Comments on: Palm needs money for launching the Pre, developing other products

By: Arbie_Trary

Arbie_Trary — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:15:30 +0000

Maybe becase an electrical device is not “in the closet” prior to it's “RELEASE”, or being “AVAILIBILE TO THE PUBLIC”? From your response to Sally, you obviously know that the term “outed” doesn't literally stand for “releasing / introducing a product on the market”. So why use it in that contex in the first place? If “many” other tech blog writers jump off a cliff, will you do the same?

By: Ilinca

Ilinca — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:38:01 +0000

Yes, I was wrong. It's corrected now.

Thanks.

By: driver man

driver man — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:17:33 +0000

Palm says it “will receive all net proceeds in excess of $49 million”, not that it “should receive about $49 million.” Maybe you got it wrong.

By: driver man

driver man — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:17:23 +0000

Palm says it “will receive all net proceeds in excess of $49 million”, not that it “should receive about $49 million.” Maybe you got it wrong.

By: Ilinca

Ilinca — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:23:42 +0000

Care to explain why is that atrocious?

Is it because of the term “outed”? If it is, you should know that many tech blogs are using it, exactly in the context I've used it – although it doesn't literally stand for “releasing / introducing a product on the market”.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:56:28 +0000

You really need to hire an English-speaking editor. This post was nearly unreadable. This sentence is atrocious:

For the moment, the actual release date of Palm Pre is not known, but the smartphone is said to be outed in the US first, via Sprint (the carrier apparently has exclusivity on the handset until 2010).