"Michael S. Davis" wrote:
> I told you so (Palm).
Very immature and very unprofessional in both manner and style.
>
> Over a year ago, I said that Palm would have to bend to market demands
> for Color, sound and other features offered by the PocketPC. Many of
> the palm supporters and some employees of Palm said I was all wet.
Name some names. I don't find this credible at all.
>
> Well, I have just read an article in the news that says that the B/W
> models are falling by the wasteside in favor of the color devices.
There are several reasons for this. One is that in a recession like this, mid to low
end devices are the first devices to loose
volume since they are bought by people who can just afford a PDA. Thus, this public
are not buying a new PDA and choosing to keep
their old ones.
> I also just returned from a 30 day trip to Japan. What I found was that
> every child over the age of 12 had a cell phone with full color
> displays. The #1 way of accessing the internet in Japan is via these
> high tech Color Phones.
So? What does this have to do with the price of tea? Palm devices do no sell to
children. I also noticed when I was in Pittsburgh
last year that groose of perogies are getting cheaper that Palm PDAs.
>
> If Palm does not improve their OS (more file oriented) and offer more
> Color and sound options, they will cease to exist in a couple of years.
> The user market is demanding Color, Sound, Wireless.
Give me some real numbers other than your faddish technophiles that buy the latest
toys and plays with it for a few months.
>
> I know that Palm has these, but it is not their focus. However, it is
> the primary interest of users.
Again, give me some proof. While PPC sales are increasing -- hell the can't go
anywhere but up. PalmOS based devices (Palm,
Handspring, Sony, Symbol, et. al.) has 80% +/- 7% of the market share. Also, the with
the merger of Compaq and HP, it has already
been reported that the core development team of the iPaq has quit since the whole PPC
line may be discontinued on a cost saving
measure since it wasn't making Compaq any money in the short term.
Please, be more professional and don't shoot from the hip and take better aim next
time. I think you have been reading too much
marketing rhetoric and not enough real analysts data.
Steve
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