Tuesday, March 4, 2003
CEO Candid on Sony's Future in PDA Space, And Yeah, They Want PalmSource
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 01:00 PM
http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=246_0_2_0_C
AlwaysOn interviewed the Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation at the World Economic Forum recently. It is an interview charged with bold statements on Sony's view of the handheld space. One of those statements was about PalmSource.
Perkins: You would buy Palm’s software business?
Idei: Yes, if they want to sell.
If they want to sell? Not sure they will have a choice. Despite PalmOS's commanding lead in handheld volume, their financial performance leaves a lot to be desired. For a while now, people have been speculating that Sony will just snap up PalmSource and leave PalmSG to wither away, including Jason in his "Sony will buy Palm" thought late last summer.
He also thinks Nokia is missing the boat on what the real opportunity is for the mobile handset business. This is part one of a three part interview. Parts two and three are to be published later this week. Perhaps in one of those Mr. Idei will confess Sony is giving up the Memory Stick and embracing an open memory card standard. :? So, after reading this and Jason's prediction, what do you think?
AlwaysOn interviewed the Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation at the World Economic Forum recently. It is an interview charged with bold statements on Sony's view of the handheld space. One of those statements was about PalmSource.
Perkins: You would buy Palm’s software business?
Idei: Yes, if they want to sell.
If they want to sell? Not sure they will have a choice. Despite PalmOS's commanding lead in handheld volume, their financial performance leaves a lot to be desired. For a while now, people have been speculating that Sony will just snap up PalmSource and leave PalmSG to wither away, including Jason in his "Sony will buy Palm" thought late last summer.
He also thinks Nokia is missing the boat on what the real opportunity is for the mobile handset business. This is part one of a three part interview. Parts two and three are to be published later this week. Perhaps in one of those Mr. Idei will confess Sony is giving up the Memory Stick and embracing an open memory card standard. :? So, after reading this and Jason's prediction, what do you think?
