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Another clueless CEO: Ed Colligan's Head Seems to be Stuck Somewhere (daringfireball.net)
19 points by raganwald on Aug 19, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments



It's great to read the article and see how spot on it was about the iPhone.

"an Apple cell phone is sure to be greeted by existing quote-unquote “smartphone” aficionados as utterly underwhelming. It’s hardly got any features! It’s just well-designed! [...] Meanwhile, the line at your local Apple store will stretch out the entrance and down to the mall’s food court."


What's palm actually doing these days? Do you think they'll ever release a new version of the Palm T|X?

I've been waiting to buy - the Palm T|X is almost 3 years old at this point. Should I keep waiting? Is it hopeless? Give up on them altogether? I don't want a smart phone, I want, well, I want a Palm T|X, but with more memory and a faster CPU (or better battery life).


Palm had issues long before the iPhone came around.


This is from 2006. Am I missing something?


No, it is from 2006. But it seems worth another look given the comments form the Netflix CEO--both CEOs seem oblivious to what their customers want, and instead are bulling ahead with their industry's vision of what they will stuff down the market's throat.


Ah, I see. I hadn't read the Blockbuster CEO article yet.


sure is easy to make someone look dumb from the past, it would be different if this post was made within weeks or months.


The post was two weeks after Palm CEO's remarks. And a month before the iPhone was even announced.

I guess that it was "difficult" by your definition then.




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