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Originally Posted by Colin Dunstan
True, Palm users aren't always fair either and love to point out the shortcomings of Pocket PCs... but don't you agree that ever since the first details of the Treo 700w leaked out (thanks to Engadget), people just love to diss Palm whenever there's an opportunity?
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I haven't kept a tab on the mobile community for quite a while, so I may have missed that. (MobileRead is the only site I visit these days.) Surely the tables will be turned when new PalmOS phones come out next year, even if they still run OS5. If Palm Inc. can succeed in bringing smartphones to the masses with their "Lowrider" Treo, that will give a boost to the Palm OS userbase. Not everyone wants or needs the most powerful model. In fact, most people will settle for something that is "good enough".
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Looking at the generally positive reviews of the Nokia 770, I have reason to believe that Linux for mobile devices is the way to go in future, and in this lies my hope with PalmSource/Access who is working hard on the next Palm OS generation.
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Yes, but the Nokia proves that companies other than PalmSource can develop decent Linux handhelds as well. Furthermore, hardware companies (like Nokia) want to drive the cost of software to 0, which is at odds with the goals of a software-only company like PalmSource. I'm still not convinced they can make enough money selling their customized Linux OS.