Industrial sabotage?
On 2/11/10, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: > MAAN > > 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/
