Rubenstein Admits Newest Palm Handhelds Not Paying Off

"Perhaps a hint as to its problems can be found in a January metrics report from AdMob (available here in PDF format), the metrics company soon to be acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

"In a survey of 963 people, AdMob found 91 percent of iPhone users and 88 percent of iPod touch users would recommend their device to a friend, compared with 84 percent for Android users and 69 percent for users of the webOS-based Palm Pre and Pixi. webOS users are 3.4 times more likely to not recommend their device, compared to iPhone OS users."

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