Tale of Two Palms

“In the past month or so, the PalmOS world has been rocked by a couple of different news stories. Being in the news in sometimes a good thing for a company, as increased coverage can bring some short-term visibility and sales gains. In the case of the two major PalmOS companies, palmOne and PalmSource, being in the news as they have lately does bring up a very important issue of direction for PalmOS, and mobile computing in general. This article will look at a few of those themes shown in recent articles, and look for solutions or consequences of those.

“In football there is a saying, the championship is not won or lost in the first game. Everyone has a fair shot. PalmOne has had a bit of a head start, building off of the impressive seasons when they were just Palm. PalmSource as well has a great head start with their impressive market penetration all over the world. The question now, like with every good team that is broken up, is where is the vision to move forward. For the PalmOS to move forward, these major players need to do a better job of giving vision to the market that they created. The need to be aggressive, yet not deny the completeness that has been their calling card for many years.” [ Read more... ]