MAAN = Much Ado About Nothing
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:29 PM, ldouglas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
