“It’s one thing if during the development process of this device that someone on the inside thought for some reason that this was a good idea. It’s quite another to stand by the stupidity when those on the outside are made aware of it, ask the company about it, and the company still stands by it,” Goldman writes. “Which is apparently exactly what happened yesterday. When the Times called Palm for comment, not only did the company not deny it, but proceeded to explain why this was all OK.”
Goldman writes, “The vague statement issued said Palm ‘privacy policy’ includes detailed language in its more than 1,600 words about how the company might use a user’s information ‘all toward the goal of providing a great user experience.’ How that’s done by invading a user’s privacy I have no idea, but this continues a trend of misplaced hubris at this company that has never made sense to me.”
Goldman writes, “Palm, give your valued, and precious few Pre customers a chance to disable this feature, or just turn it off for them. Otherwise it might be real easy to keep track of all your Pre’s: they’ll be unsold, on store shelves, right where you left them.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Despite all of the hype over this device, fewer than 250,000 Pre units were active in mid-July, according to JRPG. This news certainly won’t help them move any more units than the paltry number they’ve shipped to date.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Robert S.” for the heads up.]