Another Palm convert... maybe

[Bob Russell]

One of our favorite personalities in the mobile computing world is Shaun over at PDA24/7. He quite shocked me with his latest installment of PDA Thoughts where he actually says, "After lots of sync issues, data loss and other problems I am seriously considering reverting back to Palm OS (shock horror!) It's reliable on the PDA and syncing fronts, has lots of applications and games available and has a huge fan base."

But don't get too excited Palm fans. He also says that few PalmOS programs are being released, he doesn't like the Treo650, and he says PalmOS is dying. Not exactly a huge recommendation for PalmOS, but yet maybe still better than Windows Mobile.

While I want very much for PalmOS to succeed and prosper, I am also now a little concerned about the consequences of their success. PalmOS for Linux is going to be real (but with a different name, of course), and based on the following promise from Shaun, it's going to have terrible ramifications! He says, "If a new version comes out I will post a picture of myself naked on the front pages..." We can only all hope that he means a picture from the neck up!!!

But however it all turns out, it's great fun to hear the discussion because everyone loves a good PalmOS vs Windows Mobile fight.