7 posts and columns on distribution deal

Is Verizon Deal Enough to Turn Palm Around?

in News on February 12, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

Palm’s new distribution deal with Verizon is proving a boon for the smartphone company, although less of one than you’d think, given the carrier’s size and reach. According to a trio of analyst notes released this week, Palm’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus haven’t exactly inspired a run on Verizon stores.
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Palm Shorts Celebrating Chinese New Years in Style Thanks to OTR Global Report

in News on February 11, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT

With a new distribution deal with Verizon in hand and another with AT&T in the works, Palm is about the last company you’d expect to shut down production of its entire smartphone lineup. Yet, that’s precisely what it did. As OTR Global reported in a breathless alert this morning, Palm has temporarily shut down production of the Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi and Pixi Plus. But not for any worrisome reason, as the OTR note seemed to imply. No, Palm handset production was shut down in observance of Chinese New Year.

Analyst: Palm May Be Acquired in the Next Two Years

in News on February 2, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

Palm’s got potential–M&A potential. That’s the word from Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg, who believes there’s a good chance the company will be acquired in the next two years.

CES: Steve Ballmer Keynote

in News on January 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm PT

Steve Ballmer is delivering his annual state-of-Microsoft address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tonight–the second he’s given since taking over the duties of former CEO Bill Gates. If anything like last year’s, Ballmer’s address will offer a broad overview of Microsoft’s consumer strategy for the year, touching on everything from the company’s hardware-software ecosystem to its home entertainment offerings. Likely to figure prominently in tonight’s address: Windows 7 and the new touch-enabled PC form factors it has evidently inspired; Bing; and Natal, Microsoft’s controller-less game control system, which will launch in time for the 2010 holidays.
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Palm: Still a "Show Me" Story. In Other News, Fire Still Hot, Water Still Wet.

in News on September 23, 2009 at 4:20 pm PT

Though its shares are up more than 900 percent since January, Palm remains a “show me” story. So says Susquehanna Financial analyst Jeffrey Fidicaro, who seems to think the Street is putting a bit too much faith in the company’s next-generation platform, webOS, and the devices that run on it.
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Palm: Still a “Show Me” Story. In Other News, Fire Still Hot, Water Still Wet.

in News on September 23, 2009 at 4:20 pm PT

Though its shares are up more than 900 percent since January, Palm remains a “show me” story. So says Susquehanna Financial analyst Jeffrey Fidicaro, who seems to think the Street is putting a bit too much faith in the company’s next-generation platform, webOS, and the devices that run on it.
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Apple in iPhone Talks With Second Chinese Carrier?

in News on September 1, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Apple will sell somewhere between five and seven million iPhones in China in 2010, according to research house Broadpoint AmTech. But that’s assuming its distribution deal with China Unicom is exclusive. And according to Apple, it’s not. “I can confirm it is not an exclusive deal,” an Apple spokesperson told Dow Jones.
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