Handspring Delays Treo, Plans To Drop Organizer Line

backlonthethird writes: "http://www.palminfocenter.com has the scoop on Handspring's triple announcements yesterday. CEO Donna Dubinsky says they're dropping "Organizers," (i.e. visors?), and most of their new Treos are going to Europe because of a parts shortage. At least their losses this past quarter aren't as bad as people were expecting--they claim profitability by this Summer. What the heck is going on over there?"

Big deal

[GMFTatsujin]

I drop my organizer all the time, and I don't have to fold up a company to pay for the replacement...
Tatsujin

Business Decision

[jdc180]

>>"We are a company that is transitioning out of the organizer business and into the communicator business. At some point we will have transitioned out of the organizer business."

So let me get this straight, you're going to leave a market where you have a niche, ie: the Visor, and enter a market that's already saturated and run by Nokia, Ericson, and Motorola.

I think Qualcomm tried something similar, they should've stuck to making Eudora ;)

Re:PocketPC

[TheViffer]

the machines are overpowered

Gawd .. the day I say this about any computer is the day I realize that I am to old. :-P

But watch out for the tribbles...

[jvmatthe]

Dubinsky said:

We are a company that is transitioning out of the organizer business and into the communicator business.[emphasis added]

Now if they'd just work on getting the transporter functional, phaser operational, and making one-piece miniskirt outfits come back in style, I can start living the life of Kirk. ;^)

transitioned out of plain English

[Jonathunder]

Handspring CEO Donna Dubinsky said "We are a company that is transitioning out of the organizer business and into the communicator business. At some point we will have transitioned out of the organizer business."

Please don't do that to the English language, Ms. Dubinsky. It has suffered enough.

Re:But watch out for the tribbles...

[Anonymous Coward]

"I can start living the life of Kirk"

Yeah, but you'l still need to work on the "getting laid by green chicks" part yourself. Technology can't handle everything.

Re:PocketPC

[Sick Boy]

I've done that. I was working on a database schema and started writing the names of the tables on the whiteboard. It took a (non-palm owning) latecommer to ask what was on the board. Until then the other people in the meeting hadn't realized that it was graffiti either. Heh. Geeks.