Comments on: Palm: We’re Desperate, Get Used to It http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090309/palm-we%e2%80%99re-desperate-get-used-to-it/ by John Paczkowski Fri, 25 May 2012 00:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Palm’s Pre Bake Sale a Resounding Success | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090309/palm-we%e2%80%99re-desperate-get-used-to-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5683 Palm’s Pre Bake Sale a Resounding Success | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:18:39 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=14470#comment-5683 [...] of its previously announced public offering of common stock to about 23.125 million shares from 18.5 million shares turned out to be a wise one. The value of the company’s stock rose sharply this morning [...] [...] of its previously announced public offering of common stock to about 23.125 million shares from 18.5 million shares turned out to be a wise one. The value of the company’s stock rose sharply this morning [...]

]]> By: FT.com | Tech Blog | techfile 10.3.09 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090309/palm-we%e2%80%99re-desperate-get-used-to-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5671 FT.com | Tech Blog | techfile 10.3.09 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:00:33 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=14470#comment-5671 [...] extra cash through the resale of shares recently acquired by Elevation Partners. Palm, which has no more than $220m in cash on hand, badly needs the cushion, and use will some of the capital to help finance the launch of the [...] [...] extra cash through the resale of shares recently acquired by Elevation Partners. Palm, which has no more than $220m in cash on hand, badly needs the cushion, and use will some of the capital to help finance the launch of the [...]

]]> By: Tony Clark http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090309/palm-we%e2%80%99re-desperate-get-used-to-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5666 Tony Clark Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:23:35 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=14470#comment-5666 Palm, once the golden boy of the handheld market is now the 4th dog in a 3 dog race. Between Windows Mobile, Apple and Google's Android it's hard to see Palm making a comeback. It's especially hard to understand why Palm chose Sprint to exclusively bring the Pre to market. That doesn't seem like a company posied for a 4th quarter comeback. Palm always had some great ideas and I'd love nothing more for them to put Apple and Microsoft on notice with a killer product but sadly I think that's like dreaming of the DOW breaking 1400 anytime soon. Palm, once the golden boy of the handheld market is now the 4th dog in a 3 dog race. Between Windows Mobile, Apple and Google’s Android it’s hard to see Palm making a comeback.

It’s especially hard to understand why Palm chose Sprint to exclusively bring the Pre to market. That doesn’t seem like a company posied for a 4th quarter comeback.

Palm always had some great ideas and I’d love nothing more for them to put Apple and Microsoft on notice with a killer product but sadly I think that’s like dreaming of the DOW breaking 1400 anytime soon.

]]> By: Mac Beach http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090309/palm-we%e2%80%99re-desperate-get-used-to-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5664 Mac Beach Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:33:47 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=14470#comment-5664 Former Palm Fanboi here!: I bought into three generations of this stuff hardly distinguishable one from the other and all priced as if it was based on nuclear fusion. I even have a keyboard and modem for the bloody things. You wore us out Palm. I used you until I almost went blind (er, or something). They missed so many opportunities to capture the market with low-cost devices it's pathetic. Finally they put out a $99 device after the party was over. Now they are playing "me-too" to the iPhone. Good luck with that! I would sell off what is left to Casio, who will market the device in drug stores for $19.95 or to be given away with magazine and banking services promos. Palm could also become a re-marketer for Android, where people actually did new work and created a commodity device. They have become as moribund as Microsoft, but without the bank account to keep themselves going. It's all over bar the mergers and acquisitions folk. Former Palm Fanboi here!:

I bought into three generations of this stuff hardly distinguishable one from the other and all priced as if it was based on nuclear fusion. I even have a keyboard and modem for the bloody things.

You wore us out Palm. I used you until I almost went blind (er, or something).

They missed so many opportunities to capture the market with low-cost devices it’s pathetic.

Finally they put out a $99 device after the party was over. Now they are playing “me-too” to the iPhone. Good luck with that!

I would sell off what is left to Casio, who will market the device in drug stores for $19.95 or to be given away with magazine and banking services promos.

Palm could also become a re-marketer for Android, where people actually did new work and created a commodity device. They have become as moribund as Microsoft, but without the bank account to keep themselves going.

It’s all over bar the mergers and acquisitions folk.

]]> By: Sam Harrison http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090309/palm-we%e2%80%99re-desperate-get-used-to-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5656 Sam Harrison Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:48:30 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=14470#comment-5656 the palm story is over...they blew an opportunity years ago to upgrade pilot users to a super cell phone the palm story is over…they blew an opportunity years ago to upgrade pilot users to a super cell phone

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