What is Palm Doing Anyway?
What a roller coaster ride! The year 2001 seems to have been a turbulent
year for Palm, filled with organizational and management changes, the death
of the dot-com economy, lackluster product releases, and the onslaught of
the Microsoft marketing juggernaut. Many people have started asking, "Hey,
what is Palm doing anyway?" and wondering how strong Palm's grip is on the
handheld market. Even the PalmSource developer's conference seemed to lack
the big announcements and excitement of prior years. And yet, in the
background amongst the chaos, Palm has been quietly been laying the
groundwork both technologically and structurally for a major assault in the
handheld commerce battlefield.
Palm's Product Line
In the last twelve months or so, Palm has brought some new members to the
PalmOS family, including the m500, m505, m125, and i705 handhelds. While
generally healthy, well-received additions sporting new expansion
capabilities, always-on wireless access, and color in the smallest form
factor yet, the new units were sometimes eclipsed by their flashy cousins
brought to the party by other PalmOS licensees Handspring, Handera and
Sony.
While it's only natural for our excitement about a company to be tied to
its hardware releases, it's important to remember that the Palm name also
represents software--the PalmOS operating system--the digital backbone
behind all PalmOS-Powered handhelds.
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