Friday, August 16, 2002
Pocket PC OEMs talking to Palm?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 11:00 AM
http://news.com.com/1601-2-949843.html
Sounds like FUD to me, but David Nagel (head burrito at PalmSource) claims that all of the Pocket PC OEMs have been talking to PalmSource about creating devices based on their OS. I find it a little hard to believe that Dell is talking to Palm while prepping to release their own Pocket PC. It's quite possible that Dell had a meeting with Palm months ago, Palm did an OS 5 demo, and Dell said "Ok, seriously, what can it REALLY do?". The interview is interesting, if only to see where PalmSource's headspace is at. There's a little too much "I can neither confirm nor deny" going on to make it a riveting interview - I learned more about the journalists based on their questions than I did about PalmSource. Source: Foo Fighter
Sounds like FUD to me, but David Nagel (head burrito at PalmSource) claims that all of the Pocket PC OEMs have been talking to PalmSource about creating devices based on their OS. I find it a little hard to believe that Dell is talking to Palm while prepping to release their own Pocket PC. It's quite possible that Dell had a meeting with Palm months ago, Palm did an OS 5 demo, and Dell said "Ok, seriously, what can it REALLY do?". The interview is interesting, if only to see where PalmSource's headspace is at. There's a little too much "I can neither confirm nor deny" going on to make it a riveting interview - I learned more about the journalists based on their questions than I did about PalmSource. Source: Foo Fighter
