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Palm's Mistakes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

putko writes "Mike Singer has an article at ZDNet called Five reasons for Palm's slide which describes succinctly how Palm went from owning the palmtop platform -- OS and apps -- to getting chopped into pieces (some recently sold to a Japanese firm), using an OS from Microsoft and teaming up with Microsoft. The author claims, among other things, that Palm's stuff never worked well enough with Windows (while the RIM Blackberry did), which ultimately allowed Windows Mobile to eliminate them. A hard fall for a company that really did innovate."

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  1. It's all the Internet Porn. by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait... I've misunderstood what "Palm's slide" means, haven't I...

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  2. The Palm Trilogy by Luddite+Slayer · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Where Palm Went Wrong", "More of Palm's Great Mistakes", and "Who is this Palm Person ANyway?"

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    1. Re:The Palm Trilogy by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      You left out my personal favorite: "Well, That Just About Wraps it Up for Palm".

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  3. Re:Mistakes? by Anita+Coney · · Score: 2, Funny

    "So what was Palm's big mistake again?"

    You must be new here: Teaming up with Microsoft.

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