Tuesday, September 14, 2004
"Palm Thinks It Knows Better Than European Users"
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 09:00 AM
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1644687,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000605
I have been saying this for years! My biggest problem with Palm is not specifically how the OS works or doesn't work. There are a lot of applications and operating systems that I don't like particular aspects of and I simply don't use them. Palm has always gotten under my skin though because they repeatedly tell you how you should use the device. They told you you didn't need a color screen, you didn't need storage cards, multitasking, etc.
Well, the Treo 600 is faring quite poorly in Europe. Orange reportedly has inventory they can't move, which is is a stark contrast to the US market where resellers have had difficulty keeping the 600 on the shelves. Europe is a very different place than the US when it comes to cell phones and, yes, bluetooth technology. They were told before they went to Europe, put bluetooth in the devices. Seeing how much of a general flop bluetooth is in the US, Palm didn't see the need. They knew better. :roll:
"Orange has had the exclusive rights to the Treo, and it certainly hasn't been short of product. They'll tell you as much—and they told Forbes as much: "Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi said: 'We still see [the Palm OS] as a very niche operating system beside Symbian and Microsoft Pocket PC. PalmOne has a geographical advantage in the US, and I don't think the reason it has not taken off here is all to do with the supply...When they showed me the prototype of the Treo 600, I said: "It's got to have Bluetooth, for Europe!" Anybody who actually lived in Europe could have warned them, and did: "We're all going to legally mandated hands-free, and drivers don't want wires tangled around the gear shift and hand-brake."'
They know better.
I have been saying this for years! My biggest problem with Palm is not specifically how the OS works or doesn't work. There are a lot of applications and operating systems that I don't like particular aspects of and I simply don't use them. Palm has always gotten under my skin though because they repeatedly tell you how you should use the device. They told you you didn't need a color screen, you didn't need storage cards, multitasking, etc.
Well, the Treo 600 is faring quite poorly in Europe. Orange reportedly has inventory they can't move, which is is a stark contrast to the US market where resellers have had difficulty keeping the 600 on the shelves. Europe is a very different place than the US when it comes to cell phones and, yes, bluetooth technology. They were told before they went to Europe, put bluetooth in the devices. Seeing how much of a general flop bluetooth is in the US, Palm didn't see the need. They knew better. :roll:
"Orange has had the exclusive rights to the Treo, and it certainly hasn't been short of product. They'll tell you as much—and they told Forbes as much: "Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi said: 'We still see [the Palm OS] as a very niche operating system beside Symbian and Microsoft Pocket PC. PalmOne has a geographical advantage in the US, and I don't think the reason it has not taken off here is all to do with the supply...When they showed me the prototype of the Treo 600, I said: "It's got to have Bluetooth, for Europe!" Anybody who actually lived in Europe could have warned them, and did: "We're all going to legally mandated hands-free, and drivers don't want wires tangled around the gear shift and hand-brake."'
They know better.
