Comments on: Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll

The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.

[Mr. Dee]

Interesting, didn't Lynn Fox work for Apple PR? What happened, did SJ give her the boot? Anyway, why didn't PALM just join the Android alliance and make the revitalization easy on themselves and focus on form factors and unique applications and services? I think it would help them better compete.

Palm desperately needs to leak something about their new OS and/or device. I'm a die hard fan of Palm but I haven't checked the Treo sites for half a year because there's no news and when people stop talking about your company you become irrelevant. I'd love to see what Palm has up their sleeves but it's been so long and my hopes are low that I'd take a G1 once it's available on Sprint and leave my Treo for the first time since they made the first model.

NOT GOOD PALM!

SHOW US SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!

[Scott 56]

Palm is toast; a relic of the old days; irrelevant.

Due to their own inability to upgrade their software on a regular basis to make it fresh and exciting they let others come in and do that for them.

3 relevant SmartPhone interfaces/os's are more than enough (apple, rim, google). They should just take whatever funds they have left and send them to the shareholders before they waste it.

[AndrewRich]

Palm is still around?

As much as I like my Treo 755p -- despite all of its quirks, stubborn and slow keypad, plus constant rebooting or freezes when sending email -- I'm very much looking forward to the iPhone when my cellular carrier (Telus Mobility) makes their transition from CDMA to HSPA in early 2010.

The iPhone has quirks as well but I figure that Apple will have sorted them out over the next year or so while I play with the iPod Touch in the interim.

[forever4now]

Palm should stop wasting time and resources on their own Linux implementation and adopt Android. Then they can focus their efforts on tailoring it for a "Palm" experience...if they don't like the default. Palm does make some nice looking devices, and Android would make them immediately more marketable.

[SteveW928]

I bet Ed wished he could retract this article...
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/palms-ed-colligan-laughs-off-iphone/
I guess they should have been working on their product line rather than shooting their mouth off.

[JMaloney13]

My wife and I have bought and used 4 Palm PDA's over the years. They were fairly productive units with a few problems here and there. Overall, a decent experience. Then came my experience in "Vista He!!". Palm was the lamest, most ineffective company and could not get my Palm to work with Vista. That was the end of our rope and the end of us buying Palm products to use in our daily lives! My wife now has a Crackberry and does not miss the Palm. I am looking at IPhones and other solutions.
The other poster is correct. Palm has become irrelevant due to their own sloth and arrogance. I just need something that synchs my Mac and PC's and works every day and with every OS. Yes, Vista is crap. However, it's up to Palm and Microsoft to work those issues out way before they get to me, the consumer! I say let Palm die a slow death. Innovation rules in the valley and it's been a long, long time since they did any of that!

Jeff

[remarquee]

The demise of Palm has been coming for a very long time. Failure to be
innovative is a sure way to die in the world of high tech.

The only thing that has kept it alive is a strong contingent of loyal users.

Palm's management sucks and has done so through the last two CEO's.

Gordon