It’s sad but true. Palm, the makers of Palm Pilots for over a decade is facing some serious financial issues. If the Palm Pre doesn’t slam dunk the market like they are projecting then the aging PDA (remember that acronym) maker may disappear. It has posted some severe losses in the first quarter this year and it’s Palm Pro for business didn’t do nearly as well as they probably hoped. Everyone is holding out for their promised crown jewel: the Palm Pre. Let’s hope it’s awesome!
For me, if Palm goes, it would be the passing of an era for sure. I remember when businessmen all carried the latest Palm device, sitting in airports with their trendy stylii and bluetooth headsets. Sad to think that those days have given way to iPhone totin’ and blackberry emailin’. Dad and Rob still swear by the Treo and, to be quite honest, I have to swear by my Tungsten. Apart from appearance (which Apple dominates), Palm offers some of the best media software out there, IMO. TCPMP, Palm Fiction, and Astroware/Popcap are apps I still use almost every day. It does everything (well almost everything) that all of the new media players do; just without the glitz and touch-y screens…wait, it pioneered the touch screen. With a plethora of excellent applications already available from third party vendors, Palm could probably be saved if the Pre delivers. If not, well…it’s been a fun run Palm.
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