Palm Exec. Lays Out Plans to Increase Sales
According Todd Bradley, who is the head of Palm's hardware division, his company is focusing its efforts on three groups of potential customers: wireless users, high-end users, and first-time users. "We see growth in the pure consumer market as we move from the mobile buyer to the soccer moms of the world," he said.
It will also seek to grow its business by increasing sales in new markets like China and Brazil, instead of mainly concentrating on the U.S. market, where it is already the dominant player.
Bradley said he expects the switch to handhelds running ARM-based processors will greatly increase the power of the applications that developers can create. These more-powerful applications will increase the value of Palm's handhelds and therefore increase sales.
Earlier this year, Eric Benhamou, Palm's CEO, said his company would release models this fall that should go well with the three categories of users Bradley said Palm was going to target. One is a new low-end model which will debut for less than $100, another is a smartphone offering both voice and wireless networking functions.
Last month, an image was leaked that appears to be a new Palm handheld running OS 5 and offering other features not available on current Palm models. This model could be intended for the high-end market Bradley spoke of.
Bradley said his company isn't depending entirely on increased sales for its return to profitability. For example, it decreased operating expenses by 36% in its most recent financial quarter compared with the the same quarter last year.
Bradley spoke today at the U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Technology & Communications Conference in Boston.
Related Information:
- Dow Jones: Palm Seeks Growth Via New Products, Applications
- PIC: Palm Hints at Three New Handhelds (June 12, 2002)
- PIC: CEO Talks About Palm's Future (May 5, 2002)
- PIC: Rumor: More Details on the Next-Gen Palm Handheld (July 24, 2002)
- PIC: Palm Forum
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$ 89.00 in three colors.
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C - U - Benahamou?
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RE: Will there be a cheap lower model of the OS 5?
: Samsung
Not sure why you would pick Samsung as the first company to bring out a low end OS5 model, but that would be an interesting idea.
Samsung uses Palm OS for their smart phones, so they are more than familiar with Palm OS development. However, it'll probably be a feeble attempt for them to bring out low end devices here in the States since there is already a plethora of low end devices to choose from. Of course, if we're just talking about OS5 devices, then they have to do it first, and most of all, do it right.
But I seriously doubt this would be a possibility mainly because Samsung doesn't even make Palm OS branded PDA's in Korea. (Of course, I could be wrong and if I am, that would be great news for me since I'm looking for a Palm PDA with Korean language support. ^_^)
What's also interesting to me is that Palm markets to Korea, but they only sell English version Palms over there, yet everything on their site (http://palm.co.kr/) is in translated in Korean. But my question is: who would buy an "English only" PDA in Korea? What Palm should do is sign up with a major industrial leader (i.e. Samsung) and start developing localized versions of Palm PDA's. Now that OS5 will have high res support, maybe someone can create a Palm OS device with Korean language support, so that the characters dont' have to look ugly in low res.
I've seen some popular non-PalmOS branded PDA's in Korea and some I would consider "bricks" in terms of form factor, not to mention the ugly OS interface. Then again, that was 2 years ago, so who knows how far they've come? ;)
Jim
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like the oslo.
Excellent
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any execution yet.
I haven't seen a decent low end Palm yet.
And a good OS5 Palm.
They talked about entering China market for 2 years already. But they are still not there.
I hope it won't take them this long to produce
a good OS5 Palm or the low end Palm.
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: releasing a hires device. If you thought 160x160 was
: bad for roman languages, try reading Chinese on it.
I've had similiar opinions about CJK in general. Latin based languages are fine at that resolution, but CJK is horrible. Sony did right in making high resolution CLIÉs for easier readability of Japanese characters.
A bit of a longshot, but has anyone here had any experience in trying to install Chinese or Korean fonts on a high res CLIÉ? I'd imagine that if this was possible, the result would be just as good as Japanese characters. The only Korean PDA's I've seen were non-Palm OS branded ones and they looked bad. (I guess this includes the ACER one with Chinese on it.)
I would sincerely hope that OS5 built-in high resolution support will allow a greater CJK presence. I yearn for the day when I can use Korean fonts on my Palm. :)
Jim
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> Latin based languages are fine at that
> resolution, but CJK is horrible. Sony did right
> in making high resolution CLIÉs for easier
> readability of Japanese characters.
Many people already installed Chinese language support on Clie. I also installed a Chinese language system under English version Clie and it works very well.
RE: Excellent
for a long time. And they use Chinese char.
So this is not a problem.
Chinese PalmOS
Hmm. Are you talking about Palm Inc. (the company that makes the hardware) or PalmSource Inc. (the company that owns the platform/operating system)?
If the latter, you're mistaken: Acer introduced their S10 PalmOS device in October 2001 (10 months ago). [ref.: www.palmevolution.com]
RE: Excellent
I had it on my Palm 500 from work which I soon shelved, it's a joke, can't compare. Mind you, the same is true of those accented characters we use in other European languages.
Sure, all this also works with b&w low-res, the abacus is fine for basic arythmetic too when nothing else is available. IMO, Palm won't get market share in China/Taiwan unless it has low cost+hi res.
Yv [yves.goulnik@roche.com]
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Oh boy, now we can look forward to the ''June Clever'' Palm -
As if the Claudia S. and Michael Jordan Palms weren't enough. I guess we'll now see a B&W device called the "June Clever" Palm branded handheld. Installed apps to include: Cookbook, Soccer Mom Manager and Menstrual Cycle Calculator.
Can't wait to see it Palm! :)
RE: Oh boy, now we can look forward to the ''June Clever'' P
Who cares if women make up half the world's population? If they just stayed in the kitchen where they belong, they wouldn't want PDAs.
(Everyone else please forgive me. I couldn't let jonecool's sexist and racist comment pass.)
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It's called humor, some people like that kind of thing. Go figure.
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It is always sad when people display their ignorance for all the world to see. Palm had nothing to do with the Michael Jordan and Claudia Schiffer Palms. A separate company called PTN Media bought them from Palm, rebranded them, then sold them. You'd know that if you weren't so busy trying (unsuccessfully) to be funny.
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Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver.
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Well, I certainly hoped the Thought Police stay away from the PIC, but I am proven wrong once again. There was nothing racist in his post, just a joke that was not funny. Why don't you go read The Times or listen to Alec Baldwin instead of read "racist" postings here. You will be much more content listening to crazy lefties vs. pda zealots...
NOT RACISM
To be *RACIST* is to believe that one race is superior than another.
"Hobbits are stupid folk who are born with lesser brains than us Humans. They're simply born into inferiority"
To be *PREDJUDICED* (racially speaking) is to believe that a subject from one race is more likely to exhibit certain behaviors than another.
"You're friends with a Hobbit?!? Ha, all they do is waste their time smoking Shire weed and stealing fireworks."
Racism is about differences based on genetic inheritence per a particular race.
Predjudice is a judgement on BEHAVIOR of a subject, based on their race (or whatever the case may be).
Perhaps you feel his message contained a 'racial slur'.
I'm not qualified to give an English lesson, but since the opportunity is here, I'm gonna take it.
Do *NOT* use the word 'racist' unless it really fits.
EVER.
It hurts black people to hear the 'N' word.
It hurts women to hear the word 'Bitch'.
It hurts people who treat others fairly to hear the word 'Racist'.
Now clue in, and grow up.
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I think this poster is the racist. Why just because it's a JORDAN Palm does it have to be just for African-Americans??
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Unsurprising that many of you didn't notice, patronising as you seem yourselves, with that lack of critical insight and that bumper-sticker discourse.
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Where is the 5-series?
Surely they intend to put an ARM chip in some future 5-series model, in addition to that Oslo beast. That's a no-brainer.
If Todd Bradley is thinking about leaving that chassis out of the ARM race, somebody should give him Nero's violin.
But surely he's not a fool.
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Will there be a cheap lower model of the OS 5?
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