But What Do I Know

If I had to make a guess, I would say it almost seems like Palm wasn't really serious about returning to the smart-phone market.  A market that they held a 30+ percent share of in mid 2006.  They came out last year with a phone that could have made some gains, the Palm Pre.  At first blush it looked pretty cool, very slick, nice interface and such.  But Palm , for some reason, refused to open up an SDK for developers on a large scale.  Okay, yes they released the Pixi or whatever the hell that thing was called but then they released what was dubbed a creepy commercial.  After looking at the events I would say that palm was looking for someone to come along and offer a buyout at a premium and now that no offer has materialized they don't know what to do.  But what do I know.

The Murdoch Touch

Is Rupert Murdoch to old to understand this "internet stuff"?  I don't think charging for access to his newscorp sites is a genius move.  There are way too many alternatives available for that kind of strategy to work.  Then I looked at Myspace traffic numbers after hearing that the CEO had been canned.  Myspace has seen a pretty dramatic drop in traffic over the last two years, according to Alexa estimates.  It's hard to know, without more research, what really caused this to happen.  My first thought?  Murdoch just doesn't get it.  Second?  Facebook has been hugely successful over the past few years, Myspace couldn't help but feel that as a drain.  Lastly I thought it's probably a bit of both.  Facebook has been huge but if Myspace were backed by someone that put real time and effort into innovating that product then it may well have fared differently.