On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:07 PM, ldouglas <[email protected]> wrote: > So with Microsoft and RIM controlling the desktop market
How does RIM control the "desktop market"?? Seriously...I don't understand that. > and Apple > controlling the media, and Google still with some caché, how can > Palm/WebOS survive much less thrive when it's sure to be undermined by > everyone except maybe the most neutral of blog writers? Palm can survive being a niche player, but it has to develop a niche first. If it got 8-10% of the market reliably, it'd be just dandy. > Are we going > to have to hope for Apple to misstep with it's power and for public > opinion to be swayed against it? Or is that impossible in the age of > PR-led-journalism? Nah, not impossible. Apple is trendy right now. If it becomes ubiquitous, it will lose much of that air of exclusivity that the creative class / hipster society require of their personal brand investments. I think Palm could compete very well in the "grown-ups" crowd if it was a lot more savvy about how it marketed itself.
