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  • Let’s welcome Palm to the land of the living dead

    Let’s welcome Palm to the land of the living dead

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    I’ve been bearish on Palm as a standalone platform since they launched last May and today the sadness-tinged chickens have come home to roost: Palm is now part of HP and, like the iPaq before it, the Pre and Pixi will slowly be subsumed into the company’s line-up. In fact, I couldn’t be happier for Palm. [...]

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  • Can we blame Nintendo’s profit drop on the lack of gamer’s games?

    Can we blame Nintendo’s profit drop on the lack of gamer’s games?

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    It hasn't been the best couple of months for Nintendo. Profits were down for the six months leading up to September, which the company blames on the strong yen and the Wii's price cut. Net sales, too, were down, some 34.5 percent. Fair enough, and those reasons are likely to explain Nintendo's situation, but is there something else going on? I know Pat Buchanan, the older gentlemen that he is, always uses the phrase “the chickens have come home to roost,” and I think it's applicable here. Perhaps Nintendo's strategy of selling the Wii to the “casual” crowd (housewives and the like, to simplify this) has finally run out of gas?

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