Palm claims larger share of smartphone market, has Centro to thank

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Steve @ Jun 2nd 2008 6:40PM

I also don't uderstant why people complaint so much about Palm OS vs WM (by the way Palm sells WM phones too nut just Palm OS.)

In the general phone market the real ones gettin the lion's share of sales are not WM, iPhone or Blackberry, the largest market share is owned by regular feture phones running crappy unknown propietary "os" that does not do multitasking or even run installable apps.

Another example of the OS being insignificant to consumers is the eeePC, the linux version has a very stripped down version of Xandros linux that is archaic and limited. Also it is abailable with Windows XP (a 7 years old OS!). This has not stopped it from being a market success.

People say Palm Os is old, XP is older and still it is used and loved by many!!!

The lesson here is that non geek consumers want a device that is small, cheap and does what they need. And the Centro is doing that for many consumers.

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Kim @ Jun 2nd 2008 6:42PM

You are right. For most people Os is irrelevant when selecting a device.

Remember the MotoRAZR?

It had a crappy OS minimal amount of RAM and shitty cammera on top of that it had a whooping high price. Regardless of that it sold incredibly well and put Motorola on the top at the time.

Most people when buying a phone don't even know what OS it is running neither do they care. They buy the phone for its phisical looks mostly. The centro is the smallest full QWERTY phone available. Many regular phone users refused to move to smartphones due to the size and price centro solves both.

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