By now I’m sure you all know the Palm Pre is finally out on the shelves. It’s been reported to have sold 100,000 units on the first weekend with sellouts at many locations. Not bad…not bad. Mere mortals have finally had a chance to get their hands on them and play with them. I too [...]
Palm’s Pre is Great But…
June 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, Rant, Technology, market share, mobile phones, smartphones
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·bad business decisions·competitive advantage·iPhone·iPhone 3GS·Palm·Palm Pre·Palm Treo·smartphones·Sprint·Treo·Treo 755p
Wishing the U.S. Patent Office Wasn’t So Slow
August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Inventions, Inventions, Legislation, Other, Other, Rant, Rant, Technology, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
We’ve heard over and over again how painfully slow the U.S. Patent Office is. I was reminded again today as I was copied on an email to a patent attorney regarding an application we sent in THREE YEARS AGO. What the hell? This wasn’t even a very complex product that we are dealing with here. [...]
Tags: competitive advantage·Inventions·losing competitive advantage·patent·Patent Office·patent reform·USPTO
