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August 5th, 2005

Treo surfaces with Windows Mobile: PalmOS R.I.P.

Posted by David Berlind @ 6:34 pm

Categories: General, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired & Wireless

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For a long time, because of its failure to hitch its wagon to one of the primary development wagons (Java or .NET), I’ve been predicting that the PalmOS from PalmSource (the Palm operating system company) is on its way to becoming totally irrelevant if not dead altogether.  Although I can’t guarantee that it’s not a hoax (the videos look darn convincing), Engadget has a report showing the forthcoming Treo 670 running the Windows Mobile operating system.  There’s no going back now.  Cue the music please.  Yes, Dust in the Wind by Kansas.  Thanks to Jason Calacanis for the link.

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Maybe it's a threat?
Palm might not see much of a future trying to go it alone against the beast of Redmond. The PalmOS might well be dead. But switching to Windows mobile is just digging the grave deeper. Microsoft wi... (Read the rest)
Posted by: garyedwards@... Posted on: 08/08/05 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
They already adopted Intel processors a while ago  george_ou | 08/05/05
another one bites the dust  pesky_z | 08/06/05
So, will Microsoft be singing...  dberlind | 08/06/05
I'll stick with Palm, thank you anyway.  HypnoToad | 08/06/05
You do realize, of course...  Confused by religion | 08/07/05
Too early to tell  CobraA1 | 08/07/05
Thanks Steve  Roger Ramjet | 08/08/05
So how long does Blackberry have left?  robertd@... | 08/08/05
Maybe it's a threat?  garyedwards@... | 08/08/05

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