Kevin Maney, an analyst, wrote that the Palm Center is currently doing well. As of now, the product is proving the company that it is something that would boost its sales and something that could help the company expand its market. Before the year 2008 ends, the company is planning to have at least two million units of Palm Centro sold. However, Kwvin Maney and other analysts think that the Palm Centro can be in a vulnerable situation now that the new and affordable iPhone will be out in the market starting July 11 this year.
Well, at least the Palm Centro is currently on the right track when it comes to the smartphone industry. There are also several Treo users but this smartphone is always said to be bulky as well as buggy.
The Palm Centro will soon be distributed by Verizon Wireless as well. While the iPhone on the other hand, is exclusively carried by AT&T in United States and works only in the same network as well. So some say that iPhone may not affect or even become a threat to the Palm Centro. However, analysts said that now there are hundreds of available applications (some would even be free) that can be used on the iPhone, it is possible that consumers might switch to the other network where the iPhone could work
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06-19-2008, 12:00 PM
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