Palm Blames Verizon for poor sales plans for AT&T

The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company took a beating when the stock price fell 34.5 percent after having considered a third-quarter sales of 300 million dollars would be 320 million U.S. dollars, “well below “analysts expect the 420 million U.S. dollars had.

Does the sale of pre-and Pixi Palm smartphones, the door-two years after launching the iPhone, locked in fierce competition from Apple, Research in Motion, and newcomer Google.

In addition, had an exclusive contract with Sprint – a small U.S. airline that has been dealing with high subscriber defections – in time the turnover of the limited scope of the company.

When the fight handset manufacturers have started selling more and more pre Pixi with Verizon, for competition in the smartphone industry have intensified.

In an e-mail to employees last week, implied Palm chief Jon Rubinstein, some of the blame with Verizon, but the carrier plans to add more ads and train nearly 200 employees at Verizon salesman.

“Verizon is the return to the execution of our launch has been below expectations and wiedergebunden to work with us to improve sales,” said Rubinstein.

Nevertheless, Palm contingency plans, say people familiar with the case, prepare the advantages and Pixi for launch of AT&T in coming months.

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