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____/ Terry Porter on Friday 18 Sep 2009 11:08 : \____
> Expect to see more companies dumping MS Windows in favor of Linux ....
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> By Iain Thomson
> Sep 18, 2009 10:52 AM
> Tags: company | palms | quarter | webos | mobile | palm
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> Companyâs future will be entirely webOS.
>
> Palm has said that it will be dropping the Windows Mobile operating
> system in favour of its own webOS platform.
>
> Speaking at its quarterly earnings conference call Palmâs chief executive
> said that the company was going to focus exclusively on the webOS
> platform that is behind its Pre and Pixi handsets.
>
> âWe're launching more great Palm webOS products with more carriers, and
> turning our sights toward growth," said Jon Rubinstein, chairman and
> chief executive officer.
>
> "We're making significant progress with Palm's transformation, and our
> culture of innovation is stronger than ever.
>
> Rubinstein said that the company was seeing stronger than expected demand
> from the business community for its Pre device. The news will be a blow
> to Microsoft, which is losing support for its mobile platform, one of
> whose key selling points was its appeal to enterprise managers.
>
> Palmâs quarterly results were however disappointing. The company posted
> its eighth successive quarterly loss, and this quarter it lost US$164.5
> million, compared to being US$41.9 million in the red this time last year.
>
> The company reported 823,000 sales of smartphones, up 134 per cent on the
> last quarter, largely because buyers held off from purchases while
> waiting for the Pre. However, year on year sales were down 30 per cent.
>
> The next quarter is going to be crucial for Palmâs future. The fourth
> quarter of the year is the strongest time for handset sales but Palm is
> facing stiff competition from the iPhone, as well as from new Android
> handseta from Motorola and LG.
>
> Copyright  2009 v3.co.uk
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> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/156118%2Cpalms-dumps-windows-mobile-as-losses-increase.aspx
I can't find a comment from Microsoft.
Palm dumps Windows Mobile
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| PALM HAS SAID that it will be dropping the
| Windows Mobile operating system in favour
| of its own webOS platform.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1534016/palm-dumps-windows-mobile
Palm Pre beats expectations, drops WiMo to focus on WebOS
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| Part of that strategy involves dumping any
| distractions, including both the companyâs original
| Palm OS and the Windows Mobile partnership that Palm
| forged with Microsoft in 2006, a year before Rubinstein
| arrived. Palmâs
| support for Windows Mobile helped nearly double
| Microsoftâs market share at the time.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/09/17/palm-pre-beats-expectations-drops-wimo-to-focus-on-webos/
Will Microsoft's already-minuscule market share in phones drop to 3%?
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