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Palm has love for Microsoft, but this love has limits : smartphones only, no handhelds ! September 29, 2005 [Pocket PC] | By Edward J. R. Here is CEO of Palm (Ed Colligan) giving a hand shake to Bill Gates: 
... but Palm OS is not dead - despite the fact that Palm decided to use Windows Mobile in upcoming Treo smartphones. Palm however is not giving up on Palm OS: there will be next Palm OS smartphones! But there is one thing that is strange: Palm doesn't want to produce Windows Mobile handhelds (PDAs): Marlene Somsak, a vice president of Palm says We have no plans for a Windows Mobile handheld. We have a robust and exciting roadmap of Palm OS handhelds (and also Palm OS smartphones). Fortunately we are not alone in thinking that Palm should embrace Windows Mobile more widely, not just for smartphones: Putting out a version of the LifeDrive running Windows Mobile would attract many new customers who wouldn't consider getting the Palm OS version, bringing additional revenue to Palm. ... With no technical reasons why Palm couldn't make handhelds running Windows Mobile, and a good business reason why it should, I don't know what's stopping them. Read more: Palm Should Not Reject the Idea of Windows Mobile Handhelds  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 3 Comments ]
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