Windows Phone Thoughts: PC World Ponders What the Windows-Powered Treo Means for Palm

"So it all comes down to this: It seems a dead certainty that Palm, the scrappy and innovative company that successfully challenged Microsoft in the mobile world for a decade, will be announcing the Treo 700W, a Windows-based Treo smartphone, on Monday. It's a major moment. And it leaves me with a few questions. Lots and lots of them, actually... "



Harry McCracken of PC World speculates on what the new Windows Mobile-powered Treo means for the future of Palm and the Palm OS. Poor Harry. I think he was shedding tears as he was writing this. For instance, his first question asks if there will be anything special about this device. Part of his answer shows him to be rather critical of the fact that the Windows Mobile OS is basically the same predictable OS on every device. Eh? That's a bad thing? Let's flip this script for a second. Hasn't the same "uniqueness" seen in today's Palm OS devices been the source of device driver and application issues? Oh, speaking of 3rd-party, Harry also goes on to moan over the "skimpy" selection of Windows Mobile 3rd-party apps compared to Palm. What? Oh yeah, I remember this argument... uhhh... like three years ago!! I think it's time for Harry to put down that peace pipe! Or perhaps I'm just too blinded in my use of Windows Mobile to see his point? Give it a read and gives us your thoughts!