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These are Byron's words: "... to developing new co-branded products for OEM partners (i.e., other leading consumer electronic companies)." I see nothing "done" there, but rather something being worked on. In any case, I put this together with Tapland's announcement 2 months ago that there would be no new Tapwave devices until next year. That's an eternity in this business, and this sounds to me like a lot of talk to assuage customers. I've always thought that part of their problem was that they could not decide what they were, producers of gaming devices or pda's. You feel the two mix, I don't, and neither, I think, does the public. The Jupiter report to which you refer speaks of a future of converged devices, but the convergence is with wireless (the smartphones that are now taking an ever bigger slice of the pda market). The Archos-like devices are video and gaming devices that do not seek to be pda's. PDA buyers are not looking for gaming devices, especially in the business sector, so Tapwave must appeal to the regular consumer, and if it is absent from the market for a significant period, with all the competition, it could well be forgotten. BTW, I certainly hope it isn't, as I love any Palm device. Philippe Radley
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