Making the Case for Windows on Palm Devices
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Aug 2005 12:44 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless A senior Palm executive says his company could benefit from building a mobile computing device that runs on the Windows operating system made by once-bitter rival Microsoft but he is stopping short of confirming the maker will do so.
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Windows or iPod
by Anonymous on Fri 12th Aug 2005 13:36 UTC
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It seems that a side-effect of Apple's unwillingness to license FairPlay® is to drive the independent developers to Windows Media and, in some cases, to Windows. TiVo also seems to be going down the Windows Media route and has suspended support for Macs, but at least they still run their box on Linux. Obviously Palm has to ship multi-media phones and since they are shutout of being able to playback commercial entertainment from iTMS, they need Windows Media --or even better, a solution developed with their partners at Sprint, Verizon, Cingular and T-Mobile.

Palm has to compete effectively against HP and DELL, which means they need the innovation of PalmOS (Cobalt --not Linux). As far as Linux is concerned, I believe that by this time in 2007, people will be thinking of OSX as the best "distribution" out there meaning people will avoid Novell, RedHat and Mandrake as they upgrade to Mac PCs.

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Re: Windows or iPod
by rajan r on Fri 12th Aug 2005 14:42 UTC
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2005-07-27

If Cobalt is so innovative, where's the Treo Cobalt palms?

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rcsteiner
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2005-07-12

Palm owns Be, Inc.'s technology, right?

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v re: Windows or iPod
by Anonymous on Fri 12th Aug 2005 16:59 UTC
v No
by Anonymous on Fri 12th Aug 2005 18:45 UTC
RE: Windows or iPod
by Anonymous on Fri 12th Aug 2005 19:04 UTC
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"I believe that by this time in 2007, people will be thinking of OSX as the best "distribution" out there meaning people will avoid Novell, RedHat and Mandrake as they upgrade to Mac PCs."

Yea, and I beleive I can fly... I'll mark this down on my calendar and check back in 2 years, when everyone decides to replace their silver hadncuffs for slat grey ones with the little apple logo on them..

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Anonymous
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>>>Palm owns Be, Inc.'s technology, right?

Wrong. That's the other company, palmone.

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Palm to thrust dagger in its own back
by Desert Man on Sat 13th Aug 2005 01:56 UTC
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2005-08-13

How stupid could Palm be. To address its declining market fortunes, it runs to the guy with the dagger who passionately desires the death of Palm, takes the dagger and does the job for him.

What incredible strategic foresight!

Good bye Palm.

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Re: Palm to thrust dagger in its own back
by Anonymous on Sat 13th Aug 2005 05:43 UTC
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>What incredible strategic foresight!

Hey man, Palm's like Switzerland... they are platform agnostic.

Plus, they are sure going to wipe the floor with DELL once they have to fight them head on in a price war. How can DELL possibly produce a cheaper unit?

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It would be a huge mistake to ever underestimate Dell when it comes to pricing. They could simply sell their device at or below their cost, and wait for Palm to fold. Dell is absolutely a 10 thousand pound gorilla, and often acts the part as the need arises. For that matter; Dell could buy Palm without even taking a deep breath.

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Uhmm, I think the sarcasm just flew over your head.

There's no way Palm can compete on price with DELL. Going to Windows Mobile is suicide for Palm.

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Neutrality
by joelito_pr on Sat 13th Aug 2005 17:50 UTC
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People from palm can be Neutral on wich OS the users prefer but they still need to ship their PDAs with some OS, And I(IMHO) don't think they'll choose to preinstall Windows on them

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