
Our Blackberry sales have soared, and now make up at least 2/3 of our PDA sales.
Palm needs a complete overhaul and give their fans ...
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WOW!
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!
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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