I'm not going to keep touching upon editorials regarding Palm's losses but two editorials this morning hitting the web, first with Bloomberg, entitled, Palm Loss Is Wider Than Estimated as BlackBerry Gains.
"The report marked Palm's fourth straight quarterly loss. Demand for the seven-year-old Treo has waned as Research In Motion and iPhone maker Apple Inc. added new features and designs more quickly. The success of Palm's Web-browsing Centro wasn't enough to return the company to profitability because the device is cheaper and has lower margins than the Treo. ``The Treo has fallen off the cliff,'' said Pablo Perez- Fernandez, an analyst at Global Crown Capital in San Francisco. He has a neutral rating on the stock and doesn't own any. ``The Centro is doing well, but that's not enough.'' "
In the meantime The Wall St Journal reports Palm Swings to Loss
" Palm Inc. swung to a loss in its fiscal fourth quarter as the popularity of its low-cost Centro device wasn't enough to offset slow sales of the flagship Treo line. Strong sales of the $99 Centro helped Palm gain share in the smartphone market during the quarter," [Registration may be required]