News - Palm is struggling

[HEXUS]

The maker of innovative smartphones has fallen well short of expectations with its recent earnings guidance.

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[0iD]

I read the hadline as Parm is struggling

[MadduckUK]

I read the hadline as Parm is struggling

me too

[Scott B]

LOL - I'll let him comment on that. Parm?

[Parm]

Trust me, I wouldn't be struggling if my revenues were around the $300 million mark.

[GageC]

I don't think any of us would be mate

[gagaga]

Good. I'm half hoping they go bust. Maybe if they'd actually let me buy a Pre rather than forcing me to sign up to O2 for 2 years, they'd have had a sale from me and a bunch of others.

It's not an iPhone - few people would pay penalties on an existing contract to get one, and with the two year contracts the norm now, the whole point of exclusives eludes me...

I'll drop £400-500 every month or two on a toy and would have had a pre if they were available sim free.

[mcmiller]

Yeah always seemed stupid going with the same carrier that the iphone is with, the pricing needs to be a hell of a lot more aggressive for people to actually consider having one over an iphone.

[shaffaaf27]

amazing phone, i lvoe it soo much (neve thought id say that about a phone) and with the 1.4 update today its even better.

best OS imo, not great hardware, but the OS is just sexful

[Funkstar]

I'll drop £400-500 every month or two on a toy and would have had a pre if they were available sim free.

£510.85 - http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=189165

£489.99 - http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...&ob=Price&fb=0

£468.83 - http://www.totalpda.co.uk/Palm/Palm-Pre.8000.html

And you can get 3.5% cash back for Play.com with Quidco

[Singh400]

Not really surprised to be honest. All I ever hear about is Android, HTC, iPhone and Blackberries. Hell I don't even know anyone with a Palm Pre!

[ma10]

They had problems selling the palm pre before they brought out the "plus" versions... It was promising at the beginning but I just get the feeling it's stagnating. I don't think they are marketing it enough tbh; not enticing the average joe, not encouraging developers to create those killer apps and not creating the appropriate partnerships/services online e.g. music, social networking or otherwise.