If Palm OS5 devices have the same facilities as PocketPCs then they will become very similar...
...this is NOT what Palm want, otherwise there is no reason to buy a Palm over a Windows CE device.
What Palm must not do is hobble the hardware to place it in a different market. Palm OS5 must be able to handle larger screens than 160x160 with proper landscape or protrait QVGA screens (preferably switchable - something I miss on my iPAQ).
Here's a thought.... why not sell Palm OS5 as an upgrade for the iPAQ/PocketPC2002 as a ROM replacement or a program that can run as a WindowsCE task... and then see what hardware wins out
I for one would love to run BOTH operating systems on my iPAQ. It also gives palm an instant hardware base for their OS, thus stimulating software development. If OS5 can compete with WindowsCE on a WindowsCE machine, then they'll have a much better claim for their own hardware...
My 2c.