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Colin Dunstan · 11-14-2004, 10:32 AM

You're right the article doesn't say it explicitely, nor would Colligan be wise to do so, but everything he has said so far pretty much cancels out the possiblity for future palmOne high-end PDAs.

Remember we are talking about palmOne here, not Dell or HP. When palmOne brings out just ONE new device, it is a big thing; on the other hand, Dell or HP (or even Sony in the past for that matter) have sufficient R&D resources to ship at least one new device every 3-4 months. So if Colligan wants to focus on Smartphones and low-end PDAs, and at the same time says the mere focus on PDAs would cannibalize the market, it is obvious (at least to me) that palmOne simply cannot with its given resources do more but abandon the high-end PDA sector.

Let me add a poll to this thread - I'd be interested to know what the majority here thinks!

11-14-2004, 10:32 AM	#4
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	You're right the article doesn't say it explicitely, nor would Colligan be wise to do so, but everything he has said so far pretty much cancels out the possiblity for future palmOne high-end PDAs. Remember we are talking about palmOne here, not Dell or HP. When palmOne brings out just ONE new device, it is a big thing; on the other hand, Dell or HP (or even Sony in the past for that matter) have sufficient R&D resources to ship at least one new device every 3-4 months. So if Colligan wants to focus on Smartphones and low-end PDAs, and at the same time says the mere focus on PDAs would cannibalize the market, it is obvious (at least to me) that palmOne simply cannot with its given resources do more but abandon the high-end PDA sector. Let me add a poll to this thread - I'd be interested to know what the majority here thinks!