Comments on: Palm cuts down manpower, resents itself just a little bit

By: thegeniusfiles

thegeniusfiles — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:19:33 +0000

Palm needs to let go of its senior management esp Ed Colligan. Until that happens, no amount of layoffs will help. Will it happen? I don’t even care anymore. Palm no longer does anything interesting. Palm is irrelevant.

By: Randy

Randy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:52:48 +0000

Palm has been on the Deathwatch since ‘07. If they’ve gotten rid of the sales team, then they aren’t going to last much longer.

By: MadMike

MadMike — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:33:40 +0000

Well, they aren’t in liquidation. They are still operating as a company.

They may be on a breather, in a permanent vegetative state with a flesh eating disease that is slowly digesting their own body.

But, I wouldn’t call them dead, just yet.

By: Gauntlet Down

Gauntlet Down — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:36:00 +0000

“Being on deathwatch” sort of suggests something is dying, not already dead, no?

We’re witnessing it.

By: MadMike

MadMike — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:06:44 +0000

Palm is still in business? Haven’t they been on deathwatch for like, forever?

By: brum

brum — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:39:58 +0000

It would be a big loss to lose a company on one of the biggest revival ventures in history. I just hope the recruitment of Rubenstein and Bell plus the cash injection from Elevation Partners to achieve this turn around doesn’t go to waste, it really could become something significant.

Here’s to hoping with the new OS.

By: Grundel

Grundel — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:52:42 +0000

If this company wants to get going in the short-run, they really need to negotiate with Verizon and AT&T to get carrier-subsidized Treo Pros on store shelves soon. Then again, the features of the Treo Pro pale in comparison to some of the other smart-phones on AT&T – so it might be a tough sell.

It helps that Sprint is picking it up early next year but they’re bleeding customers themselves.

By: conrad

conrad — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:26:18 +0000

@ nickyhilton

So. I got the Bold and I love it. But while the browser is much better than the previous iterations, it still blows. Freezes up far too often.

Opera mini 4.2 is *very* fast and not at all buggy, but it’s crude and clunky. And no cut and paste, wtf??

Are there any other browser options out there??

TIA.

By: someguy

someguy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:12:47 +0000

a friend of mine works for Palm said they let the entire Sales Team go yesterday…hmmm lets see here, no carrier deals and now no sales force….Great idea palm, im sure this tactic will save the company