Thursday, August 11, 2005
Palm, Inc. Finds Windows Mobile Attractive For Business
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 05:00 PM
http://news.com.com/PalmOne+grabs+Microsoft+Exchange+license/2100-1047_3-5829076.html
"In an interview, Palm Chief Financial Officer Andrew Brown said that building a Treo that runs on the mobile version of Windows might help the company woo corporate customers who have been reticent to buy its Palm OS-based gadgets. "CIOs don't get fired for using Microsoft products," Brown said, though he did not say whether Palm has such a product in the works."
We need a forum just for the Treo/Windows Mobile rumors I think. :wink: Regardless of what Palm is actually doing right now with shipping devices, they seem more committed than ever to being a device manufacturer and being platform agnostic. Mr. Brown continues: "Despite that shared heritage with PalmSource, Brown described Palm as neutral to the operating system its devices use--and the types of e-mail servers to which they connect." What do you think? Is the Windows Mobile powered Treo a sure thing? I am absolutely convinced recent pictures and videos are authentic, but a prototype and a shipping device are two different things.
"In an interview, Palm Chief Financial Officer Andrew Brown said that building a Treo that runs on the mobile version of Windows might help the company woo corporate customers who have been reticent to buy its Palm OS-based gadgets. "CIOs don't get fired for using Microsoft products," Brown said, though he did not say whether Palm has such a product in the works."
We need a forum just for the Treo/Windows Mobile rumors I think. :wink: Regardless of what Palm is actually doing right now with shipping devices, they seem more committed than ever to being a device manufacturer and being platform agnostic. Mr. Brown continues: "Despite that shared heritage with PalmSource, Brown described Palm as neutral to the operating system its devices use--and the types of e-mail servers to which they connect." What do you think? Is the Windows Mobile powered Treo a sure thing? I am absolutely convinced recent pictures and videos are authentic, but a prototype and a shipping device are two different things.
