Palm is losing the battle to the iPhone and Android. You might even say it’s already lost the war.
Thursday’s Palm fiscal Q3 2010 report was dismal. Palm sold just 408,000 Pres and Pixis last quarter.
That number is down 29 percent from the prior quarter. Still worse, it’s down 15 percent year-over-year. That fact is bad enough, until you remember that last year during that same quarter, the Pre wasn’t even launched, and Palm was making due with PalmOS and Windows Mobile.
The coffin is nailed shut still tighter when one looks at Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Geldblum’s estimates. In an investor note today he estimated that Palm’s total channel inventory is an “alarming” 1.15 million units. Ouch, big-time.
Finally, the coffin is sealed with SuperGlue when one considers that Canaccord Adams technology analyst Peter Misek has cut his price target for Palm stock. He’s cut it all the way to zero, mind you.
Time to look for a buyer?
