Carl Yankowski
Carl Yankowski
Carl J. Yankowskiis an American businessman who is the former CEO of Palm, Inc. and Ambient Devices...
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I am also glad to see that the initial launches of our key strategic products have been successful and that subsequent business expansion plans are taking place.
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The Palm team again delivered stellar results on multiple fronts: revenue, units shipped, profitability, and content and platform momentum. This is our third consecutive quarter of 100-percent-plus year-over-year revenue growth, and we achieved it in an environment of increased competition and continued component constraints.
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Of course, one million compared with Palm's 15 million makes its own statement. Who do you want to party with?
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We've all heard that the competition is only getting tougher. But to address this, we can't just throw technology alone at the situation. But we can develop the most powerful handheld solutions to provide a real competitive advantage.
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We believe that there's going to be a complete landscape of devices in the future that will enable people to access the Internet, send e-mail and do computing. I think it is absolute folly to say that any one of these devices will serve the needs of the entire industry and all markets.
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While there is much yet to do, we made significant progress on key operational goals in the quarter despite continuing worldwide economic uncertainty and growing competition.
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With Palm's transition into two individual businesses almost complete, my role has changed, and it no longer matches my aspirations. I leave confident that our separation and solutions strategies, combined with the new leadership at the helm of both businesses, will result in increased shareholder value.
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This indicates that Palm and the market are growing faster than previous analyst estimates.
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This is another important step on our strategic roadmap as it will allow users to share information beyond the PC.
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It was clearly a demanding quarter for Palm, our shareholders and our employees, but thankfully not for our customers, who continued to receive the best handheld solutions and services on the market.
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These accomplishments, and other initiatives under way, position us to return to profitability in the second quarter of the new fiscal year.
Applications are king, and all else spreads out from there.
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Even with this strong performance, demand for Palm products still outstrips supply.
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The new model is mobile pervasive computing, and it will change the very nature of the enterprise.