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What Happened To Palm?

Ian Lamont writes "Palm's fourth quarter results came out a few days ago, and they were not pretty: Palm reported losses of 40 cents per share, for a quarterly loss of $43.4 million. It's the fourth straight quarter of losses, and it's clear that the company is not faring well in the rapidly evolving smartphone market. The Treo line is lagging after seven years, and while the Centro has done well, it's not well enough to compete with the likes of the iPhone 3G and RIM's surging BlackBerry line. New competition is on the horizon, with developers and manufacturers working on the Google Android platform and the recent news that Symbian is being open-sourced. What happened to Palm? What can the company do to effectively compete in the mobile market, and turn its fortunes around?"

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  1. Re:My story... by Bandman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can tell you've been thinking a lot about this. How do you really feel? ;-)

  2. Re:My story... by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why on earth are you paying $1/min for your cell phone coverage?

    Knowing Palm, support was a 1-900 number.

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  3. Re:He's dead Jim by dunnius · · Score: 2, Funny

    Things are getting a bit hairy at Palm!

  4. Re:My story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You may not have intended offense, but don't be surprised if someone clocks you in the nose if this is how you act in real life.

  5. Re:My story... by xerxesVII · · Score: 3, Funny

    All this time I thought there was something wrong with me. Then I find out you're out there spouting this stuff and you point out there's a whole movement?

    Christ, I guess it's kind of appropriate that it should have started nearly ten years ago and I'm only just now finding out about it.

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  6. Re:A sad but familiar story by Danathar · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, they probably learned from Commodore instead.

  7. Re:My story... by hldn · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe if youd just relax, you wouldnt have a problem with those people.

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  8. Re:Update the interface already! by njh · · Score: 2, Funny

    It broke 3 days after the warranty expired? That sounds like brilliant engineering!

  9. Re:My story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Knowing Palm, support was a 1-900 number.

    But my god did Chris have a sexy voice...