news.cnet.com - 12/2/2008
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The Centro is keeping Palm afloat, but it needs more than pretty colors to get back on track. (Credit: Palm)
With revenue falling to dire levels, Palm may need a Christmas miracle to stay afloat next year.
The latest dose of bad news? Revenue for Palm's second fiscal quarter, ...
news.cnet.com - 12/2/2008
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Roundup: Dow drops 680 points, Palm revenues crater, Trutap shutting
VentureBeat —
... Palm’s revenues crater: The maker of Treo smart phones reports that its revenues will be $190 million to $195 million, or 41 percent lower than what analysts expected. Palm’s phone are out of favor compared to Apple’s iPhone and HTC’s G1 phone with Google Android software. ...
Can a Hail Mary save Palm? Warning issued
Gadgetell —
... are setting the new OS to be the Hail Mary to save Palm. Is that fair? Certainly when work was started on it, it wasn’t intended to save the company, only carry on a the Palm tradition. Could we see Palm drop an Android phone? Would anyone care?
Palm is in a tough spot. I theorized last week that HTC might have some interest in picking them up on the cheap and that maybe the only thing that lies ahead: be bought or die.
Read: [cnet] and [wsj]
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