James at JK On The Run has written a good editorial on the state of Palm entitled The state of Palm- turn out the lights. "ow they are back with the Palm Treo Pro so where does that leave Palm as a company? I have no idea and that can't be good. There is nothing compelling about this new Treo, it still runs Windows Mobile as the operating system. Even Palm couldn't bring themself to go with the many years old Palm OS. That's a good business decision but it brings home the fact that Palm has nothing much left in the tank. The new Treo looks like the Centro, no doubt intentionallly as Palm will tell you that the Centro is their most successful gadget ever with millions sold. They seem to overlook the fact that the maximum selling price for the Centro is $99 and that probably had more to do with the sales numbers than the gadget itself. While the Centro looks good for a $99 phone the same look and feel for a $500-plus Treo doesn't work. It looks like a toy."
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