Palm will continue to be exempt smartphones equipped with Windows Mobile, but to focus only on webOS. Background was, according to the good of the group Annhame of Palm Pre, who allegedly also go down well with business customers.
In announcing the figures for first quarter fiscal Palms 2009/20010 CEO Jon Rubinstein announced that although some were still Treos and Centros on the market. Palms future development efforts, however, revolved around WebOS.
Perhaps the good effect of the Palm has helped to pre business customers - a segment that arrived in the tradition of good Windows Mobile - Palm in the decision to concentrate on its own Windows Mobile operating system and give the running pass. "We have noted from the outset, an unexpectedly strong demand," said Rubinstein. As a result, Palm has quickly provided updates to its WebOS platform, such as desired by business customers has been improved security policies on Exchange.
Although Palm in the past, probably not very large contribution to the Windows Mobile-contributed revenues is the announcement of yet another setback for Microsoft. The software giant has serious difficulties, its position in the increasingly competitive mobile market hold its ground. Thus, although early October to the first devices with the updated version of Windows Mobile 6.5 coming onto the market. That eased by taking plenty of late release but only published the most important usability problems of the operating system, the more important upgrade for Windows Mobile 7.0 is not expected for next year.
