Palm sometime ago said they would release Palm devices with a new version of the Palm OS, based on Linux, this year. According to Brighthand that will not be the case, the next version of Palm OS will not be in a Palm device until 2008. I do not believe this is a good sign at all for Palm considering by then Palm will have given much ground to other smartphone companies who are coming out with new designs to compete with the iPhone. It could prove to be too late for Palm to recover from a delay like this. Thought they might begin to rely more on Windows Mobile and thus succumbing to Palm's past rival. How many people will wait for the next version of Palm OS? Will they instead choose to go with another smartphone like the iPhone or a Windows based smartphone? I do believe that Palm is on the verge of losing a great deal of customers with this news. Palm could release a sleeker Treo device with an updated launcher and PIM apps so as not to give it that "aged" look. That could certainly help Palm out while they finish with Palm OS II.
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