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By: foo fighter @ 04:15 PM
Say it ain't so....say it ain't so....
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/n...2555650,00.html
[This message has been edited by foo fighter (edited 04-26-2000).]
By: argent @ 06:50 PM
I'm almost relieved. I was worrying about Sony Memory Stick splitting the Palm expansion market.
By: foo fighter @ 07:10 PM
I'd be willing to bet money that Palm will choose Springboard as it's expansion bus, now that Sony is out of the picture.
...Unless TRG talks them into using CF! 
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Foo
By: catsfolly @ 07:13 PM
The press release said:
"Sony Corporation, Texas Instruments
Incorporated (NYSE: TXN), and Symbian
announced today that Sony has ...
licensed Symbian�s software platform for
its next-generation wireless phones."
It says nothing about dropping Palm. Sony is a big company - they could still make a Palm based PDA. Sony already makes some kind of PDA based on a proprietary operating system.
On the other hand, It looks like Sony will license anyone's operating system in return for a commitment to the memory stick. Maybe they don't intend to use any of these operating systems!
[This message has been edited by catsfolly (edited 04-26-2000).]
By: foo fighter @ 10:02 PM
Catsfolly,
I snipped this from the ZDNET news article:
quote:
Palm has announced loose plans to cooperate with Symbian, but the apparent defection of Palm's highest-profile licensee could force it to decide quickly whether to work far closer with the consortium.
...that sounds like a "show stopper" to me.
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Foo
By: yucca @ 05:54 AM
What part of "apparent" don't you get foo?!?
Seriously, the announcement is vague because it doesn't state which of the reference designs Sony is signing on for. The " . . . licensed Symbian�s software platform for its next-generation wireless phones." part implies that it is for the smart phones, and not for the quartz based communicators (which are the real competition for Palm).
I also subscribe to the theory that Sony is just doing all it can to get folks to sign-on for Memory Stick. I'm not surprised that Symbian bit the Stick, but I was surprised when Palm did.
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By: frasej @ 05:00 PM
A better link is http://www.allnetdevices.com/news/0004/000426sony.htm
This article says that Sony will use Symbian in their Smart Phones.
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