{"id":256,"date":"2006-05-03T14:18:34","date_gmt":"2006-05-03T13:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=256"},"modified":"2006-05-03T14:18:34","modified_gmt":"2006-05-03T13:18:34","slug":"palm-and-the-mysterious-nosedive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Palm and the mysterious nosedive"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am seeing all sorts of articles about Palm and handheld devices in general being in a nosedive. Handheld Sales Nosedive<\/a> and Handheld sales continue to slide<\/a> and it represents what is wrong in market research. Market Research! <\/p>\n

The primary reason that Handheld sales, and most notably Palm, it this. While most companies are in the replacement\/upgrade mode of operation, Microsoft\/Intel mindset. Where every time a software release is, well, released. You must buy a new computer. Palm has had a serious problem with their systems, they don’t need replacement. At least not very often. And while they are not perfect, they have bugs, and issues, they do something that other machines don’t do. They are consistent, focused products. Once a bug becomes a known bug, there is a known work around by the owner. And once learned, it’s not a problem. They don’t break often, I still have my Palm Vx, the battery still holds a charge for weeks, it’s reliable and still syncs with my Mac. The only upgrade I ever had for the palm was from a V to the Vx and that’s only because I crushed the screen on the V. Mind you the crushed V still works, but the screen is a bit unusable. And that is the problem. Lots of people have Palms, almost no one needs an upgrade. So the appearance of a ‘slide’ is sales is more about saturation than about lack of interest. I still use mine, and I’ll bet many people still do. But an upgrade, not really. Though the Palm T\/X has been tempting with it’s WiFi abilities. <\/p>\n

So get over the ‘sales’ figures, if you need a Palm, go buy one. It’ll last for years, and you probability won’t need another. And forget about this UMPC thing, it won’t keep up with a Palm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am seeing all sorts of articles about Palm and handheld devices in general being in a nosedive. Handheld Sales Nosedive and Handheld sales continue to slide and it represents what is wrong in market research. Market Research! The primary…<\/span><\/p>\n

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