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Palm has announced that long-time CEO and Elevation Partners member Ed Colligan will be replaced by Jon Rubinstein on June 12th., this Friday. Rubinstein had jumped ship from Apple back in 2007, where he had done significant work on the iPod, while Colligan had been with Palm from waaaay back in the Handspring days and helped get the first Treos off the ground. Even though it’s been a rough couple of years for Palm, especially when Colligan headed up that whole Foleo thing, the Pre counts as ending on a high note, doesn’t it? Rubinstein has a hell of a ride ahead of him with webOS to steer, but if he can do half of what he did to iPod for the Pre, Palm will be laughing all the way to the bank.
[via Reuters]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
