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Originally posted by klbjr:
So when does the competition begin? Because from my scorecard the Pre hasn't scored a point yet. I'm not talking about what will hopefully happen. . .
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On the one hand, I'd like to say we've taken a poll and the competition won't start until you leave (ha, ha). On the other hand, people get so sensitive here. But my honest opinion is Palm is intent on surviving, not competing with Apple. They need to perfect the webOS to impress other carriers, additional customers, and developers.
They will review what they developers have put together and make sure some critical and fun applications get out their, but they can't afford to let their focus stray from the main objective: a solid device on a solid platform.
"If you build it, they will come." The applications will come if there is enough customer base and interest. Palm can't go after the iPhone market and apps. They can loosen some of the Blackberry customer base (especially if their new-evidence - my son) and some of the iPhone people will come, because it's such a cool device that's attractive, fun and productive. But they can't go after the it's cool and fun crowd. Apple is two years ahead of the game on that market.
The smart phone market is wide open and since the iPhone is only open for AT & T customers in America, the American market is wide open and with plenty of room. Hundreds, if not thousands of people, are switching from mobile phones to smart phones everyday. Palm wants to survive and take advantage of a market they created, but grew stale in. Palm did not listen to it's customers and wouldn't change course from the Palm OS and a chunky handset.
This is a resurrection for Palm, they need to take advantage of it and not get pulled in by diversions and disruptions. Let the developers, develop. Perhaps even hiring a developer panel to test and review apps. Let Palm's people keep working on perfecting the webOS.