http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Palm to close all retail locations but one, for real http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/Jan 26th 2008 1:31PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/
Either way, this is great news as this is exactly what Palm should be doing. And when will Engadget stop patting itself on the back for the open letter nonsense? Yikes.]]>Jan 26th 2008 1:46PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/
There were hardly any customers though.]]>Jan 26th 2008 3:52PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/
The new OS is extremely simple to develop for but at this point it sounds as if all Palm legacy apps will not work. I expect it to feature heavy use of Wi-fi and internet connectivity including VoIP and possibly mobile media access. ]]>Jan 27th 2008 5:14PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/01/26/palm-to-close-all-retail-locations-but-one-for-real/
Plus, if airport premium pricing applied to Palm stores as it does to other airport stores, you'd think most people in the target segment would know they could order it online for cheaper and would bypass the stores.

Seems like maybe visibility to the business crowd might have been the best benefit of those stores (Hey! Hey! We're not dead! Promise!). They should have sold coffee.]]>Jan 30th 2008 1:19AM