tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post8317745485155709278..comments2024-03-11T07:06:28.190-07:00Comments on Mobile Opportunity: Understanding Palm: What Ed Colligan really saidMichael Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-70922861535820559262007-01-30T08:27:00.000-08:002007-01-30T08:27:00.000-08:00Great article Michael. I listened to this podcast ...Great article Michael. I listened to this podcast and it was really interesting. <br /><br /><i>Michael Mace wrote:<br /><br />But what does he mean by leveraging the Linux community?</i><br /><br />I thought about that too, and would like to point out that Jeff, Donna and Ed are all involved in Palm and Numenta. Numenta will be leveraging the Linux and developer community (see slide # 35 of Jeff's presentation at IBM Research's Almaden Institute Conference on Cognitive Computing <a hef="http://www.almaden.ibm.com/institute/resources/2006/Almaden%20Institute%20Jeff%20Hawkins.ppt">here</a>).<br /><br />With Jeff, Ed, and Donna all actively involved in both Palm and Numenta, and knowing Jeff Hawkins' passions for mobile and cognitive computing, I would be very suprised if Numenta technology did not find its way into future Palm products. Along this line, I'd point out the way Ed Colligan avoided answering the questions directly when asked about Numenta technology showing up in Palm's products. He ducked around answering by talking about the problems associated with handwriting recognition and true speech recognition.<br /><br />If Numenta is going leverage the Linux developer community, then that could be one way Palm might also leverage the community if/when they become a Numenta licensee.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158144164741797464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-87728441013181394052007-01-07T01:01:00.000-08:002007-01-07T01:01:00.000-08:00Thanks, Clifford. I agree that Palm could be boug...Thanks, Clifford. I agree that Palm <i>could</i> be bought. But I'm not sure it would be a good idea. Mobile data device design is still pretty close to a black art, meaning the people who know how to do it are in high demand. I'm not sure the core team at Palm would stick around through an acquisition, and without them you'd basically be buying a brand and installed base.<br /><br />I know the guy they just hired as their VP of marketing. He's very good on execution. Hopefully he can help the team deliver on its schedules better.Michael Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-83849513921214933242007-01-05T21:08:00.000-08:002007-01-05T21:08:00.000-08:00It's not out of the realm of possibility that PALM...It's not out of the realm of possibility that PALM can be bought out by somebody(s) who understand the challenges of a new product. Shake things up with the R&D team and get them to get the products out as promised. <br />-cliffordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-10119310590389971542006-12-19T09:33:00.000-08:002006-12-19T09:33:00.000-08:00Thanks, Jouni. That's on my list of "things to lo...Thanks, Jouni. That's on my list of "things to look into over the holiday."<br /><br />At first glance, the Linksys phone looks much, much better than any other WiFi phone I've seen. Most of them have looked so primitive that they were almost jokes.<br /><br />It's also very interesting to see how Cisco is trying to turn itself into a consumer products company. Not an easy task...Michael Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-51525906311597250692006-12-19T07:48:00.000-08:002006-12-19T07:48:00.000-08:00LinkSYS (owned by Cisco) has just announced "iPhon...LinkSYS (owned by Cisco) has just announced "iPhone" devices, quite surpricingly. You were referring to Apple in this article, maybe you could consider another article about this situation :)<br /><br />http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_News_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1165633352046&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapperjouni miettunenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07233375549382114547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-55236026499463835062006-12-17T19:23:00.000-08:002006-12-17T19:23:00.000-08:00Great article, thought me a lot.
Not an easy situ...Great article, thought me a lot.<br /><br />Not an easy situation for the company, hope things will get better. <br />(And I also missed a question about insiders selling .... )Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981287588687900282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-84549973435780254312006-12-14T19:13:00.000-08:002006-12-14T19:13:00.000-08:00Great insight. Go to actually know what went on th...Great insight. Go to actually know what went on than reporters slicing and spicing up comments just to make headlines. On a lighter note, Good ol Steve probably has this comment tucked somewhere hoping one day to send out a company wide memo just as he did with Michael Dell. Lets just hope he never gets a chance to do thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-65407708591091540592006-12-14T18:08:00.000-08:002006-12-14T18:08:00.000-08:00Ah, great writeup once again, Michael. Very intere...Ah, great writeup once again, Michael. Very interesting to have a peek in the industry, and your comments are quite insightful. Keep 'em coming! :)<br /><br />The time has come for Palm to diversify its products beyond just Treo's, as well as finally find a suitable replacement for PalmOS Garnet. It's obvious that they don't see ALP as being it, and that they're kinda using Windows Mobile as a stop-gap as well before their own next-gen PalmOS on Linux will come out. Palm Inc. wouldn't have been looking good if they would only be offering PalmOS Garnet in their products nowadays.<br /><br />I really hope to see Palm growing back into a worldwide leading position just as in their former glory days, with multiple licensees for their new OS (presuming they are working on a new OS). But competition is more fierce than ever, so 2007 will be a very interesting year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com