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    Report: Beleaguered Palm axing jobs due to disappointing ‘Pre’ sales
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    If true, that may explain the fast price cuts by resellers: First a $50 discount to $150 with a rebate, then slashed to $100 in Amazon, and then the all-mighty Walmart cutting it to a ridiculous $80." "It will also explain Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's less than enthusiastic comments about the Palm Pre, when he admitted in a Charlie Rose interview that the Pre couldn't play in the same league as the iPhone, 'the Michael Jordan' of smartphones" Diaz reports. "Could this be connected to the rumors about Verizon ditching the Pre? Full Article at MacDailyNews
    It will also explain Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's less than enthusiastic comments about the Palm Pre, when he admitted in a Charlie Rose interview that the Pre couldn't play in the same league as the iPhone, 'the Michael Jordan' of smartphones
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago
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Report: Beleaguered Palm axing jobs due to disappointing ‘Pre’ sales
  1. However, the core economics around the Palm Pre's market are slipping.
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago
  2. One tip has the smartphone creator laying off some staff within the US. Numbers and the particular divisions affected aren't mentioned by CoolSmartphone; the move is only known to be prompted by 'restructuring,'
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago
  3. Could this be connected to the rumors about Verizon ditching the Pre? Only time will tell.
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago
  4. Eleven weeks of inventory in the channel is an staggering number. If true, that may explain the fast price cuts by resellers: First a $50 discount to $150 with a rebate, then slashed to $100 in Amazon, and then the all-mighty Walmart cutting it to a ridiculous $80.
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago
  5. Palm is engaging in a fresh round of job cuts due to disappointing sales of the Pre, according to a pair of assertions made today
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago
  6. An 11-week glut of inventory in the channel? If that’s the case, it’s certainly cause for concern, more so because many investors are evidently unaware that this is even a possibility.
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago
  7. Palm and Sprint investors both might want to pay a bit more attention to Sprint’s 10-k in the future
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 2 months ago

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