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The End of PalmOS?

Posted by Zonk on from the where-do-we-go-from-here dept.

SLT writes "According to Engadget, PalmSource was purchased by Access, a Japanese cell phone software company known for their NetFront browser. What does this mean for the future of Palm?" More coverage at LinuxDevices and Reuters. From the Reuters article: "Japanese software developer Access Co. said on Friday it would make U.S. software developer PalmSource Inc. wholly owned in a 34.4 billion yen ($311.3 million) cash deal to strengthen its development of software for handheld devices. Access will pay cash to shareholders of PalmSource, which will be later absorbed by Access' U.S. unit Apollo Merger Sub Inc., Access said in a statement."

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  1. windows analogy by minus_273 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    remember a time when it was only Palm and they were on top. what happened? well, even though they were really entrenched, they didn't develop their OS infact, in many ways it is very similar to what it was like 10 years ago. Now compare that to the current state of the upstart newcomer, windwos CE.

    This is an interesting outcome. It shows that regardless of how intrencehd you are, you can be killed off by a better product. I wonder if longhorn will be an example of this.

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  2. Dell Axim w/ Windows M 2k3 by RingDev · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just picked up a dell Axim x3i with Windows Mobile 2k3 and I love it. Haven't had a problem with it yet, and I'll be starting a .Net CF project for it in the next few weeks.

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  3. It's the end of everything Zonk. by rAiNsT0rm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For christ's sake where did /. find Zonk and will they please get rid of him? I have worked in the media and in news reporting and NEVER would this moron be tolerated in even the lowliest jobs.

    Each and every day the guy posts "The End of..." someone or some company. EVERY DAY!

    There is much more to news than the end of this or that, or the obligitory post about one console, then another, then the other all in one day even if nothing new is said about the second two. Just tell the big story. You don't post 12 news articles about other topics just to make sure you tell every side, it is lunacy.

    Seriously something needs to be done. Zonk needs to be given his pink-slip and /. needs to get back to NEWS! I have never watched a big site implode so quickly and at the hands of one or two people in my life. A true shame.

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