Palm CEO Unsure About Role for Voice
Palm CEO Carl Yankowski said recently, "Voice and data are coming together, but right now I'm not sure how." He also pointed out that they could give phone capabilities to the Palm, "but I'm not sure that's what customers want."
This was during a speech with Psion Founder and Chairman David Potter on third generation wireless devices. Yankowski said that the biggest challege of 3G would be making the content and services compelling enough to make customers want to pay for them and "how to get those killer apps out on the market in a friendly way."
In discussing what customers might be charged for such 3G services, Yankowski said, "Today we charge roughly $40 per month, and we don't want to change more than that. Frankly, you could probably price (services) plus 2 percent or plus 5 percent, and people will pay that if they find value," Yankowski said. "Voice is the real rip off."
"I don't care about selling devices anymore; I care about selling services," Yankowski said. "The key thing that we do know is that we need to focus on a great user experience."
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RE: Good Plan!
The PocketPC is simple to use, stylish, thin, has better battery life than the Palm IIIc (the Compaq device gets 12 hours while the IIIc only gets 9)and I can get a Jornada 540 for $415 while the IIIc costs $450! And Palm is wondering why their color handheld isn't selling well? Could it be that maybe it doesn't do enough to warrant a $450 price tag?
The last thing I want to see is Palm being crushed by Microsoft, but so far it doesn't seem like Palm is doing anything to innovate or evolve their product. Sadly, their vision of handheld computing is too narrow and is becoming somewhat dated! At least Microsoft is making an effort (a serious one!) to push the envelope of mobile computing.
RE: Good Plan!
Enjoy your PocketPC and give the rest of us a brake.
RE: Good Plan!
Why do I use the word "Sadly"? Because it is sad! Microsoft's platform is actually more innovative than the Palm as it stands now. For example: ActiveSync is far superior to Palm's HotSync. Palm has done nothing significant to their platform since 1996. What's going on? When are we going to see a higher res color display...ebooks that actually look good...or even a little multimedia. I could care less about viewing 10 second video clips on a PDA, but MP3 music? That's a different story. You haven't lived until you can listen to your favorite music while surfing through AvantGo.
Seriously, does anyone know what Palm is doing with OS 4.0, such as features? When will it be out? Will the Sony PDA run on OS 4? Will it have a higher res color display? I know it's going to have digital audio, but does this mean that the Palm OS is now going to support audio? Or is this simply a hardware solution implemented by Sony?
If Palm or a licensee can offer competing features to a Pocket PC, then I may go back to an "improved" Palm as my primary PDA. For now I'll stick with my PocketPC and hope that Palm realizes that the rules are changing!
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RE: my bad
RE: my bad
Incidentally, Palm is also rumored to be dumping this naming scheme because most people can't keep them straight.
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pocket pc
How could Yanowski not know?
Bluetooth? Where ?!?
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Good Plan!
When will Palm actually put some long needed features into their devices! The PocketPC's are looking very tempting now.