Palm Fares Poorly in Latest Smartphone Poll
The Nielsen Company's latest survey results are in and it is not a pretty sight for the Palm and HP faithful. According to the latest numbers revealed by Nielsen on Tuesday, only 1% US consumers surveyed claimed that they were planning on buying a WebOS smartphone. This represents a drop from the 2% responding in Q3 of 2010 when the "Plus" devices were still relatively new to the market and the Pre 2 was waiting in the wings.In March of 2011, only 2% of those surveyed indicated that they had purchased a WebOS device, in no small part due to the platform's almost non-existence on domestic carriers. As of this writing, new WebOS smartphones are currently only available from Verizon (Pre 2) and AT&T (Pre Plus & Pixi Plus) in the USA, with neither carrier giving much of a promotional push to the devices.
