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Monday, September 26, 2005
Palm partners with Microsoft for new Treo
Treo is a headache pill in Sweden. Whatever...
In the wake of the Access acquisition of PalmSource, Palm now introduces Windows Mobile in a coming Treo smartphone.
Windows Mobile is a nice and powerful system, but Microsoft has to do something about the usability of everyday tasks.
I don't applaud Microsoft, as Windows Mobile 5.0 is just the last in a very long row of Windows CE based OSs aimed for mobile phones (read: PDA/smart phones). Microsoft has never understood the mobile market, and it's a pity they now get success out of sheer lack of competition in the smartphone area. Microsoft is still completely absent from the more volume-based featurephone market, where Symbian OS via Nokia Series 60 has taken a smaller slice, and Linux will too, but still most featurephones are based on proprietary systems, where focus is on voice telephony and messaging, and not information services.
Palm, Microsoft to Launch New Smart Phone - Yahoo! News
In the wake of the Access acquisition of PalmSource, Palm now introduces Windows Mobile in a coming Treo smartphone.
Windows Mobile is a nice and powerful system, but Microsoft has to do something about the usability of everyday tasks.
I don't applaud Microsoft, as Windows Mobile 5.0 is just the last in a very long row of Windows CE based OSs aimed for mobile phones (read: PDA/smart phones). Microsoft has never understood the mobile market, and it's a pity they now get success out of sheer lack of competition in the smartphone area. Microsoft is still completely absent from the more volume-based featurephone market, where Symbian OS via Nokia Series 60 has taken a smaller slice, and Linux will too, but still most featurephones are based on proprietary systems, where focus is on voice telephony and messaging, and not information services.
Palm, Microsoft to Launch New Smart Phone - Yahoo! News
