Comments on: Thoughts about Palm. And its failures. http://www.stevenloi.com/2009/12/18/palm-wont-win-too-bad-they-dont-even-know-how-to-get-in-the-race/ My personal thoughts on mobile, technology, finance, and opportunities. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: adminhttp://www.stevenloi.com/2009/12/18/palm-wont-win-too-bad-they-dont-even-know-how-to-get-in-the-race/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 admin Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:27:41 +0000 http://www.stevenloi.com/?p=32#comment-1299 Palm had about a 1 yr window to do this. And they haven't. Andriod is that player now. They'll squeeze out a few more subscribers here and there once they can distribute their devices on other networks (Verizon comes to mind), but unless they have a complete shift in their current strategy, they won't stand a chance at this current rate. Palm had about a 1 yr window to do this. And they haven’t. Andriod is that player now. They’ll squeeze out a few more subscribers here and there once they can distribute their devices on other networks (Verizon comes to mind), but unless they have a complete shift in their current strategy, they won’t stand a chance at this current rate.

]]> By: Joshua Gohttp://www.stevenloi.com/2009/12/18/palm-wont-win-too-bad-they-dont-even-know-how-to-get-in-the-race/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 Joshua Go Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:01:43 +0000 http://www.stevenloi.com/?p=32#comment-1297 It would be a shame to see the Sun Microsystems Syndrome (great at technology, poor at everything else) inflict Palm.Given that Apple is already doing so well catering to this mass audience by promoting what end users care about, maybe Palm's best angle of attack on the problem is to go after developers by emphasizing open standards.The thing about "developers, developers, developers" is that it's not just about winning hearts and minds (appealing to their high regard for open standards or making it easy for them to get started, respectively). That will only lead to insubstantial, low-quality consumer applications. Palm has to find a way to get developers on board by appealing to their sense of greed: make them dream of dollar signs.Anyway, you have a great point. In such a big market there is plenty of room for a niche player to come in and establish a beachhead, and Palm should try to get this narrow group of people excited. It would be a shame to see the Sun Microsystems Syndrome (great at technology, poor at everything else) inflict Palm.

Given that Apple is already doing so well catering to this mass audience by promoting what end users care about, maybe Palm’s best angle of attack on the problem is to go after developers by emphasizing open standards.

The thing about “developers, developers, developers” is that it’s not just about winning hearts and minds (appealing to their high regard for open standards or making it easy for them to get started, respectively). That will only lead to insubstantial, low-quality consumer applications. Palm has to find a way to get developers on board by appealing to their sense of greed: make them dream of dollar signs.

Anyway, you have a great point. In such a big market there is plenty of room for a niche player to come in and establish a beachhead, and Palm should try to get this narrow group of people excited.

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