[Blahbler @ Sep 12th 2007 6:09PM]

Apple is dead, dying, gone, etc. What does palm have for a market share? It's not like they aren't getting some of the best crooks...erm minds in the business. Palm is a company that has a ton of great third party apps and software (yes, I'm talking about using Palm OS) and too many products of the wrong kind.

People criticize the iPhone for being simplistic, not open to developers, and lacking basic features (correct on both counts). Palm is in the other boat (not the 'one slowly sinking'), they have everything they could want from field use medical software to GPS. If they just managed to buy out some of the better third party apps instead of making bundling deals, simplified their line to a one (1) real phone and one (1) PDA with each being complete, then they would have a chance to at least exist in a niche market.

With Palm phones I have always looked at the features missing from each model or only available on the wrong network, although not network dependent features, and decided to 'wait for the next product'. There just hasn't been a next.

Who wants a phone or PDA where you not only have to learn different input methods, but also need to learn different operating systems?

Simplify, load up, sell in volume, just put out a decent product at a good price. Your best friends were users and hackers, not telcos. Running windows on a phone doesn't make it a more desirable phone or PDA. Either Palm gets some guidance that does not include listening to every idiot in the world or they are going to have all their IP sold off at auction.

Who trusts Elevation Partners? Is that big words for High Fools?