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Palm and RIM to Collaborate on Treo Software

Posted by Hemos on from the what's-the-sound-of-two-hand(helds)-clapping dept.

Rayaru writes "Palm and RIM have apparantly signed a deal allowing the Treo 650 to use RIM's email software. "The partnership with RIM is unique in that it is Palm's first chance to give Treo customers automatic synchronisation with calendaring." It's interesting that the deal also includes "future Treo products with the Palm operating system." Perhaps a Treo 670 Palm version is in the works?"

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  1. Good Move by jamesgamble · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is a really good move on both sides. RIM's software is proven, while their hardware still has some crazy quirks. Palms hardware is proven, as is Palm OS, but a combination of the two pieces will make a great product.

  2. Patents? by anonicon · · Score: 4, Informative

    I may have missed something, but wasn't RIM's Blackberry software found to infringe on a software patent held by someone else, and they were ordered to shut down their wireless e-mail service in the United States? I'm wondering if they will be developing software based on the patented tech that RIM was already slapped down for.

    1. Re:Patents? by jamesgamble · · Score: 5, Informative

      Apparently RIM just needed to change a few key parts of their push software to get around the patents. It makes you wonder if going to court was really worth it. They should have just made the changes when the other company complained and been done with it.

  3. Palm goes both ways by skitheboat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Could Palm have a strategy that is any more confusing? I hope that they have some master plan in all of this and that it doesn't leave out making their hardware (smart phones) more reliable. Mine crashes more than Windows and my friends in on his 5th one. I can't imagine how they can improve quality when working on so many platforms.

  4. Yoinks... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Palm and RIM to collaborate?

    Look, there are those of us looking to make a cheap, sexually explicit joke about the headline and get some (+5 Funny) love.

    But guys, you're just not making it difficult enough anymore.

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  5. With any luck... by MoxCamel · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hopefully this will lead to more Palm and RIM jobs. The world needs more Palm and RIM jobs...

    Mox

  6. Support for open source calendar servers? by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ideally, I would like to see this fancy new combined software package contain support for either SyncML or GroupDAV. It would be nice to connect to open source calendar servers, using a sync server like Sync4J or even natively on standards-compliant calendar servers.

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