Microsoft to Palm: You will become one, with the borg.

Treo assimilated

Monday, September 26, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

The new Treo 700W has been announced and is using a version of Microsoft's Windows mobile.  For years, PalmOS and Microsoft's mobile OS (Window CE, PocketPC, etc.) have battled for the hearts and minds of users.  Palm's Colligan, in full Lucutus mode stated "If you've been in this business long enough, you know that partners sometimes compete and competitors sometimes partner."

Palm did not discuss how it will use the Palm OS in conjunction with the new hardware it showed off Monday. But the company has said it plans to continue developing products, including smart phones, based on the Palm OS.

Full story over at CNET.

 

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Odin314
Reply #1 Monday, September 26, 2005 7:04 PM
Sounds cool. The only malefactor that can really come out of this is that a lack of competition will eventually stunt the advance of the PDA.

By the way, it's Locutus.

RiddickRom
Reply #2 Monday, September 26, 2005 7:10 PM
Microsoft to Palm: You will become one, with the borg.


If you keep coming up with headlines like that Brad you're going to get head hunted by the register news site.

The only malefactor that can really come out of this is that a lack of competition will eventually stunt the advance of the PDA.


Surely you don't think Microsoft would do something as monopolistic as that? Why I never hoird such a thing.

Odin314
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:05 PM
Yes, Microsoft is known for it's monopoly, but in pretty much every platform they work in they have competition; their OSes are challenged by Apple, their gaming console has competition from Nintendo and Sony, their search service is pinned down by Google and Yahoo, etc. However, as far as I know, the only two companies that work on PDA OSes are Palm and Microsoft. If Microsoft attempts a takeover, the advance of the PDA, at least software-wise, will slow down, simply because there isn't a competition to keep Microsoft on their toes. An example of this behavior is the subpar preformance of IE6.

Mordalo
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:13 PM
I'm so cold...it's gotten so dark...someone, please hold me and tell me everything will be all right.

Yes, I'm a Palm fanatic. I've had various models since my Palm Professional 1000 that I upgraded out the yinyang.
It's a sad, sad day.

dagwud
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:20 PM
I've still got my PilotPro around here somewhere and, honestly, I'm not that bothered by the fact that Palm decided to offer WinMobile on their hardware. They've got to sell something to stay in business.

And they haven't sold me on anything since I got my m515. It was the last device I had to have.

Lotherius
Reply #6 Sunday, October 2, 2005 7:17 AM
Ima gonna hold onto my Tungsten E fer a long time, looks like. I don't want Windows in the palm of my hand, because I don't want to have to deal with Windows type problems when I'm trying to get real work done.

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