Will Pre Save the Palm?
It is certainly a big gamble for any company to entrust their future in a single project. Unfortunately, the U.S. company came to a point where it has no choice.
Irresponsibly neglected its great market share in the segment of which were leaders for several years, the smartphone, and allowed skilled players to compete is put first and then driven to the point of almost putting it into bankruptcy, which of This project failed technological Pre WebOS and its new software is said to be imminent.
Palm was undisputed market leader, I personally had a Palm III PDA in 2001, was my first foray into this type of devices. They were crazy for the amount of things to do to allow that time, of course can now be ridiculous next to the most simple in the smartphone market, but the beginnings were so juicy niche that now accounts for manufacturers of mobile technology.
The upcoming June 6, within two days, Palm finally launched the device so that a shot and another video on the net about it, but few people have had the opportunity to try to make a detailed and revealing account of once and for all who wonder if the Palm promises will be.
One of the lucky few to have one and do a test everything that is, the site has been highly specialized and recognized by users of internet and technology Boygeniusreport.com, unfortunately for the Pre Palm did not come out well rid of that review.
Boygeniusreport.com event that the software and the screen is truly a point and beyond, but complains about the hardware, said it gave the impression of being a toy, a cheap plastic device that is not on your keyboard ergonomics since with your thumb covers almost two or three letters at a time to be an ordeal trying to type a sentence as it does with other devices with physical Qwerty keyboard equivalent.
Palm is betting a total revolution with this device compared with its last launch last year, the Treo Pro, but that was not the same as it contains the outdated Palm OS operating system but with a better presentation, we the same but in a new case.
The sales of smart mobile phones (smartphones) worldwide have surprised many because contrary to economic data and the general segment of the mobile phones “normal” smartphones have risen by 12.7%.
Palm is a difficult scenario because you have to face players who did not have years ago when he was the leader, and the worst is that they are becoming strong contenders: Apple iPhone with its market share rose from 5.3% a year earlier to a 10.8%, stronger opponent is another BlackBerry that an increased share of 13.3% the previous year to 19.9% and the market leader for smartphones is the market leader for conventional cell phones, Nokia, which has a enviable 41.2% of the market.
The doubts will be cleared from this coming June 6, the date on which Sprint will sell it, and frankly I hope it goes well for Palm. Hope that their expectations are met because we have seen countless times that more competition (in any rotation) is in the market, consumers are the winners in the race between manufacturers to see who wins the election and encouraging technological advances in software in hardware and better prices.
Welcome Palm Pre.
