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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:25 PM, George Kontos <[email protected]> wrote: > Whew! See below. > > George > > --------- > > http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/debunk-palm-not-halting-pre-pixi-producti > on-just-on-hold-for/ > > Debunk: Palm not halting Pre / Pixi production, just on hold for Chinese New > Year > > By Nilay Patel posted Feb 11th 2010 3:24PM > > Oh boy. Research firm OTR Global is making some waves today with a report > claiming that Palm ordered all Pre and Pixi manufacturing to be halted, but > apparently they didn't look at a calendar -- or, you know, call Palm. We > just talked to Palm and here's the real deal: Pre and Pixi orders were > halted for the Chinese New Year on the 14th, and production will go back > online at the end of the month. That's the whole story -- Palm also told us > that production for Verizon was ramped up early in the year to cover the > downtime, so there shouldn't be any effect on availability. We'll be getting > an official statement soon, we'll update as soon as we get it. > > Update: Here's the official word from Derick Mains, Palm's director of > corporate communications: > > Palm regularly adjusts its product manufacturing levels to manage inventory. > In anticipation of the Verizon Wireless launch and Chinese New Year, we > increased production levels prior to February, and anticipate ramping > production back up after the Chinese New Year ends. > Move along, nothing else to see here. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > LightsAlive > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Treo] Re: Palm halts production of Palm Pre and Pixi? > > Just the annual two-week shutdown for Chinese New Year. We got the same from > our LED supplier, except they called it "Traditional Chinese Spring > Festival." > > Steve > > --- In [email protected], Barb Strate <aaar...@...> wrote: >> >> > http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/02/11/palm-orders-halt-on-production-of- > palm-pre-plus-palm-pixi-plus/ >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
