news: PalmSource targets smart phones with new OS

Archived from groups: alt.comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

Does this mean new Treo's may not be Palm OS compatible??!

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:51:47 -0400, "The Watcher" <p@pan.net> spewed:
>PalmSource targets smart phones with new OS
>PalmSource is going after the growing smart phone market, launching an OS
>optimized for these handhelds called Cobalt 6.1. The move marks a change in
>strategy for the firm, which had previously targeted the Palm OS at
>handhelds, requiring handset makers to readjust the OS for use in phones.
>The company said its smart phone OS will hit the market next year.
>PalmSource's move was likely triggered by the popularity of PalmOne's Treo
>600 smart phone, which has rapidly emerged as one of the most successful
>smart phones to date. Symbian is the current leader in the smart phone OS
>market, claiming 66 percent of the smart phone market.
>
>For more on PalmSource's new smart phone OS:
>- check out this story from the San Francisco Chronicle
>

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