Strengths of Palm
- Some loyalty among old-time Palm customers.
- Distribution through existing relationships with global carriers.
- Alternative to Apple for carriers concerned with global dominance of the iPhone. i.e. Verizon positions the Palm as an emotional favorite for women.
- Use of Javascript, rather than the closed development platform from Next. (e.g. full Javascript support for accelerator - which is missing from iPhone platform.)
- Innovates with both keypads and touch pads.
- Simpler software development, submission process.
- Simpler app store with weaker DRM.
- App catalog is open, exportable.
- High user demand, low software supply. (e.g. our first app netted 1,500 downloads on day one.)
- Dependent on investors for survival. Best developers are unlikely to work for Palm.
- Smaller development team - slower to fix code problems. (e.g. Google Analytics fails on Palm sites.)
- Not able to draw major content partners - like Youtube, publishers, broadcasters.
- Less sophisticated portal for developers.
- Terrible documentation - incomplete/incorrect.
- Cost disadvantage - due to lower volumes.
Never got the emulator to work via the Eclipse software platform kit. However, the new Ares web platform dramatically simplifes coding, testing, and submission - particularly for HTML, CSS, and Javascript developers.
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