In the early days of the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), Palm made a splash by releasing a device that was easy to use, contained the most commonly needed features, and worked right out of the box. My Treo 650 (Palm OS) has become a requirement for business. But PalmSource hasn't released a new version of the OS in 2+ years. And now people want to use phones as portable-everything. Camera, video-recorder, MP3 player, web browser, email, etc. The Blackberry device has cut into Palm's market with the same type of easy-to-use reliability that made a name for Palm.
Now Symbol is pulling all the versions of its products that contain the Palm OS in favor of Windows. I can't blame them. Every software developer that has Visual Studio on their desk has a development tool that they're familiar with for the Windows Portable operating system.
Meanwhile, Palm may not be dead yet...they are promising to release a new palm OS based on Linux...
We'll see...
Symbol Bids Adieu To Palm, Start-up Seeks To Fill Void - VARBusiness
