Shifting gears
September 13th, 2007
So now we get a new Treo, some new (partial) owners, and a bunch of new job postings over at Palm. Engineering and marketing, them be the categories. (Nothing Foleo-specific, other than yesterday's listing.)
Still no Foleos on Ebay yet. Yes, I know you've been checking, too.
Anyhow, it sounds like a company with changes ahead. Wonder when we'll see the new OS. Hasn't it been promised since like 1954?
In Cane's take-two, Mike points out a wonderful Jeff Hawkins quote found in Piloting Palm by Andrea Butter and David Pogue:
"You can't be swayed by public opinion about a product that people haven't had a chance to use."
If only that were still true.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
No way they’d leave that Foleo job up for another day if they weren’t working on it some more. Best news I’ve heard since the cancellation.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
FYI: I’ve been informed the repetition of the job ad might be automatic. I guess no one at Palm has noticed it’s still up (that’s if they meant to kill it along with the Foleo…).
September 13th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
but wouldn’t the auto renewel only happen at outside job sites? Palm’s page should have it right.
September 14th, 2007 at 2:33 am
I don’t think Palm was necessarily swayed by public opinion. I think they saw some legitimate problems with the software, as well as future issues with supporting two platforms.
Of course, then I have to ask myself why the heck they didn’t handle these issues a long time ago.
September 14th, 2007 at 9:50 am
That quote seems double-sided.
For one thing, some people have had a chance to use the device.
Also, I’ve seen no objection to positive public opinions about the device.