Palm says “NO” to Android
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 at 6:45 AM PST In Linux, Palm
Somehow I find Palm (NSDQ: PALM)’s historic “NO” to Android platform making much sense — after all they’ve been investing in their own platform for years. On the other hand, Palm could certainly benefit from the affiliation with nowadays everyone’s favorite company, Google (NSDQ: GOOG), beyond the search giant’s mobile apps.
In its official statement, Palm said they are committed to open platforms for developers. In addition, they are underlining their added differentiation of being able to tightly integrate the software platform with the hardware design, which they believe gives them an advantage in delivering a great user experience… Hmmm, bundling the software with their own hardware… Sounds like an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) statement, doesn’t it?
[Via: Engadget]
Ironic… A company trying to milk every last drop possible from their dead phone operating system and at the same time trying very hard (without success) to develop a linux based operating system refuses to join something new which it could evolve the way it evolved the PDA.
Can’t teach an old dog new tricks!