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Colin Dunstan · 10-02-2005, 03:13 PM

CNET News is pointing out five reasons why Palm has fallen from grace as the market leader for handhelds:

Palm executives were slow to see the convergence of cellular phones and personal digital assistants.
Palm has had a hard time making its corporate customers happy.
The separation of Palm's hardware and software units failed to boost Palm's prospects.
Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky took their knack for innovation with them when they left in 1998 to start Handspring.
Palm had a costly product-planning snafu that stalled its fast-growing sales.

10-02-2005, 03:13 PM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	CNet's five reasons for Palm's slide CNET News is pointing out five reasons why Palm has fallen from grace as the market leader for handhelds: Palm executives were slow to see the convergence of cellular phones and personal digital assistants. Palm has had a hard time making its corporate customers happy. The separation of Palm's hardware and software units failed to boost Palm's prospects. Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky took their knack for innovation with them when they left in 1998 to start Handspring. Palm had a costly product-planning snafu that stalled its fast-growing sales. Related: How Microsoft and Palm Got Together Over Software (NYT) (thanks to PalmAddict for the link)