The Troll says it doesn't matter how good the Pre is. The affects on S long-term will be negligible. As usual, S management is behind with market trends. It's no longer about the device or the network. It's about device applications. The iPhone and to a lesser extent Google are the dominant players in the phone application business. It's unlikely there is room for a third platform, and if there were it would take two years for Palm to catch up. By that time, S exclusivity with the Pre will be long gone, and Palm's next generation exclusivity agreement will be with another carrier, a la the Instinct.
The Pre may help maintain some existing customers who are considering switching. But overall the affect will be small.
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People who insist that Apple owns the cell phone market remind me of people who insisted they owned the PC market and little upstart Microsoft was never going to displace them.
ReplyDeleteYou do realize that employers/employees agree to contracts all the time that stipulate an employee will be terminated, not for cause, in order to insure an orderly transition?
ReplyDeleteApparently, you don't understand employment agreements.