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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
No more Treo's with Palm OS?
I initially thought they would continue using Palm OS in some models, but they might not:
In announcing the Treo phone on Monday, Palm CEO Ed Colligan said Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system was chosen because it offered features that PalmOS could not.
Colligan said the PalmOS will remain part of Palm's future, but industry insiders say that a successful Palm-Microsoft partnership could mean that PalmSource will lose its most significant and oldest customer.
It remains to be seen if Microsoft software will also be used in volume phones. In the short term it won't.
PalmSource Loses Out With Treo - Yahoo! News
In announcing the Treo phone on Monday, Palm CEO Ed Colligan said Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system was chosen because it offered features that PalmOS could not.
Colligan said the PalmOS will remain part of Palm's future, but industry insiders say that a successful Palm-Microsoft partnership could mean that PalmSource will lose its most significant and oldest customer.
It remains to be seen if Microsoft software will also be used in volume phones. In the short term it won't.
PalmSource Loses Out With Treo - Yahoo! News
